diff --git a/ansible.cfg b/ansible.cfg
index e7259e033..486f1bddc 100644
--- a/ansible.cfg
+++ b/ansible.cfg
@@ -19,3 +19,6 @@ timeout = 30
 [ssh_connection]
 # see: https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/11536
 control_path = %(directory)s/%%h-%%r-%%p
+
+# Option to retry failed ssh executions if the failure is encountered in ssh itself
+retries = 5