diff --git a/src/common/GnuPG.py b/src/common/GnuPG.py
index ec68e4f10..a34977b44 100644
--- a/src/common/GnuPG.py
+++ b/src/common/GnuPG.py
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 
 from os import tmpfile
 import locale
+from common import helpers
 
 USE_GPG = True
 
@@ -54,7 +55,7 @@ else:
 
 			resp = {}
 			while 1:
-				line = child_stdout.readline()
+				line = helpers.temp_failure_retry(child_stdout.readline())
 				if line == "": break
 				line = line.rstrip()
 				if line[0:9] == '[GNUPG:] ':