diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index c24f9813acec6ca8a70a2e44a66c9ac5685ac079..4a023d4000f1f0693fe3450555420573b7fbdb28 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -57,6 +57,10 @@ common:detector:
     - ln -s "${LOCAL_DATA_PATH}/datasets/data" data
     - ls -lrtha
     - bash bin/get_calibrations
+  retry:
+    max: 2
+    when:
+      - runner_system_failure
 
 include:
   - local: 'benchmarks/dis/config.yml'