diff --git a/scripts/get b/scripts/get
index bed917cd51..de2e0123d0 100755
--- a/scripts/get
+++ b/scripts/get
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ if [ -n "$PKG_URL" -a -n "$PKG_SOURCE_NAME" ]; then
   PACKAGE="$SOURCES/$1/$PKG_SOURCE_NAME"
   PACKAGE_MIRROR="$DISTRO_MIRROR/$PKG_NAME/$PKG_SOURCE_NAME"
   [ "$VERBOSE" != "yes" ] && WGET_OPT=-q
-  WGET_CMD="wget --timeout=30 --passive-ftp --no-check-certificate -c $WGET_OPT -O $SOURCES/$1/$PKG_SOURCE_NAME"
+  WGET_CMD="wget --timeout=30 --tries=3 --passive-ftp --no-check-certificate -c $WGET_OPT -O $SOURCES/$1/$PKG_SOURCE_NAME"
 
   NBWGET="1"