diff --git a/src/Patches.php b/src/Patches.php
index d51fac15..31f5225c 100644
--- a/src/Patches.php
+++ b/src/Patches.php
@@ -369,7 +369,14 @@ protected function getAndApplyPatch(RemoteFilesystem $downloader, $install_path,
 
       // Download file from remote filesystem to this location.
       $hostname = parse_url($patch_url, PHP_URL_HOST);
-      $downloader->copy($hostname, $patch_url, $filename, FALSE);
+
+      try {
+        $downloader->copy($hostname, $patch_url, $filename, false);
+      } catch (\Exception $e) {
+        // In case of an exception, retry once as the download might
+        // have failed due to intermittent network issues.
+        $downloader->copy($hostname, $patch_url, $filename, false);
+      }
     }
 
     // The order here is intentional. p1 is most likely to apply with git apply.