diff --git a/util/build-gnu.sh b/util/build-gnu.sh
index a760a68..25b8be5 100755
--- a/util/build-gnu.sh
+++ b/util/build-gnu.sh
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ if test ! -d "${path_GNU}/README"; then
     echo "Extracting GNU tar..."
     mkdir -p "${path_GNU}"
     cd "${path_GNU}"
-    curl -fsSL https://ftpmirror.gnu.org/tar/tar-1.35.tar.xz -o gnu-tar.tar.xz
+    curl -fsSL --retry 5 https://ftpmirror.gnu.org/tar/tar-1.35.tar.xz -o gnu-tar.tar.xz
     echo e1a200d21f433cd7d917dd979db16919a9167056ae62cf7d038a6118e56b2fe419cd4a396eee66f1f4dc13a8dc380e23f6ffd7ee0ca84e5dd9ad9411f60e002c  gnu-tar.tar.xz \
      | b2sum --check
     tar xJf gnu-tar.tar.xz --strip-components=1