diff --git a/src/other/mod.rs b/src/other/mod.rs
index 82e6ba58..a1dc7f1e 100644
--- a/src/other/mod.rs
+++ b/src/other/mod.rs
@@ -3,9 +3,11 @@
 mod date;
 mod expect;
 mod referer;
+mod retry_after;
 mod source_map;
 
 pub use date::Date;
 pub use expect::Expect;
 pub use referer::Referer;
+pub use retry_after::RetryAfter;
 pub use source_map::SourceMap;
diff --git a/src/other/retry_after.rs b/src/other/retry_after.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..295c0184
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/other/retry_after.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,170 @@
+use std::time::{Duration, SystemTime, SystemTimeError};
+
+use crate::headers::{HeaderName, HeaderValue, Headers, RETRY_AFTER};
+use crate::utils::{fmt_http_date, parse_http_date};
+
+/// Indicate how long the user agent should wait before making a follow-up request.
+///
+/// [MDN Documentation](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Retry-After)
+///
+/// # Specifications
+///
+/// - [RFC 7231, section 3.1.4.2: Retry-After](https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7231#section-3.1.4.2)
+///
+/// # Examples
+///
+/// ```no_run
+/// # fn main() -> http_types::Result<()> {
+/// #
+/// use http_types::other::RetryAfter;
+/// use http_types::Response;
+/// use std::time::{SystemTime, Duration};
+/// use async_std::task;
+///
+/// let retry = RetryAfter::new(Duration::from_secs(10));
+///
+/// let mut headers = Response::new(429);
+/// retry.apply(&mut headers);
+///
+/// // Sleep for the duration, then try the task again.
+/// let retry = RetryAfter::from_headers(headers)?.unwrap();
+/// task::sleep(retry.duration_since(SystemTime::now())?);
+/// #
+/// # Ok(()) }
+/// ```
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, Hash, PartialEq, Eq, PartialOrd, Ord)]
+pub struct RetryAfter {
+    inner: RetryDirective,
+}
+
+#[allow(clippy::len_without_is_empty)]
+impl RetryAfter {
+    /// Create a new instance from a `Duration`.
+    ///
+    /// This value will be encoded over the wire as a relative offset in seconds.
+    pub fn new(dur: Duration) -> Self {
+        Self {
+            inner: RetryDirective::Duration(dur),
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// Create a new instance from a `SystemTime` instant.
+    ///
+    /// This value will be encoded a specific `Date` over the wire.
+    pub fn new_at(at: SystemTime) -> Self {
+        Self {
+            inner: RetryDirective::SystemTime(at),
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// Create a new instance from headers.
+    pub fn from_headers(headers: impl AsRef<Headers>) -> crate::Result<Option<Self>> {
+        let header = match headers.as_ref().get(RETRY_AFTER) {
+            Some(headers) => headers.last(),
+            None => return Ok(None),
+        };
+
+        let inner = match header.as_str().parse::<u64>() {
+            Ok(dur) => RetryDirective::Duration(Duration::from_secs(dur)),
+            Err(_) => {
+                let at = parse_http_date(header.as_str())?;
+                RetryDirective::SystemTime(at)
+            }
+        };
+        Ok(Some(Self { inner }))
+    }
+
+    /// Returns the amount of time elapsed from an earlier point in time.
+    ///
+    /// # Errors
+    ///
+    /// This may return an error if the `earlier` time was after the current time.
+    pub fn duration_since(&self, earlier: SystemTime) -> Result<Duration, SystemTimeError> {
+        let at = match self.inner {
+            RetryDirective::Duration(dur) => SystemTime::now() + dur,
+            RetryDirective::SystemTime(at) => at,
+        };
+
+        at.duration_since(earlier)
+    }
+
+    /// Sets the header.
+    pub fn apply(&self, mut headers: impl AsMut<Headers>) {
+        headers.as_mut().insert(self.name(), self.value());
+    }
+
+    /// Get the `HeaderName`.
+    pub fn name(&self) -> HeaderName {
+        RETRY_AFTER
+    }
+
+    /// Get the `HeaderValue`.
+    pub fn value(&self) -> HeaderValue {
+        let output = match self.inner {
+            RetryDirective::Duration(dur) => format!("{}", dur.as_secs()),
+            RetryDirective::SystemTime(at) => fmt_http_date(at),
+        };
+        // SAFETY: the internal string is validated to be ASCII.
+        unsafe { HeaderValue::from_bytes_unchecked(output.into()) }
+    }
+}
+
+impl Into<SystemTime> for RetryAfter {
+    fn into(self) -> SystemTime {
+        match self.inner {
+            RetryDirective::Duration(dur) => SystemTime::now() + dur,
+            RetryDirective::SystemTime(at) => at,
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+/// What value are we decoding into?
+///
+/// This value is intionally never exposes; all end-users want is a `Duration`
+/// value that tells them how long to wait for before trying again.
+#[derive(Clone, Debug, Eq, PartialEq, Hash, PartialOrd, Ord)]
+enum RetryDirective {
+    Duration(Duration),
+    SystemTime(SystemTime),
+}
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod test {
+    use super::*;
+    use crate::headers::Headers;
+
+    #[test]
+    fn smoke() -> crate::Result<()> {
+        let retry = RetryAfter::new(Duration::from_secs(10));
+
+        let mut headers = Headers::new();
+        retry.apply(&mut headers);
+
+        // `SystemTime::now` uses sub-second precision which means there's some
+        // offset that's not encoded.
+        let now = SystemTime::now();
+        let retry = RetryAfter::from_headers(headers)?.unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(
+            retry.duration_since(now)?.as_secs(),
+            Duration::from_secs(10).as_secs()
+        );
+        Ok(())
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn new_at() -> crate::Result<()> {
+        let now = SystemTime::now();
+        let retry = RetryAfter::new_at(now + Duration::from_secs(10));
+
+        let mut headers = Headers::new();
+        retry.apply(&mut headers);
+
+        // `SystemTime::now` uses sub-second precision which means there's some
+        // offset that's not encoded.
+        let retry = RetryAfter::from_headers(headers)?.unwrap();
+        let delta = retry.duration_since(now)?;
+        assert!(delta >= Duration::from_secs(9));
+        assert!(delta <= Duration::from_secs(10));
+        Ok(())
+    }
+}