diff --git a/docker/base/curlrc b/docker/base/curlrc
index c1c1303e87..fe2971c8b3 100644
--- a/docker/base/curlrc
+++ b/docker/base/curlrc
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 # curl default options
 --fail
 --location
+--retry 5
 --silent
 --show-error
 --write-out "curl (%{url_effective}): response: %{http_code}, time: %{time_total}, size: %{size_download}\n"
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/curl-retries-e1c5d6b5b25d7380.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/curl-retries-e1c5d6b5b25d7380.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d0134bf31b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/curl-retries-e1c5d6b5b25d7380.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+---
+other:
+  - |
+    Added '--retry 5' to curlrc to improve curl downloads during image builds.