diff --git a/tests/scripts/vagrant_up.sh b/tests/scripts/vagrant_up.sh
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5ec9aff20
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/scripts/vagrant_up.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+retries=0
+until [ $retries -ge 5 ]
+do
+  echo "Attempting to start VMs. Attempts: $retries"
+  timeout 10m vagrant up "$@" && break
+  retries=$[$retries+1]
+  sleep 5
+done
+
+sleep 10
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index fdcc138eb..f57d99986 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -423,7 +423,7 @@ changedir=
   lvm_auto_discovery: {toxinidir}/tests/functional/lvm-auto-discovery{env:CONTAINER_DIR:}
 
 commands=
-  vagrant up --no-provision {posargs:--provider=virtualbox}
+  bash {toxinidir}/tests/scripts/vagrant_up.sh --no-provision {posargs:--provider=virtualbox}
   bash {toxinidir}/tests/scripts/generate_ssh_config.sh {changedir}
 
   # configure lvm