diff --git a/cmake_targets/tools/build_helper b/cmake_targets/tools/build_helper
index 818b1fd79c70a486933ab1a1cacc7b0b3492be1e..8e4ae59a7faf90c5c10e70037ff2d52913b27491 100755
--- a/cmake_targets/tools/build_helper
+++ b/cmake_targets/tools/build_helper
@@ -217,7 +217,7 @@ install_protobuf_from_source(){
     #tar -xzvf protobuf-2.6.1.tar.gz --owner $USER --group $USER --no-same-owner
     #cd protobuf-2.6.1/
     rm -rf /tmp/protobuf-cpp-3.3.0.tar.gz* /tmp/protobuf-3.3.0
-    wget https://github.com/google/protobuf/releases/download/v3.3.0/protobuf-cpp-3.3.0.tar.gz
+    wget --tries=3 --retry-connrefused https://github.com/google/protobuf/releases/download/v3.3.0/protobuf-cpp-3.3.0.tar.gz
     tar -xzvf protobuf-cpp-3.3.0.tar.gz --owner $USER --group $(groups | cut -d" " -f1) --no-same-owner
     cd protobuf-3.3.0/
     ./configure
@@ -353,8 +353,8 @@ install_bladerf_driver_from_source(){
     $SUDO ldconfig
     echo "Downloading FPGA and firmware images"
     cd /tmp/bladeRF
-    wget https://www.nuand.com/fx3/bladeRF_fw_latest.img
-    wget https://www.nuand.com/fpga/hostedx40-latest.rbf
+    wget --tries=3 --retry-connrefused https://www.nuand.com/fx3/bladeRF_fw_latest.img
+    wget --tries=3 --retry-connrefused https://www.nuand.com/fpga/hostedx40-latest.rbf
     sudo mkdir -p /usr/share/Nuand/bladeRF
     sudo mv bladeRF_fw_latest.img /usr/share/Nuand/bladeRF/bladeRF_fw.img
     sudo mv hostedx40-latest.rbf /usr/share/Nuand/bladeRF/hostedx40.rbf
@@ -567,7 +567,7 @@ check_install_additional_tools (){
     echo_info "Installing Netinterfaces package. The logfile for installation is in $log_netiface"
     (
     $SUDO rm -fr /tmp/netifaces-0.10.4.tar.gz /tmp/netifaces
-    wget -P /tmp  https://pypi.python.org/packages/18/fa/dd13d4910aea339c0bb87d2b3838d8fd923c11869b1f6e741dbd0ff3bc00/netifaces-0.10.4.tar.gz
+    wget --tries=3 --retry-connrefused -P /tmp  https://pypi.python.org/packages/18/fa/dd13d4910aea339c0bb87d2b3838d8fd923c11869b1f6e741dbd0ff3bc00/netifaces-0.10.4.tar.gz
     tar -xzvf /tmp/netifaces-0.10.4.tar.gz -C /tmp
     cd /tmp/netifaces-0.10.4
     $SUDO python setup.py install