2 files changed, 7 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/.ci/ci-make-check.sh b/.ci/ci-make-check.sh
index 4ecf5b5a38..edb1752810 100755
--- a/.ci/ci-make-check.sh
+++ b/.ci/ci-make-check.sh
@@ -10,12 +10,14 @@ if [ "$1" = "misc" ] || [ "$1" = "misc-disabled" ] ; then
   exit 0
 fi
 
+NUM_TRIES=5
+
 travis_fold check "make check-TESTS"
 if [ "$DISTRO" != "" ] ; then
-  for tries in 1 2 3 ; do
+  for tries in $(seq 1 ${NUM_TRIES}); do
     (docker exec --env EINA_LOG_BACKTRACE="0" --env MAKEFLAGS="-j5 -rR" --env EIO_MONITOR_POLL=1 $(cat $HOME/cid) make -j2 -C src/ check-TESTS) && break
     docker exec --env MAKEFLAGS="-j5 -rR" --env EIO_MONITOR_POLL=1 $(cat $HOME/cid) cat src/test-suite.log
-    if [ $tries != 3 ] ; then echo "tests failed, trying again!" ; fi
+    if [ $tries != ${NUM_TRIES} ] ; then echo "tests failed, trying again!" ; fi
     false
   done
 #else
diff --git a/.ci/distcheck.sh b/.ci/distcheck.sh
index afc4fe1835..8c8e7cdf97 100755
--- a/.ci/distcheck.sh
+++ b/.ci/distcheck.sh
@@ -70,10 +70,11 @@ travis_endfold check-build
 travis_fold check-TESTS check-TESTS
 set +e
 export EINA_LOG_BACKTRACE="0"
-for tries in 1 2 3 ; do
+NUM_TRIES=5
+for tries in $(seq 1 ${NUM_TRIES}); do
   make ${AM_MAKEFLAGS} -C src/ -j1 check-TESTS && break
   cat src/test-suite.log
-  if [ $tries != 3 ] ; then echo "tests failed, trying again!" ; continue ; fi
+  if [ $tries != ${NUM_TRIES} ] ; then echo "tests failed, trying again!" ; continue ; fi
   exit 1
 done
 travis_endfold check-TESTS