diff --git a/libs.mk b/libs.mk
index c98d785cc..e0a2cc097 100644
--- a/libs.mk
+++ b/libs.mk
@@ -405,7 +405,7 @@ CLEAN-OBJS += libvpx_test_srcs.txt
 $(LIBVPX_TEST_DATA): $(SRC_PATH_BARE)/test/test-data.sha1
 	@echo "    [DOWNLOAD] $@"
 	$(qexec)trap 'rm -f $@' INT TERM &&\
-            curl -L -o $@ $(call libvpx_test_data_url,$(@F))
+            curl --retry 1 -L -o $@ $(call libvpx_test_data_url,$(@F))
 
 testdata:: $(LIBVPX_TEST_DATA)
 	$(qexec)[ -x "$$(which sha1sum)" ] && sha1sum=sha1sum;\
diff --git a/test/stress.sh b/test/stress.sh
index 1426194a5..952382476 100755
--- a/test/stress.sh
+++ b/test/stress.sh
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ download_and_check_file() {
 
   # Download the file using curl. Trap to insure non partial file.
   (trap "rm -f $1" INT TERM \
-    && eval "curl -L -o $1 ${DATA_URL}${root} ${devnull}")
+    && eval "curl --retry 1 -L -o $1 ${DATA_URL}${root} ${devnull}")
 
   # Check the sha1 sum of the file.
   if [ -n "${sha1sum}" ]; then