diff --git a/zio-kafka/src/main/scala/zio/kafka/consumer/Consumer.scala b/zio-kafka/src/main/scala/zio/kafka/consumer/Consumer.scala
index 51c4f1279..01123113e 100644
--- a/zio-kafka/src/main/scala/zio/kafka/consumer/Consumer.scala
+++ b/zio-kafka/src/main/scala/zio/kafka/consumer/Consumer.scala
@@ -47,6 +47,8 @@ trait Consumer {
     timeout: Duration = Duration.Infinity
   ): Task[Map[TopicPartition, Option[OffsetAndMetadata]]]
 
+  def commitOrRetry[R](policy: Schedule[R, Throwable, Any])(record: CommittableRecord[_, _]): RIO[R, Unit]
+
   def listTopics(timeout: Duration = Duration.Infinity): Task[Map[String, List[PartitionInfo]]]
 
   /**
@@ -454,6 +456,9 @@ private[consumer] final class ConsumerLive private[consumer] (
       _.committed(partitions.asJava, timeout.asJava).asScala.map { case (k, v) => k -> Option(v) }.toMap
     )
 
+  override def commitOrRetry[R](policy: Schedule[R, Throwable, Any])(record: CommittableRecord[_, _]): RIO[R, Unit] =
+    runloopAccess.commitOrRetry(policy)(record)
+
   override def listTopics(timeout: Duration = Duration.Infinity): Task[Map[String, List[PartitionInfo]]] =
     consumer.withConsumer(_.listTopics(timeout.asJava).asScala.map { case (k, v) => k -> v.asScala.toList }.toMap)
 
diff --git a/zio-kafka/src/main/scala/zio/kafka/consumer/internal/Runloop.scala b/zio-kafka/src/main/scala/zio/kafka/consumer/internal/Runloop.scala
index 34ebaf6e6..1366e60bf 100644
--- a/zio-kafka/src/main/scala/zio/kafka/consumer/internal/Runloop.scala
+++ b/zio-kafka/src/main/scala/zio/kafka/consumer/internal/Runloop.scala
@@ -118,6 +118,16 @@ private[consumer] final class Runloop private (
   private[internal] def commit(record: CommittableRecord[_, _]): Task[Unit] =
     commit.apply(Map(record.topicPartition -> record.record.offset()))
 
+  private[internal] def commitOrRetry[R](
+    policy: Schedule[R, Throwable, Any]
+  )(record: CommittableRecord[_, _]): RIO[R, Unit] =
+    commit(record).retry(
+      Schedule.recurWhile[Throwable] {
+        case _: RetriableCommitFailedException => true
+        case _                                 => false
+      } && policy
+    )
+
   private val commit: Map[TopicPartition, Long] => Task[Unit] =
     offsets =>
       for {
diff --git a/zio-kafka/src/main/scala/zio/kafka/consumer/internal/RunloopAccess.scala b/zio-kafka/src/main/scala/zio/kafka/consumer/internal/RunloopAccess.scala
index 31e6587fc..a80c9b6e7 100644
--- a/zio-kafka/src/main/scala/zio/kafka/consumer/internal/RunloopAccess.scala
+++ b/zio-kafka/src/main/scala/zio/kafka/consumer/internal/RunloopAccess.scala
@@ -30,9 +30,9 @@ private[consumer] final class RunloopAccess private (
   diagnostics: Diagnostics
 ) {
 
-  private def withRunloopZIO[E](
+  private def withRunloopZIO[R, E](
     shouldStartIfNot: Boolean
-  )(whenRunning: Runloop => IO[E, Unit]): IO[E, Unit] =
+  )(whenRunning: Runloop => ZIO[R, E, Unit]): ZIO[R, E, Unit] =
     runloopStateRef.updateSomeAndGetZIO {
       case RunloopState.NotStarted if shouldStartIfNot => makeRunloop.map(RunloopState.Started.apply)
     }.flatMap {
@@ -68,6 +68,9 @@ private[consumer] final class RunloopAccess private (
   def commit(record: CommittableRecord[_, _]): Task[Unit] =
     withRunloopZIO(shouldStartIfNot = false)(_.commit(record))
 
+  def commitOrRetry[R](policy: Schedule[R, Throwable, Any])(record: CommittableRecord[_, _]): RIO[R, Unit] =
+    withRunloopZIO(shouldStartIfNot = false)(_.commitOrRetry(policy)(record))
+
 }
 
 private[consumer] object RunloopAccess {