diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 9946d5d..6b99965 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -159,8 +159,8 @@
     # some info about the build machine
     - env: TEST_NAME="cppcheck, flake8, TODO FIXME HACK, LoC and system info"
       install:
-        - sudo apt-get update
-        - sudo apt-get install -y cppcheck sloccount python-flake8
+        - travis_retry sudo apt-get update
+        - travis_retry sudo apt-get install -ym cppcheck sloccount python-flake8
       script:
         # Compiler cppcheck (All)
         - cppcheck --force --quiet --inline-suppr --enable=all -j2 compiler/cpp/src