diff --git a/configs/brppt2_defconfig b/configs/brppt2_defconfig
index fba4f08..38eedb4 100644
--- a/configs/brppt2_defconfig
+++ b/configs/brppt2_defconfig
@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@
 CONFIG_SYS_RELOC_GD_ENV_ADDR=y
 CONFIG_VERSION_VARIABLE=y
 CONFIG_ARP_TIMEOUT=1500
+CONFIG_NET_RETRY_COUNT=10
 CONFIG_BOOTP_SEND_HOSTNAME=y
 CONFIG_NET_RANDOM_ETHADDR=y
 CONFIG_NETCONSOLE=y