diff --git a/weed/operation/upload_content.go b/weed/operation/upload_content.go
index 6fd8a60d1..e1914f20a 100644
--- a/weed/operation/upload_content.go
+++ b/weed/operation/upload_content.go
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ var fileNameEscaper = strings.NewReplacer("\\", "\\\\", "\"", "\\\"")
 
 // Upload sends a POST request to a volume server to upload the content with adjustable compression level
 func UploadData(uploadUrl string, filename string, cipher bool, data []byte, isInputCompressed bool, mtype string, pairMap map[string]string, jwt security.EncodedJwt) (uploadResult *UploadResult, err error) {
-	uploadResult, err = doUploadData(uploadUrl, filename, cipher, data, isInputCompressed, mtype, pairMap, jwt)
+	uploadResult, err = retriedUploadData(uploadUrl, filename, cipher, data, isInputCompressed, mtype, pairMap, jwt)
 	return
 }
 
@@ -79,10 +79,22 @@ func doUpload(uploadUrl string, filename string, cipher bool, reader io.Reader,
 		err = fmt.Errorf("read input: %v", err)
 		return
 	}
-	uploadResult, uploadErr := doUploadData(uploadUrl, filename, cipher, data, isInputCompressed, mtype, pairMap, jwt)
+	uploadResult, uploadErr := retriedUploadData(uploadUrl, filename, cipher, data, isInputCompressed, mtype, pairMap, jwt)
 	return uploadResult, uploadErr, data
 }
 
+func retriedUploadData(uploadUrl string, filename string, cipher bool, data []byte, isInputCompressed bool, mtype string, pairMap map[string]string, jwt security.EncodedJwt) (uploadResult *UploadResult, err error) {
+	for i:=0; i< 3; i++ {
+		uploadResult, err = doUploadData(uploadUrl, filename, cipher, data, isInputCompressed, mtype, pairMap, jwt)
+		if err == nil {
+			return
+		} else {
+			glog.Warningf("uploading to %s: %v", uploadUrl, err)
+		}
+	}
+	return
+}
+
 func doUploadData(uploadUrl string, filename string, cipher bool, data []byte, isInputCompressed bool, mtype string, pairMap map[string]string, jwt security.EncodedJwt) (uploadResult *UploadResult, err error) {
 	contentIsGzipped := isInputCompressed
 	shouldGzipNow := false