diff --git a/.appveyor.yml b/.appveyor.yml
index 821a03f7..e94e9092 100644
--- a/.appveyor.yml
+++ b/.appveyor.yml
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ cache:
 # For simple configurations, instead of using the build matrix, you can simply set the
 # default-toolchain and default-host manually here.
 install:
-  - appveyor DownloadFile https://win.rustup.rs/ -FileName rustup-init.exe
+  - appveyor-retry appveyor DownloadFile https://win.rustup.rs/ -FileName rustup-init.exe
   - rustup-init -yv --default-toolchain %channel% --default-host %target%
   - set PATH=%PATH%;%USERPROFILE%\.cargo\bin
   - rustc -vV