diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index eabce3e4..726338fe 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -91,6 +91,10 @@ services:
           - NVM_NODEJS_ORG_MIRROR=${WORKSPACE_NVM_NODEJS_ORG_MIRROR}
           - INSTALL_NODE=${WORKSPACE_INSTALL_NODE}
           - NPM_REGISTRY=${WORKSPACE_NPM_REGISTRY}
+          - NPM_FETCH_RETRIES=${WORKSPACE_NPM_FETCH_RETRIES} 
+          - NPM_FETCH_RETRY_FACTOR=${WORKSPACE_NPM_FETCH_RETRY_FACTOR}
+          - NPM_FETCH_RETRY_MINTIMEOUT=${WORKSPACE_NPM_FETCH_RETRY_MINTIMEOUT}
+          - NPM_FETCH_RETRY_MAXTIMEOUT=${WORKSPACE_NPM_FETCH_RETRY_MAXTIMEOUT}
           - INSTALL_PNPM=${WORKSPACE_INSTALL_PNPM}
           - INSTALL_YARN=${WORKSPACE_INSTALL_YARN}
           - INSTALL_NPM_GULP=${WORKSPACE_INSTALL_NPM_GULP}
diff --git a/env-example b/env-example
index 3b52a4b9..08b2f501 100644
--- a/env-example
+++ b/env-example
@@ -104,6 +104,10 @@ WORKSPACE_NVM_NODEJS_ORG_MIRROR=
 WORKSPACE_INSTALL_NODE=true
 WORKSPACE_NODE_VERSION=node
 WORKSPACE_NPM_REGISTRY=
+WORKSPACE_NPM_FETCH_RETRIES=2
+WORKSPACE_NPM_FETCH_RETRY_FACTOR=10
+WORKSPACE_NPM_FETCH_RETRY_MINTIMEOUT=10000
+WORKSPACE_NPM_FETCH_RETRY_MAXTIMEOUT=60000
 WORKSPACE_INSTALL_PNPM=false
 WORKSPACE_INSTALL_YARN=true
 WORKSPACE_YARN_VERSION=latest
diff --git a/workspace/Dockerfile b/workspace/Dockerfile
index 0043dd80..da6d95be 100644
--- a/workspace/Dockerfile
+++ b/workspace/Dockerfile
@@ -666,6 +666,14 @@ ARG INSTALL_NPM_VUE_CLI=false
 ARG INSTALL_NPM_ANGULAR_CLI=false
 ARG NPM_REGISTRY
 ENV NPM_REGISTRY ${NPM_REGISTRY}
+ARG NPM_FETCH_RETRIES
+ENV NPM_FETCH_RETRIES ${NPM_FETCH_RETRIES}
+ARG NPM_FETCH_RETRY_FACTOR
+ENV NPM_FETCH_RETRY_FACTOR ${NPM_FETCH_RETRY_FACTOR}
+ARG NPM_FETCH_RETRY_MINTIMEOUT
+ENV NPM_FETCH_RETRY_MINTIMEOUT ${NPM_FETCH_RETRY_MINTIMEOUT}
+ARG NPM_FETCH_RETRY_MAXTIMEOUT
+ENV NPM_FETCH_RETRY_MAXTIMEOUT ${NPM_FETCH_RETRY_MAXTIMEOUT}
 ENV NVM_DIR /home/laradock/.nvm
 ARG NVM_NODEJS_ORG_MIRROR
 ENV NVM_NODEJS_ORG_MIRROR ${NVM_NODEJS_ORG_MIRROR}
@@ -678,6 +686,10 @@ RUN if [ ${INSTALL_NODE} = true ]; then \
         && nvm install ${NODE_VERSION} \
         && nvm use ${NODE_VERSION} \
         && nvm alias ${NODE_VERSION} \
+        && npm config set fetch-retries ${NPM_FETCH_RETRIES} \
+        && npm config set fetch-retry-factor ${NPM_FETCH_RETRY_FACTOR} \
+        && npm config set fetch-retry-mintimeout ${NPM_FETCH_RETRY_MINTIMEOUT} \
+        && npm config set fetch-retry-maxtimeout ${NPM_FETCH_RETRY_MAXTIMEOUT} \
         && if [ ${NPM_REGISTRY} ]; then \
         npm config set registry ${NPM_REGISTRY} \
         ;fi \