diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index fbb8fd99..e910ae79 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -89,6 +89,7 @@ The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/).
 - Parallelized overlay build. #1018
 - Parallelized and optimized overlay build. #1018
 - Added note about dnsmasq interface options in Rocky 9.
+- Added retries to curl in wwinit dracut module. #1631
 
 ### Removed
 
diff --git a/dracut/modules.d/90wwinit/load-wwinit.sh b/dracut/modules.d/90wwinit/load-wwinit.sh
index 97d7e774..3b191dea 100755
--- a/dracut/modules.d/90wwinit/load-wwinit.sh
+++ b/dracut/modules.d/90wwinit/load-wwinit.sh
@@ -15,6 +15,6 @@ do
         then
             localport="--local-port 1-1023"
         fi
-        (curl --silent ${localport} -L "${archive}" | gzip -d | cpio -im --directory="${NEWROOT}") || die "Unable to load ${archive}"
+        (curl --retry 60 --retry-delay 1 --silent ${localport} -L "${archive}" | gzip -d | cpio -im --directory="${NEWROOT}") || die "Unable to load ${archive}"
     fi
 done