diff --git a/meta/recipes-core/isar-bootstrap/isar-bootstrap.inc b/meta/recipes-core/isar-bootstrap/isar-bootstrap.inc
index fbfe669d..957dfd6a 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-core/isar-bootstrap/isar-bootstrap.inc
+++ b/meta/recipes-core/isar-bootstrap/isar-bootstrap.inc
@@ -303,6 +303,10 @@ isar_bootstrap() {
                              "${ROOTFSDIR}/etc/apt/apt.conf.d/50isar.conf"
             find ${APT_KEYS_DIR}/ -type f | while read keyfile
             do
+                for i in $(seq 10); do
+                    gpg-connect-agent && break
+                    sleep 1
+                done
                 kfn="$(basename $keyfile)"
                 cp $keyfile "${ROOTFSDIR}/tmp/$kfn"
                 chroot "${ROOTFSDIR}" /usr/bin/apt-key \