diff --git a/roles/download/tasks/main.yml b/roles/download/tasks/main.yml
index b4eb79053..fcdabc9a2 100644
--- a/roles/download/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/download/tasks/main.yml
@@ -130,6 +130,9 @@
   shell: "{{ docker_bin_dir }}/docker save {{ pull_args }} | gzip -{{ download_compress }} > {{ fname }}"
   delegate_to: "{{ download_delegate }}"
   register: saved
+  until: saved|success and "Error" not in saved.stderr
+  retries: 4
+  delay: "{{ retry_stagger | random + 3 }}"
   run_once: true
   when: (not ansible_os_family in ["CoreOS", "Container Linux by CoreOS"] or download_delegate == "localhost") and download_run_once|bool and download.enabled|bool and download.container|bool and (container_changed|bool or not img.stat.exists)