diff --git a/httpx_retries/retry.py b/httpx_retries/retry.py
index 5415cae..1e3dcaf 100644
--- a/httpx_retries/retry.py
+++ b/httpx_retries/retry.py
@@ -4,11 +4,11 @@
 import random
 import sys
 import time
-from collections.abc import Iterable, Mapping
+from collections.abc import Callable, Iterable, Mapping
 from email.utils import parsedate_to_datetime
 from enum import Enum
 from http import HTTPStatus
-from typing import Final
+from typing import Final, TypeAlias
 
 import httpx
 
@@ -30,6 +30,9 @@ class HTTPMethod(str, Enum):
         CONNECT = "CONNECT"
 
 
+StatusForcelist: TypeAlias = frozenset[HTTPStatus | int] | Callable[[int], bool]
+
+
 class Retry:
     """
     A class to encapsulate retry logic and configuration.
@@ -49,7 +52,8 @@ class Retry:
             when deciding how long to wait before retrying.
         allowed_methods (Iterable[http.HTTPMethod, str], optional): The HTTP methods that can be retried. Defaults to
             ["HEAD", "GET", "PUT", "DELETE", "OPTIONS", "TRACE"].
-        status_forcelist (Iterable[http.HTTPStatus, int], optional): The HTTP status codes that can be retried.
+        status_forcelist (Iterable[http.HTTPStatus, int] | Callable[[int], bool], optional): The HTTP status codes that
+            can be retried, or a predicate that accepts a status code and returns whether it can be retried.
             Defaults to [429, 502, 503, 504].
         retry_on_exceptions (Iterable[type[httpx.HTTPError]], optional): The HTTP exceptions that can be retried.
             Defaults to [httpx.TimeoutException, httpx.NetworkError, httpx.RemoteProtocolError].
@@ -92,7 +96,7 @@ def __init__(
         self,
         total: int = 10,
         allowed_methods: Iterable[HTTPMethod | str] | None = None,
-        status_forcelist: Iterable[HTTPStatus | int] | None = None,
+        status_forcelist: Iterable[HTTPStatus | int] | Callable[[int], bool] | None = None,
         retry_on_exceptions: Iterable[type[Exception]] | None = None,
         backoff_factor: float = 0.0,
         respect_retry_after_header: bool = True,
@@ -130,17 +134,29 @@ def __init__(
         self.allowed_methods: frozenset[str] = frozenset(
             method.upper() for method in (allowed_methods or self.RETRYABLE_METHODS)
         )
-        self.status_forcelist = frozenset((status_forcelist or self.RETRYABLE_STATUS_CODES))
+        self.status_forcelist: StatusForcelist = self._prepare_status_forcelist(status_forcelist)
         self.retryable_exceptions = (
             self.RETRYABLE_EXCEPTIONS if retry_on_exceptions is None else tuple(retry_on_exceptions)
         )
 
+    @staticmethod
+    def _prepare_status_forcelist(
+        status_forcelist: Iterable[HTTPStatus | int] | Callable[[int], bool] | None,
+    ) -> StatusForcelist:
+        if callable(status_forcelist):
+            return status_forcelist
+
+        return frozenset((status_forcelist or Retry.RETRYABLE_STATUS_CODES))
+
     def is_retryable_method(self, method: str) -> bool:
         """Check if a method is retryable."""
         return method.upper() in self.allowed_methods
 
     def is_retryable_status_code(self, status_code: int) -> bool:
         """Check if a status code is retryable."""
+        if callable(self.status_forcelist):
+            return self.status_forcelist(status_code)
+
         return status_code in self.status_forcelist
 
     def is_retryable_exception(self, exception: Exception) -> bool:
diff --git a/tests/test_retry.py b/tests/test_retry.py
index aa7a55c..c17a060 100644
--- a/tests/test_retry.py
+++ b/tests/test_retry.py
@@ -33,8 +33,8 @@ def test_retry_custom_initialization() -> None:
     assert retry.max_backoff_wait == 30
     assert HTTPMethod.GET in retry.allowed_methods
     assert HTTPMethod.POST in retry.allowed_methods
-    assert HTTPStatus.INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR in retry.status_forcelist
-    assert HTTPStatus.BAD_GATEWAY in retry.status_forcelist
+    assert retry.is_retryable_status_code(HTTPStatus.INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR)
+    assert retry.is_retryable_status_code(HTTPStatus.BAD_GATEWAY)
 
 
 def test_is_retryable_method() -> None:
@@ -110,6 +110,15 @@ def test_custom_retry_status_codes_non_standard() -> None:
     assert retry.is_retryable_status_code(502) is False
 
 
+def test_custom_retry_status_codes_predicate() -> None:
+    retry = Retry(status_forcelist=lambda status_code: status_code >= 500)
+
+    assert retry.is_retryable_status_code(500) is True
+    assert retry.is_retryable_status_code(599) is True
+    assert retry.is_retryable_status_code(429) is False
+    assert retry.is_retry("GET", 503, False) is True
+
+
 def test_is_exhausted() -> None:
     retry = Retry(total=3)
     assert retry.is_exhausted() is False