diff --git a/lib/resque/plugins/retry.rb b/lib/resque/plugins/retry.rb
index 61946dc..056f786 100644
--- a/lib/resque/plugins/retry.rb
+++ b/lib/resque/plugins/retry.rb
@@ -410,9 +410,13 @@ def after_perform_retry(*args)
       # @api private
       def on_failure_retry(exception, *args)
         log_message 'on_failure_retry', args, exception
-        if @on_failure_retry_hook_already_called
+        if exception.is_a?(Resque::DirtyExit)
+          # This hook is called from a worker processes, not the job process
+          # that failed with a DirtyExit, so @retry_attempt wasn't set yet
+          @retry_attempt = Resque.redis.get(redis_retry_key(*args)).to_i
+        elsif @on_failure_retry_hook_already_called
           log_message 'on_failure_retry_hook_already_called', args, exception
-          return 
+          return
         end
 
         if retry_criteria_valid?(exception, *args)
diff --git a/test/retry_test.rb b/test/retry_test.rb
index e7c5bb1..70277ad 100644
--- a/test/retry_test.rb
+++ b/test/retry_test.rb
@@ -312,4 +312,22 @@ def test_expire_key_setting_on_the_fly
       perform_next_job(@worker)
     end
   end
+
+  if Process.respond_to?(:fork) && Gem::Version.new(Resque::VERSION) >= Gem::Version.new('1.20.0')
+    def test_retry_on_dirty_exit
+      Resque.enqueue(RetryKilledJob)
+      RetryKilledJob.expects(:clean_retry_key).once
+      2.times do
+        job = @worker.reserve
+        child = fork do
+          Resque.redis.client.reconnect
+          job.perform
+        end
+        Process.waitpid(child)
+        job.fail(Resque::DirtyExit.new)
+      end
+
+      assert_equal nil, @worker.reserve
+    end
+  end
 end
diff --git a/test/test_jobs.rb b/test/test_jobs.rb
index 921af3a..daf1f69 100644
--- a/test/test_jobs.rb
+++ b/test/test_jobs.rb
@@ -503,3 +503,12 @@ class FailsDuringConnectJob < RetryDefaultsJob
   @retry_limit = 3
   @retry_delay = 10
 end
+
+class RetryKilledJob
+  extend Resque::Plugins::Retry
+  @queue = :testing
+
+  def self.perform(*args)
+    Process.kill("KILL", Process.pid)
+  end
+end