diff --git a/presto-hive-hadoop2/bin/common.sh b/presto-hive-hadoop2/bin/common.sh
index 88a33e12dc4f6..3765874e8ec82 100755
--- a/presto-hive-hadoop2/bin/common.sh
+++ b/presto-hive-hadoop2/bin/common.sh
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ function start_docker_containers() {
   fi
 
   # start containers
-  docker-compose -f "${DOCKER_COMPOSE_LOCATION}" up -d
+  retry docker-compose -f "${DOCKER_COMPOSE_LOCATION}" up -d
 
   # start docker logs for hadoop container
   docker-compose -f "${DOCKER_COMPOSE_LOCATION}" logs --no-color hadoop-master &