diff --git a/setup/revendor.py b/setup/revendor.py
index ef65e0d40f..760aa43914 100755
--- a/setup/revendor.py
+++ b/setup/revendor.py
@@ -28,14 +28,15 @@ class ReVendor(Command):
 
     def download_vendor_release(self, tdir, url):
         self.info('Downloading %s:' % self.TAR_NAME, url)
-        try:
-            raw = download_securely(url)
-        except Exception:
-            if not is_ci:
-                raise
+        num = 5 if is_ci else 1
+        for i in range(num):
+            try:
+                raw = download_securely(url)
+            except Exception:
+                if i == num - 1:
+                    raise
             self.info('Download failed, sleeping and retrying...')
             time.sleep(2)
-            raw = download_securely(url)
         with tarfile.open(fileobj=BytesIO(raw)) as tf:
             tf.extractall(tdir)
             if len(os.listdir(tdir)) == 1: