diff --git a/test/integration/targets/prepare_http_tests/tasks/main.yml b/test/integration/targets/prepare_http_tests/tasks/main.yml
index 583a24305bf..bb69662215e 100644
--- a/test/integration/targets/prepare_http_tests/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/test/integration/targets/prepare_http_tests/tasks/main.yml
@@ -47,6 +47,10 @@
       win_get_url:
         url: http://ansible.http.tests/{{ item }}
         dest: '{{ win_output_dir }}\{{ item }}'
+      register: win_download
+      # Server 2008 R2 is slightly slower, we attempt 5 retries
+      retries: 5
+      until: win_download is successful
       when: ansible_os_family == 'Windows'
       with_items:
         - client.pem