diff --git a/tests/travis/prepare.sh b/tests/travis/prepare.sh
index f6fd159ee9c5aa0ba2b14a8fdb9564323553e0ab..da45ea28b5893a1bd77a5e255286e66ce9567bfb 100755
--- a/tests/travis/prepare.sh
+++ b/tests/travis/prepare.sh
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 set -e
 
+travis_retry sudo apt-get update
+
 # Install XMLStarlet
-sudo apt-get install -qq xmlstarlet
+travis_retry sudo apt-get install -qq xmlstarlet
 
 # Install fonts for UI tests
 if [ "$TEST_SUITE" = "UITests" ];