diff --git a/server/lib/python/cartodb_services/cartodb_services/tools/qps.py b/server/lib/python/cartodb_services/cartodb_services/tools/qps.py
index 24d110e..9ae3abd 100644
--- a/server/lib/python/cartodb_services/cartodb_services/tools/qps.py
+++ b/server/lib/python/cartodb_services/cartodb_services/tools/qps.py
@@ -6,6 +6,9 @@ from exceptions import TimeoutException
 DEFAULT_RETRY_TIMEOUT = 60
 DEFAULT_QUERIES_PER_SECOND = 10
 
+TOMTOM_403_RATE_LIMIT_HEADER = 'Account Over Queries Per Second Limit'
+TOMTOM_DETAIL_HEADER = 'X-Error-Detail-Header'
+
 
 def qps_retry(original_function=None, **options):
     """ Query Per Second retry decorator
@@ -46,6 +49,8 @@ class QPSService:
                 response = getattr(e, 'response', None)
                 if response is not None:
                     if self._provider is not None and self._provider == 'tomtom' and (response.status_code == 403):
+                        if response.headers.get(TOMTOM_DETAIL_HEADER) != TOMTOM_403_RATE_LIMIT_HEADER:
+                            raise e
                         self.retry(start_time, attempt_number)
                     elif response.status_code == 429:
                         self.retry(start_time, attempt_number)