diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/catch-general-requests-exceptions-b5fd706597708fb6.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/catch-general-requests-exceptions-b5fd706597708fb6.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ae7ff8d7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/catch-general-requests-exceptions-b5fd706597708fb6.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+---
+fixes:
+  - |
+    Fixes potential cases where exceptions from the underlying ``requests``
+    library may be raised up through ``sushy``, resulting in client
+    applications possibly not understanding that an error has occurred.
+    The sushy ``ConnectionError`` exception is now returned upon any exception
+    falling under ``RequestException`` from the ``requests`` library.
diff --git a/sushy/connector.py b/sushy/connector.py
index c56fcd6e..7cb32a71 100644
--- a/sushy/connector.py
+++ b/sushy/connector.py
@@ -125,7 +125,14 @@ class Connector(object):
             response = self._session.request(method, url, json=data,
                                              headers=headers,
                                              **extra_session_req_kwargs)
-        except requests.ConnectionError as e:
+        except requests.exceptions.RequestException as e:
+            # Capture any general exception by looking for the parent
+            # class of exceptions in the requests library.
+            # Specifically this will cover cases such as transport
+            # failures, connection timeouts, and encoding errors.
+            # Raising this as sushy ConnectionError allows users to
+            # understand something bad has happened, and to
+            # allow them to respond accordingly.
             raise exceptions.ConnectionError(url=url, error=e)
 
         if self._response_callback:
diff --git a/sushy/tests/unit/test_connector.py b/sushy/tests/unit/test_connector.py
index 5398619d..958e4d25 100644
--- a/sushy/tests/unit/test_connector.py
+++ b/sushy/tests/unit/test_connector.py
@@ -558,3 +558,22 @@ class ConnectorOpTestCase(base.TestCase):
                     'returned code HTTPStatus.FORBIDDEN. unknown error '
                     'Extended information: none'}
         )
+
+    def test__op_raises_connection_error(self):
+
+        exception_list = [
+            requests.exceptions.ChunkedEncodingError,
+            requests.exceptions.ContentDecodingError,
+            requests.exceptions.ReadTimeout,
+            requests.exceptions.ConnectTimeout,
+            requests.exceptions.SSLError,
+            requests.exceptions.ConnectionError,
+            requests.exceptions.RequestException,
+        ]
+        for exc in exception_list:
+            self.request.side_effect = exc
+            self.assertRaises(exceptions.ConnectionError,
+                              self.conn._op,
+                              'POST',
+                              'http://foo.bar',
+                              blocking=True)