diff --git a/metadata/service/compute/ironic.yml b/metadata/service/compute/ironic.yml
index e81933b..e606370 100644
--- a/metadata/service/compute/ironic.yml
+++ b/metadata/service/compute/ironic.yml
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@
         region: RegionOne
         host: ${_param:cluster_vip_address}
         port: 9696
+        retry: 3
       ironic:
         region: RegionOne
         host: ${_param:ironic_service_host}