diff --git a/.docker/install_packages.sh b/.docker/install_packages.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..3118a83e99b57
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.docker/install_packages.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+MAX_ATTEMPTS=5
+WAIT_TIME=10
+RETRY_COUNT=0
+
+# Check if any package names were provided
+if [ $# -eq 0 ]; then
+    echo "Error: install_packages requires at least one package name." >&2
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+# Loop for retry attempts
+while [ $RETRY_COUNT -lt $MAX_ATTEMPTS ]; do
+    echo "Attempt $((RETRY_COUNT + 1)) of $MAX_ATTEMPTS: Running install_packages $@"
+
+    # Execute the actual install command
+    install_packages "$@"
+
+    # Check the exit status of the previous command
+    if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
+        echo "Packages installed successfully."
+        exit 0 # Success, exit the function
+    else
+        RETRY_COUNT=$((RETRY_COUNT + 1))
+        if [ $RETRY_COUNT -lt $MAX_ATTEMPTS ]; then
+            echo "Installation failed. Retrying in $WAIT_TIME seconds..."
+            sleep $WAIT_TIME
+        fi
+    fi
+done
+
+echo "ERROR: Package installation failed after $MAX_ATTEMPTS attempts." >&2
+exit 1
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index c2ca4f9ddd7d2..6414aebe3bafb 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -15,17 +15,18 @@ RUN echo "deb http://archive.debian.org/debian/ buster main" > /etc/apt/sources.
 
 # TODO install_packages calls apt-get update and then nukes the list files after. We should avoid multiple calls to apt-get update.....
 # We could probably fix this by running the update and installs ourself with `RUN --mount type=cache` but that is "experimental"
+COPY --chmod=755 .docker/install_packages.sh /usr/local/bin/
 
 # Fix for Debian Buster EOL - point to archive repositories
 RUN sed -i 's/deb.debian.org/archive.debian.org/g' /etc/apt/sources.list && \
     sed -i 's/security.debian.org/archive.debian.org/g' /etc/apt/sources.list && \
     sed -i '/buster-updates/d' /etc/apt/sources.list
 
-RUN install_packages apt-transport-https gnupg2 ca-certificates
+RUN install_packages.sh apt-transport-https gnupg2 ca-certificates
 COPY .docker/apt/keys/nodesource.gpg /
 RUN apt-key add /nodesource.gpg
 COPY .docker/apt/sources.list.d/nodesource.list /etc/apt/sources.list.d/
-RUN install_packages \
+RUN install_packages.sh \
   build-essential python2 \
     # needed for compiling native modules on ARM
   nodejs ruby \
@@ -43,7 +44,7 @@ ENV LC_ALL en_US.UTF-8
 
 
 FROM base AS ruby_deps
-RUN install_packages \
+RUN install_packages.sh \
   bundler \
     # Fetches ruby dependencies
   ruby-dev make cmake gcc libc-dev patch
@@ -61,7 +62,7 @@ FROM base AS node_deps
 COPY .docker/apt/keys/yarn.gpg /
 RUN apt-key add /yarn.gpg
 COPY .docker/apt/sources.list.d/yarn.list /etc/apt/sources.list.d/
-RUN install_packages yarn=1.22.19-1
+RUN install_packages.sh yarn=1.22.19-1
 COPY package.json /
 COPY yarn.lock /
 ENV YARN_CACHE_FOLDER=/tmp/.yarn-cache
@@ -74,7 +75,7 @@ RUN yarn install --frozen-lockfile --production
 # Dockerfiles to make the images to serve previews and air gapped docs.
 FROM base AS build
 LABEL MAINTAINERS="Nik Everett <nik@elastic.co>"
-RUN install_packages \
+RUN install_packages.sh \
   git \
     # Clone source repositories and commit to destination repositories
   libnss-wrapper \
@@ -110,7 +111,7 @@ RUN rm -rf /var/log/nginx && rm -rf /run/nginx
 ##### Everything below this run tests
 FROM base AS py_test
 # There's not a published wheel for yamale, so we need setuptools and wheel
-RUN install_packages python3 python3-pip python3-setuptools python3-wheel python3-dev libxml2-dev libxslt-dev zlib1g-dev
+RUN install_packages.sh python3 python3-pip python3-setuptools python3-wheel python3-dev libxml2-dev libxslt-dev zlib1g-dev
 RUN pip3 install \
   beautifulsoup4==4.8.1 \
   lxml==4.4.2 \
@@ -131,4 +132,4 @@ COPY --from=ruby_test /usr/local/bin/rspec /usr/local/bin/rspec
 COPY --from=ruby_test /usr/local/bin/rubocop /usr/local/bin/rubocop
 
 FROM py_test AS diff_tool
-RUN install_packages git
+RUN install_packages.sh git