diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 8973e9a81fedf822a2669ecca30e7082510754ec..d4f3542c9226fd5ecc4099d27c06338ad1f8f6ae 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -60,6 +60,10 @@ common:detector:
     - ln -s "${LOCAL_DATA_PATH}/datasets/data" data
     - ls -lrtha
     - bash bin/get_calibrations
+  retry:
+    max: 2
+    when:
+      - runner_system_failure
   interruptible: true
 
 include: