diff --git a/eclass/git-r3.eclass b/eclass/git-r3.eclass
index 3fb1ccf..299e69c 100644
--- a/eclass/git-r3.eclass
+++ b/eclass/git-r3.eclass
@@ -743,7 +743,19 @@
 
 			set -- "${fetch_command[@]}"
 			echo "${@}" >&2
-			"${@}" || continue
+
+			local retry=3
+			local repo_fetched=false
+
+			while [[ $retry != 0 ]]; do
+				if "${@}"; then
+					repo_fetched=true
+					break
+				fi
+				retry=$(($retry-1))
+			done
+
+			[[ ${repo_fetched} ]] || continue
 
 			if [[ ${clone_type} == mirror || ${fetch_l} == HEAD ]]; then
 				# update our HEAD to match our remote HEAD ref