diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 6caef6d9..6f53ee5e 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -24,10 +24,10 @@ matrix:
     fast_finish: true
 
 before_install:
-  - "sudo apt-key adv --keyserver hkp://keyserver.ubuntu.com:80 --recv 7F0CEB10"
+  - "travis_retry sudo apt-key adv --keyserver hkp://keyserver.ubuntu.com:80 --recv 7F0CEB10"
   - "echo 'deb http://downloads-distro.mongodb.org/repo/ubuntu-upstart dist 10gen' | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mongodb.list"
-  - "sudo apt-get update"
-  - "sudo apt-get install mongodb-org-server"
+  - "travis_retry sudo apt-get update"
+  - "travis_retry sudo apt-get install mongodb-org-server"
 
 install:
     - sudo apt-get install python-dev python3-dev libopenjpeg-dev zlib1g-dev libjpeg-turbo8-dev libtiff4-dev libjpeg8-dev libfreetype6-dev liblcms2-dev libwebp-dev tcl8.5-dev tk8.5-dev python-tk