diff --git a/libs/vertexai/langchain_google_vertexai/chat_models.py b/libs/vertexai/langchain_google_vertexai/chat_models.py
index 7a4776f9..c1f929fd 100644
--- a/libs/vertexai/langchain_google_vertexai/chat_models.py
+++ b/libs/vertexai/langchain_google_vertexai/chat_models.py
@@ -426,6 +426,7 @@ def _completion_with_retry(
     generation_method: Callable,
     *,
     max_retries: int,
+    check_stream_response_for_candidates: bool = False,
     run_manager: Optional[CallbackManagerForLLMRun] = None,
     **kwargs: Any,
 ) -> Any:
@@ -437,6 +438,14 @@ def _completion_with_retry(
     @retry_decorator
     def _completion_with_retry_inner(generation_method: Callable, **kwargs: Any) -> Any:
         response = generation_method(**kwargs)
+        if kwargs.get("stream") and check_stream_response_for_candidates:
+            chunks = list(response)
+            for chunk in chunks:
+                if not chunk.candidates:
+                    raise ValueError("Got 0 candidates from generations.")
+            return iter(chunks)
+        if kwargs.get("stream"):
+            return response
         if len(response.candidates):
             return response
         else:
@@ -449,6 +458,7 @@ async def _acompletion_with_retry(
     generation_method: Callable,
     *,
     max_retries: int,
+    check_stream_response_for_candidates: bool = False,
     run_manager: Optional[CallbackManagerForLLMRun] = None,
     **kwargs: Any,
 ) -> Any:
@@ -462,6 +472,14 @@ async def _completion_with_retry_inner(
         generation_method: Callable, **kwargs: Any
     ) -> Any:
         response = await generation_method(**kwargs)
+        if kwargs.get("stream") and check_stream_response_for_candidates:
+            chunks = list(response)
+            for chunk in chunks:
+                if not chunk.candidates:
+                    raise ValueError("Got 0 candidates from generations.")
+            return iter(chunks)
+        if kwargs.get("stream"):
+            return response
         if len(response.candidates):
             return response
         else:
@@ -484,6 +502,10 @@ class ChatVertexAI(_VertexAICommon, BaseChatModel):
     """[Deprecated] Since new Gemini models support setting a System Message,
     setting this parameter to True is discouraged.
     """
+    check_stream_response_for_candidates: bool = False
+    """Retrieves all chunks from streaming response and check all of them 
+    have candidates. If not, retries.
+    It makes streaming mode essentially useless."""
 
     @classmethod
     def is_lc_serializable(self) -> bool:
@@ -711,7 +733,13 @@ def _stream(
         client, contents = self._gemini_client_and_contents(messages)
         params = self._gemini_params(stop=stop, stream=True, **kwargs)
         with telemetry.tool_context_manager(self._user_agent):
-            response_iter = client.generate_content(contents, **params, stream=True)
+            response_iter = _completion_with_retry(
+                client.generate_content,
+                max_retries=self.max_retries,
+                contents=contents,
+                check_stream_response_for_candidates=self.check_stream_response_for_candidates,
+                **params,
+            )
         for response_chunk in response_iter:
             chunk = self._gemini_chunk_to_generation_chunk(response_chunk)
             if run_manager and isinstance(chunk.message.content, str):
@@ -758,8 +786,12 @@ async def _astream(
         client, contents = self._gemini_client_and_contents(messages)
         params = self._gemini_params(stop=stop, stream=True, **kwargs)
         with telemetry.tool_context_manager(self._user_agent):
-            async for response_chunk in await client.generate_content_async(
-                contents, **params, stream=True
+            async for response_chunk in await _acompletion_with_retry(
+                client.generate_content_async,
+                max_retries=self.max_retries,
+                contents=contents,
+                check_stream_response_for_candidates=self.check_stream_response_for_candidates,
+                **params,
             ):
                 chunk = self._gemini_chunk_to_generation_chunk(response_chunk)
                 if run_manager and isinstance(chunk.message.content, str):