diff --git a/src/calibre/gui2/actions/fetch_news.py b/src/calibre/gui2/actions/fetch_news.py
index e8a9ed1397..889cb24676 100644
--- a/src/calibre/gui2/actions/fetch_news.py
+++ b/src/calibre/gui2/actions/fetch_news.py
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ __copyright__ = '2010, Kovid Goyal <kovid@kovidgoyal.net>'
 __docformat__ = 'restructuredtext en'
 
 import gc
+from functools import partial
 
 from PyQt5.Qt import Qt
 
@@ -48,8 +49,7 @@ class FetchNewsAction(InterfaceAction):
         func, args, desc, fmt, temp_files = \
                 fetch_scheduled_recipe(arg)
         job = self.gui.job_manager.run_job(
-                Dispatcher(self.scheduled_recipe_fetched), func, args=args,
-                           description=desc)
+                Dispatcher(self.scheduled_recipe_fetched), func, args=args, description=desc)
         self.conversion_jobs[job] = (temp_files, fmt, arg)
         self.gui.status_bar.show_message(_('Fetching news from ')+arg['title'], 2000)
 
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ class FetchNewsAction(InterfaceAction):
         fname = temp_files[0].name
         if job.failed:
             self.scheduler.recipe_download_failed(arg)
-            return self.gui.job_exception(job)
+            return self.gui.job_exception(job, retry_func=partial(self.scheduler.download, arg['urn']))
         id = self.gui.library_view.model().add_news(fname, arg)
 
         # Arg may contain a "keep_issues" variable. If it is non-zero,
diff --git a/src/calibre/gui2/dialogs/message_box.py b/src/calibre/gui2/dialogs/message_box.py
index d1e58ef770..fad75149e8 100644
--- a/src/calibre/gui2/dialogs/message_box.py
+++ b/src/calibre/gui2/dialogs/message_box.py
@@ -339,6 +339,9 @@ class JobError(QDialog):  # {{{
         self.ctc_button = self.bb.addButton(_('&Copy to clipboard'),
                 self.bb.ActionRole)
         self.ctc_button.clicked.connect(self.copy_to_clipboard)
+        self.retry_button = self.bb.addButton(_('&Retry'), self.bb.ActionRole)
+        self.retry_button.clicked.connect(self.retry)
+        self.retry_func = None
         self.show_det_msg = _('Show &details')
         self.hide_det_msg = _('Hide &details')
         self.det_msg_toggle = self.bb.addButton(self.show_det_msg, self.bb.ActionRole)
@@ -358,6 +361,11 @@ class JobError(QDialog):  # {{{
         self.suppress.setVisible(False)
         self.do_resize()
 
+    def retry(self):
+        if self.retry_func is not None:
+            self.accept()
+            self.retry_func()
+
     def update_suppress_state(self):
         self.suppress.setText(_(
             'Hide the remaining %d error messages'%len(self.queue)))
@@ -395,15 +403,15 @@ class JobError(QDialog):  # {{{
         self.bb.button(self.bb.Close).setFocus(Qt.OtherFocusReason)
         return ret
 
-    def show_error(self, title, msg, det_msg=u''):
-        self.queue.append((title, msg, det_msg))
+    def show_error(self, title, msg, det_msg=u'', retry_func=None):
+        self.queue.append((title, msg, det_msg, retry_func))
         self.update_suppress_state()
         self.pop()
 
     def pop(self):
         if not self.queue or self.isVisible():
             return
-        title, msg, det_msg = self.queue.pop(0)
+        title, msg, det_msg, retry_func = self.queue.pop(0)
         self.setWindowTitle(title)
         self.msg_label.setText(msg)
         self.det_msg.setPlainText(det_msg)
@@ -414,6 +422,8 @@ class JobError(QDialog):  # {{{
         self.update_suppress_state()
         if not det_msg:
             self.det_msg_toggle.setVisible(False)
+        self.retry_button.setVisible(retry_func is not None)
+        self.retry_func = retry_func
         self.do_resize()
         self.show()
 
diff --git a/src/calibre/gui2/ui.py b/src/calibre/gui2/ui.py
index c11609e8c2..d4ad101f62 100644
--- a/src/calibre/gui2/ui.py
+++ b/src/calibre/gui2/ui.py
@@ -731,7 +731,7 @@ class Main(MainWindow, MainWindowMixin, DeviceMixin, EmailMixin,  # {{{
         self.set_number_of_books_shown()
         self.update_status_bar()
 
-    def job_exception(self, job, dialog_title=_('Conversion Error')):
+    def job_exception(self, job, dialog_title=_('Conversion Error'), retry_func=None):
         if not hasattr(self, '_modeless_dialogs'):
             self._modeless_dialogs = []
         minz = self.is_minimized_to_tray
@@ -813,7 +813,7 @@ class Main(MainWindow, MainWindowMixin, DeviceMixin, EmailMixin,  # {{{
         if not minz:
             self.job_error_dialog.show_error(dialog_title,
                     _('<b>Failed</b>')+': '+unicode(job.description),
-                    det_msg=job.details)
+                    det_msg=job.details, retry_func=retry_func)
 
     def read_settings(self):
         geometry = config['main_window_geometry']