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diff --git a/tests/Makefile b/tests/Makefile
index 5bd3eee2..44b74584 100644
--- a/tests/Makefile
+++ b/tests/Makefile
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 # usage: tests/using-intree make -f tests/Makefile
-# (optionally setting TESTSCRIPTS='tests/tests/foo tests/tests/bar')
+# optionally setting
+#   TESTSCRIPTS='tests/tests/foo tests/tests/bar')
+#   DGIT_TEST_RETRY_COUNT=<a smallish integer>
 
 TESTSCRIPTS ?= $(shell tests/enumerate-tests)
 TESTNAMES := $(notdir $(TESTSCRIPTS))
@@ -10,5 +12,16 @@ all: $(foreach t,$(TESTNAMES),tests/tmp/$t.ok)
 tests/tmp:
 	mkdir -p $@
 
+
 tests/tmp/%.ok: tests/tmp
+ifeq ($(DGIT_TEST_RETRY_COUNT),)
 	tests/tests/$* >tests/tmp/$*.log 2>&1
+else
+	@for retry in $$( seq 1 $(DGIT_TEST_RETRY_COUNT) ); do		\
+		echo "[$$retry] $*";					\
+		tests/tests/$* >tests/tmp/$*.$$retry.log 2>&1;		\
+		rc=$$?;							\
+		if [ $$rc = 0 ]; then exit 0; fi;			\
+		echo >&2 "[$$retry] $* TEST FAILED $$rc";		\
+	done; exit $$rc
+endif