diff --git a/lib/operations/connect.js b/lib/operations/connect.js
index 2845149aa3f..fe600ff30ee 100644
--- a/lib/operations/connect.js
+++ b/lib/operations/connect.js
@@ -133,6 +133,7 @@ const validOptionNames = [
   'minSize',
   'monitorCommands',
   'retryWrites',
+  'retryReads',
   'useNewUrlParser',
   'useUnifiedTopology',
   'serverSelectionTimeoutMS',
diff --git a/lib/operations/execute_operation.js b/lib/operations/execute_operation.js
index b57406f7dea..f6e7e45d397 100644
--- a/lib/operations/execute_operation.js
+++ b/lib/operations/execute_operation.js
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
 const MongoError = require('../core').MongoError;
 const Aspect = require('./operation').Aspect;
 const OperationBase = require('./operation').OperationBase;
+const ReadPreference = require('../core').ReadPreference;
+const isRetryableError = require('../core/error').isRetryableError;
 
 /**
  * Executes the given operation with provided arguments.
@@ -65,7 +67,11 @@ function executeOperation(topology, operation, callback) {
     );
 
     try {
-      return operation.execute(handler);
+      if (operation.hasAspect(Aspect.EXECUTE_WITH_SELECTION)) {
+        return executeWithServerSelection(topology, operation, handler);
+      } else {
+        return operation.execute(handler);
+      }
     } catch (e) {
       handler(e);
       throw e;
@@ -76,11 +82,55 @@ function executeOperation(topology, operation, callback) {
     const handler = makeExecuteCallback(resolve, reject);
 
     try {
-      return operation.execute(handler);
+      if (operation.hasAspect(Aspect.EXECUTE_WITH_SELECTION)) {
+        return executeWithServerSelection(topology, operation, handler);
+      } else {
+        return operation.execute(handler);
+      }
     } catch (e) {
       handler(e);
     }
   });
 }
 
+function executeWithServerSelection(topology, operation, callback) {
+  const readPreference = operation.readPreference || ReadPreference.primary;
+  const shouldRetryReads = topology.s.options.retryReads !== false;
+
+  function callbackWithRetry(err, result) {
+    if (err == null) {
+      return callback(null, result);
+    }
+
+    if (!isRetryableError(err)) {
+      return callback(err);
+    }
+
+    // select a new server, and attempt to retry the operation
+    topology.selectServer(readPreference, (err, server) => {
+      if (err) {
+        callback(err, null);
+        return;
+      }
+
+      operation.execute(server, callback);
+    });
+  }
+
+  // select a server, and execute the operation against it
+  topology.selectServer(readPreference, (err, server) => {
+    if (err) {
+      callback(err, null);
+      return;
+    }
+
+    if (operation.hasAspect(Aspect.RETRYABLE) && shouldRetryReads) {
+      operation.execute(server, callbackWithRetry);
+      return;
+    }
+
+    operation.execute(server, callback);
+  });
+}
+
 module.exports = executeOperation;