diff --git a/kafka/conn.py b/kafka/conn.py
index 4d56964e3..6c74db623 100644
--- a/kafka/conn.py
+++ b/kafka/conn.py
@@ -467,6 +467,9 @@ def _try_handshake(self):
         # old ssl in python2.6 will swallow all SSLErrors here...
         except (SSLWantReadError, SSLWantWriteError):
             pass
+        # python 3.7 throws OSError
+        except OSError:
+            pass
         except (SSLZeroReturnError, ConnectionError, SSLEOFError):
             log.warning('SSL connection closed by server during handshake.')
             self.close(Errors.KafkaConnectionError('SSL connection closed by server during handshake'))