diff --git a/apps/files_external/lib/Lib/Storage/Google.php b/apps/files_external/lib/Lib/Storage/Google.php
index 0b617aafe9d1..b3cc8c4c3a0f 100644
--- a/apps/files_external/lib/Lib/Storage/Google.php
+++ b/apps/files_external/lib/Lib/Storage/Google.php
@@ -75,6 +75,7 @@ public function __construct($params) {
 			if (!function_exists('curl_version') || !function_exists('curl_exec')) {
 				$this->client->setClassConfig("Google_Http_Request", "disable_gzip", true);
 			}
+			$this->client->setClassConfig('Google_Task_Runner', 'retries', 5);
 			// note: API connection is lazy
 			$this->service = new \Google_Service_Drive($this->client);
 			$token = json_decode($params['token'], true);