diff --git a/metadata/service/compute/cluster.yml b/metadata/service/compute/cluster.yml
index 8934022..2f081d5 100644
--- a/metadata/service/compute/cluster.yml
+++ b/metadata/service/compute/cluster.yml
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@
         region: RegionOne
         host: ${_param:opencontrail_control_address}
         port: 9696
+        retry: 3
       cache:
         engine: memcached
         # NOTE (dukov) Do not change this unless you 100% sure what you are doing
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}
diff --git a/metadata/service/compute/kvm.yml b/metadata/service/compute/kvm.yml
index 4174b56..0352323 100644
--- a/metadata/service/compute/kvm.yml
+++ b/metadata/service/compute/kvm.yml
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@
         region: RegionOne
         host: ${_param:cluster_vip_address}
         port: 9696
+        retry: 3
       cache:
         engine: memcached
         # NOTE (dukov) Do not change this unless you 100% sure what you are doing