diff --git a/bitbake/lib/bb/fetch2/wget.py b/bitbake/lib/bb/fetch2/wget.py
index 859b4f99e2d..927487a0b66 100644
--- a/bitbake/lib/bb/fetch2/wget.py
+++ b/bitbake/lib/bb/fetch2/wget.py
@@ -385,6 +385,14 @@ class Wget(FetchMethod):
                     # debug for now to avoid spamming the logs in e.g. remote sstate searches
                     logger.debug2("checkstatus() urlopen failed: %s" % e)
                     return False
+            except TimeoutError as e:
+                if try_again:
+                    logger.debug2("checkstatus: trying again")
+                    return self.checkstatus(fetch, ud, d, False)
+                else:
+                    # debug for now to avoid spamming the logs in e.g. remote sstate searches
+                    logger.debug2("checkstatus() urlopen TimeoutError: %s" % e)
+                    return False
 
         return True