diff --git a/scripts/download.pl b/scripts/download.pl
index 806ee80458..e885ff25f5 100755
--- a/scripts/download.pl
+++ b/scripts/download.pl
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ sub download
 	$options or $options = "";
 	
 	$mirror =~ s/\/$//;
-	open WGET, "wget -t1 --timeout=20 $options -O- \"$mirror/$filename\" |" or die "Cannot launch wget.\n";
+	open WGET, "wget -t5 --timeout=20 $options -O- \"$mirror/$filename\" |" or die "Cannot launch wget.\n";
 	open MD5SUM, "| $md5cmd > \"$target/$filename.md5sum\"" or die "Cannot launch md5sum.\n";
 	open OUTPUT, "> $target/$filename.dl" or die "Cannot create file $target/$filename.dl: $!\n";
 	my $buffer;