diff --git a/docker/base/Dockerfile.j2 b/docker/base/Dockerfile.j2
index 7c25f92..e4f925b 100644
--- a/docker/base/Dockerfile.j2
+++ b/docker/base/Dockerfile.j2
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ ENV DEBIAN_FRONTEND noninteractive
 
 COPY sources.list.debian /etc/apt/sources.list
 COPY apt_preferences.debian /etc/apt/preferences
+COPY apt_conf_retries /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/99retries
 
 # Ceph and Mariadb keys
 RUN apt-key adv --recv-keys --keyserver hkp://keyserver.ubuntu.com:80 08B73419AC32B4E966C1A330E84AC2C0460F3994 \
diff --git a/docker/base/apt_conf_retries b/docker/base/apt_conf_retries
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..884ec8d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docker/base/apt_conf_retries
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Acquire::Retries 5;