diff --git a/memcache.py b/memcache.py
index 9823a2f..29f7946 100644
--- a/memcache.py
+++ b/memcache.py
@@ -1330,6 +1330,9 @@ def check_key(self, key, key_extra_len=0):
                 "Control/space characters not allowed (key=%r)" % key)
 
 
+_host_last_deaduntils = {}
+
+
 class _Host(object):
 
     def __init__(self, host, debug=0, dead_retry=_DEAD_RETRY,
@@ -1371,7 +1374,7 @@ def __init__(self, host, debug=0, dead_retry=_DEAD_RETRY,
             self.port = int(hostData.get('port') or 11211)
             self.address = (self.ip, self.port)
 
-        self.deaduntil = 0
+        self.deaduntil = _host_last_deaduntils.get(self.ip, 0)
         self.socket = None
         self.flush_on_next_connect = 0
 
@@ -1382,8 +1385,11 @@ def debuglog(self, str):
             sys.stderr.write("MemCached: %s\n" % str)
 
     def _check_dead(self):
-        if self.deaduntil and self.deaduntil > time.time():
-            return 1
+        if self.deaduntil:
+            if self.deaduntil > time.time():
+                return 1
+            else:      
+                _host_last_deaduntils[self.ip] = 0
         self.deaduntil = 0
         return 0
 
@@ -1411,6 +1417,7 @@ def _get_socket(self):
             s.connect(self.address)
         except socket.timeout as msg:
             self.mark_dead("connect: %s" % msg)
+            _host_last_deaduntils[self.ip] = self.deaduntil
             return None
         except socket.error as msg:
             if isinstance(msg, tuple):