diff --git a/meta/classes/deb-dl-dir.bbclass b/meta/classes/deb-dl-dir.bbclass
index 29bf45b..e335feb 100644
--- a/meta/classes/deb-dl-dir.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/deb-dl-dir.bbclass
@@ -55,7 +55,14 @@ debsrc_download() {
         [ -n "$dscfile" ] && continue
 
         sudo -E chroot --userspec=$( id -u ):$( id -g ) ${rootfs} \
-            sh -c ' mkdir -p "/deb-src/${1}/${2}" && cd "/deb-src/${1}/${2}" && apt-get -y --download-only --only-source source "$2"="$3" ' download-src "${rootfs_distro}" "${src}" "${version}"
+            sh -c ' mkdir -p "/deb-src/${1}/${2}" && cd "/deb-src/${1}/${2}" &&
+            download_src="apt-get -y --download-only --only-source source "$2"="$3""
+            download_status=1
+            while[ $download_status != 0 ]
+            do
+                $download_src
+                download_status=$?
+            done ' download-src "${rootfs_distro}" "${src}" "${version}"
     done
     ) 9>"${DEBSRCDIR}/${rootfs_distro}.lock"