diff --git a/recipes/wsj.recipe b/recipes/wsj.recipe
index 2958a8f9a7..13ec7e607c 100644
--- a/recipes/wsj.recipe
+++ b/recipes/wsj.recipe
@@ -201,6 +201,9 @@ class WSJ(BasicNewsRecipe):
         self.log('Found section:', title, '[' + url + ']')
         try:
             articles = self.wsj_find_articles(url)
+            if not articles:
+                # retry once, sometimes these pages come up empty
+                articles = self.wsj_find_articles(url)
         except Exception:
             self.log.exception('Failed to parse section:', title)
             articles = []
diff --git a/recipes/wsj_free.recipe b/recipes/wsj_free.recipe
index 56a0c65707..d521ebd7a7 100644
--- a/recipes/wsj_free.recipe
+++ b/recipes/wsj_free.recipe
@@ -201,6 +201,9 @@ class WSJ(BasicNewsRecipe):
         self.log('Found section:', title, '[' + url + ']')
         try:
             articles = self.wsj_find_articles(url)
+            if not articles:
+                # retry once, sometimes these pages come up empty
+                articles = self.wsj_find_articles(url)
         except Exception:
             self.log.exception('Failed to parse section:', title)
             articles = []