diff --git a/zaza/openstack/utilities/openstack.py b/zaza/openstack/utilities/openstack.py
index 96bfd9c4e..18e88d76b 100644
--- a/zaza/openstack/utilities/openstack.py
+++ b/zaza/openstack/utilities/openstack.py
@@ -2254,6 +2254,12 @@ def find_ubuntu_image(release, arch):
     return UBUNTU_IMAGE_URLS[release].format(release=release, arch=arch)
 
 
+@tenacity.retry(
+    wait=tenacity.wait_fixed(2),
+    stop=tenacity.stop_after_attempt(10),
+    reraise=True,
+    retry=tenacity.retry_if_exception_type(urllib.error.ContentTooShortError),
+)
 def download_image(image_url, target_file):
     """Download the image from the given url to the specified file.