diff --git a/src/MongoDB.Driver/Core/Operations/RetryabilityHelper.cs b/src/MongoDB.Driver/Core/Operations/RetryabilityHelper.cs
index 0ccde3f9c7d..8a749925e85 100644
--- a/src/MongoDB.Driver/Core/Operations/RetryabilityHelper.cs
+++ b/src/MongoDB.Driver/Core/Operations/RetryabilityHelper.cs
@@ -108,6 +108,21 @@ public static void AddRetryableWriteErrorLabelIfRequired(MongoException exceptio
             }
         }
 
+        public static int GetRetryDelayMs(int attempt, double backoffBase = 2, int backoffInitial = 100, int backoffMax = 10_000)
+        {
+            Ensure.IsGreaterThanZero(attempt, nameof(attempt));
+            Ensure.IsGreaterThanZero(backoffBase, nameof(backoffBase));
+            Ensure.IsGreaterThanZero(backoffInitial, nameof(backoffInitial));
+            Ensure.IsGreaterThan(backoffMax, backoffInitial, nameof(backoffMax));
+
+#if NET6_0_OR_GREATER
+            var j = Random.Shared.NextDouble();
+#else
+            var j = (new Random()).NextDouble();
+#endif
+            return (int)(j * Math.Min(backoffMax, backoffInitial * Math.Pow(backoffBase, attempt - 1)));
+        }
+
         public static bool IsCommandRetryable(BsonDocument command)
         {
             return
diff --git a/tests/MongoDB.Driver.Tests/Core/Operations/RetryabilityHelperTests.cs b/tests/MongoDB.Driver.Tests/Core/Operations/RetryabilityHelperTests.cs
index 9fc9db65be4..05a36b774b5 100644
--- a/tests/MongoDB.Driver.Tests/Core/Operations/RetryabilityHelperTests.cs
+++ b/tests/MongoDB.Driver.Tests/Core/Operations/RetryabilityHelperTests.cs
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@
 using MongoDB.Driver.Core.Misc;
 using MongoDB.Driver.Core.TestHelpers;
 using Xunit;
-using MongoDB.Driver.Core.Connections;
 
 namespace MongoDB.Driver.Core.Operations
 {
@@ -102,6 +101,42 @@ public void AddRetryableWriteErrorLabelIfRequired_should_add_RetryableWriteError
             hasRetryableWriteErrorLabel.Should().Be(shouldAddErrorLabel);
         }
 
+        [Theory]
+        [InlineData(1, 2, 100, 10000, 0, 100)]
+        [InlineData(2, 2, 100, 10000, 0, 200)]
+        [InlineData(3, 2, 100, 10000, 0, 400)]
+        [InlineData(9999, 2, 100, 10000, 0, 10000)]
+
+        [InlineData(1, 1.5, 100, 10000, 0, 100)]
+        [InlineData(2, 1.5, 100, 10000, 0, 150)]
+        [InlineData(3, 1.5, 100, 10000, 0, 225)]
+        [InlineData(9999, 1.5, 100, 10000, 0, 10000)]
+        public void GetRetryDelayMs_should_return_expected_results(int attempt, double backoffBase, int backoffInitial, int backoffMax, int expectedRangeMin, int expectedRangeMax)
+        {
+            var result = RetryabilityHelper.GetRetryDelayMs(attempt, backoffBase, backoffInitial, backoffMax);
+
+            result.Should().BeInRange(expectedRangeMin, expectedRangeMax);
+        }
+
+        [Theory]
+        [InlineData(-1, 2, 100, 1000, "attempt")]
+        [InlineData(0, 2, 100, 1000, "attempt")]
+        [InlineData(1, -1, 100, 1000, "backoffBase")]
+        [InlineData(1, 0, 100, 1000, "backoffBase")]
+        [InlineData(1, 2, -1, 1000, "backoffInitial")]
+        [InlineData(1, 2, 0, 1000, "backoffInitial")]
+        [InlineData(1, 2, 100, -1, "backoffMax")]
+        [InlineData(1, 2, 100, 0, "backoffMax")]
+        [InlineData(1, 2, 100, 50, "backoffMax")]
+
+        public void GetRetryDelayMs_throws_on_wrong_parameters(int attempt, double backoffBase, int backoffInitial, int backoffMax, string expectedParameterName)
+        {
+            var exception = Record.Exception(() => RetryabilityHelper.GetRetryDelayMs(attempt, backoffBase, backoffInitial, backoffMax));
+
+            exception.Should().BeOfType<ArgumentOutOfRangeException>().Subject
+                .ParamName.Should().Be(expectedParameterName);
+        }
+
         [Theory]
         [InlineData("{ txnNumber : 1 }", true)]
         [InlineData("{ commitTransaction : 1 }", true)]