diff --git a/.evergreen/download-mongodb.sh b/.evergreen/download-mongodb.sh
index 5dcfa049..288accc0 100755
--- a/.evergreen/download-mongodb.sh
+++ b/.evergreen/download-mongodb.sh
@@ -688,6 +688,12 @@ set_url_win32 ()
   MONGODB_24="https://fastdl.mongodb.org/win32/mongodb-win32-i386${DEBUG}-${VERSION_24}.zip"
 }
 
+# curl_retry runs curl with up to three retries, retrying any error.
+curl_retry ()
+{
+  for i in 2 4 8; do curl --fail -sS --max-time 300 "$@" && break || sleep $i;
+  done
+}
 
 # download_and_extract_package downloads a MongoDB server package.
 download_and_extract_package ()
@@ -702,7 +708,7 @@ download_and_extract_package ()
    fi
 
    echo "Installing server binaries..."
-   curl $MONGODB_DOWNLOAD_URL --output mongodb-binaries.tgz
+   curl_retry $MONGODB_DOWNLOAD_URL --output mongodb-binaries.tgz
 
    $EXTRACT mongodb-binaries.tgz
    echo "Installing server binaries... done."
@@ -734,7 +740,7 @@ download_and_extract_mongosh ()
    fi
 
    echo "Installing MongoDB shell..."
-   curl $MONGOSH_DOWNLOAD_URL --output mongosh.tgz
+   curl_retry $MONGOSH_DOWNLOAD_URL --output mongosh.tgz
    $EXTRACT_MONGOSH mongosh.tgz
 
    rm -f mongosh.tgz
@@ -817,7 +823,7 @@ download_and_extract_crypt_shared ()
    mkdir crypt_shared_download
    cd crypt_shared_download
 
-   curl $MONGO_CRYPT_SHARED_DOWNLOAD_URL --output crypt_shared-binaries.tgz
+   curl_retry $MONGO_CRYPT_SHARED_DOWNLOAD_URL --output crypt_shared-binaries.tgz
    $EXTRACT crypt_shared-binaries.tgz
 
    LIBRARY_NAME="mongo_crypt_v1"