diff --git a/packages/cactus-test-tooling/package-lock.json b/packages/cactus-test-tooling/package-lock.json
index f42d35db2cc..0621ec6258f 100644
--- a/packages/cactus-test-tooling/package-lock.json
+++ b/packages/cactus-test-tooling/package-lock.json
@@ -93,6 +93,11 @@
 				"@types/node": "*"
 			}
 		},
+		"@types/retry": {
+			"version": "0.12.0",
+			"resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@types/retry/-/retry-0.12.0.tgz",
+			"integrity": "sha512-wWKOClTTiizcZhXnPY4wikVAwmdYHp8q6DmC+EJUzAMsycb7HB32Kh9RN4+0gExjmPmZSAQjgURXIGATPegAvA=="
+		},
 		"@types/secp256k1": {
 			"version": "4.0.1",
 			"resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@types/secp256k1/-/secp256k1-4.0.1.tgz",
@@ -3064,6 +3069,15 @@
 			"resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/p-finally/-/p-finally-1.0.0.tgz",
 			"integrity": "sha1-P7z7FbiZpEEjs0ttzBi3JDNqLK4="
 		},
+		"p-retry": {
+			"version": "4.4.0",
+			"resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/p-retry/-/p-retry-4.4.0.tgz",
+			"integrity": "sha512-gVB/tBsG+3AHI1SyDHRrX6n9ZL0Bcbifps9W9/Bgu3Oyu4/OrAh8SvDzDsvpP0oxfCt3oWNT+0fQ9LyUGwBTLg==",
+			"requires": {
+				"@types/retry": "^0.12.0",
+				"retry": "^0.12.0"
+			}
+		},
 		"p-timeout": {
 			"version": "1.2.1",
 			"resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/p-timeout/-/p-timeout-1.2.1.tgz",
@@ -3316,6 +3330,11 @@
 				"lowercase-keys": "^1.0.0"
 			}
 		},
+		"retry": {
+			"version": "0.12.0",
+			"resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/retry/-/retry-0.12.0.tgz",
+			"integrity": "sha1-G0KmJmoh8HQh0bC1S33BZ7AcATs="
+		},
 		"rimraf": {
 			"version": "2.7.1",
 			"resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/rimraf/-/rimraf-2.7.1.tgz",
diff --git a/packages/cactus-test-tooling/package.json b/packages/cactus-test-tooling/package.json
index 7abec1e5cb3..6c33b777947 100644
--- a/packages/cactus-test-tooling/package.json
+++ b/packages/cactus-test-tooling/package.json
@@ -31,7 +31,10 @@
       "ignore": [
         "src/**/generated/*"
       ],
-      "extensions": ["ts", "json"],
+      "extensions": [
+        "ts",
+        "json"
+      ],
       "quiet": true,
       "verbose": false,
       "runOnChangeOnly": true
@@ -91,6 +94,7 @@
     "loglevel": "1.6.7",
     "loglevel-plugin-prefix": "0.8.4",
     "node-ssh": "11.1.1",
+    "p-retry": "4.4.0",
     "tar-stream": "2.1.2",
     "typescript-optional": "2.0.1",
     "web3": "1.2.7"
@@ -100,8 +104,8 @@
     "@types/extract-zip": "1.6.2",
     "@types/fs-extra": "8.1.0",
     "@types/joi": "14.3.4",
-    "@types/ssh2": "0.5.44",
     "@types/node-ssh": "7.0.0",
+    "@types/ssh2": "0.5.44",
     "@types/tar-stream": "2.1.0"
   }
 }
diff --git a/packages/cactus-test-tooling/src/main/typescript/common/containers.ts b/packages/cactus-test-tooling/src/main/typescript/common/containers.ts
index 78ded092aa7..f3d14f917c2 100644
--- a/packages/cactus-test-tooling/src/main/typescript/common/containers.ts
+++ b/packages/cactus-test-tooling/src/main/typescript/common/containers.ts
@@ -5,9 +5,15 @@ import { Container, ContainerInfo } from "dockerode";
 import Dockerode from "dockerode";
 import tar from "tar-stream";
 import fs from "fs-extra";
+import pRetry from "p-retry";
 import { Streams } from "../common/streams";
-import { Checks, LoggerProvider, Strings } from "@hyperledger/cactus-common";
-import { LogLevelDesc } from "loglevel";
+import {
+  Checks,
+  LogLevelDesc,
+  LoggerProvider,
+  Strings,
+  ILoggerOptions,
+} from "@hyperledger/cactus-common";
 
 export interface IPruneDockerResourcesRequest {
   logLevel?: LogLevelDesc;
@@ -297,33 +303,62 @@ export class Containers {
       return NetworkSettings.Networks[networkNames[0]].IPAddress;
     }
   }
-
   public static pullImage(
-    containerNameAndTag: string,
-    pullOptions: any = {},
+    imageFqn: string,
+    options: any = {},
+    logLevel?: LogLevelDesc,
+  ): Promise<any[]> {
+    const defualtLoggerOptions: ILoggerOptions = {
+      label: "containers#pullImage()",
+      level: logLevel || "INFO",
+    };
+    const log = LoggerProvider.getOrCreate(defualtLoggerOptions);
+    const task = () => Containers.tryPullImage(imageFqn, options, logLevel);
+    const retryOptions: pRetry.Options = {
+      retries: 6,
+      onFailedAttempt: async (ex) => {
+        log.debug(`Failed attempt at pulling container image ${imageFqn}`, ex);
+      },
+    };
+    return pRetry(task, retryOptions);
+  }
+
+  public static tryPullImage(
+    imageFqn: string,
+    options: any = {},
+    logLevel?: LogLevelDesc,
   ): Promise<any[]> {
     return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
+      const loggerOptions: ILoggerOptions = {
+        label: "containers#tryPullImage()",
+        level: logLevel || "INFO",
+      };
+      const log = LoggerProvider.getOrCreate(loggerOptions);
+
       const docker = new Dockerode();
-      docker.pull(
-        containerNameAndTag,
-        pullOptions,
-        (pullError: any, stream: any) => {
-          if (pullError) {
-            reject(pullError);
-          } else {
-            docker.modem.followProgress(
-              stream,
-              (progressError: any, output: any[]) => {
-                if (progressError) {
-                  reject(progressError);
-                } else {
-                  resolve(output);
-                }
-              },
-            );
-          }
-        },
-      );
+
+      const pullStreamStartedHandler = (pullError: any, stream: any) => {
+        if (pullError) {
+          log.error(`Could not even start ${imageFqn} pull:`, pullError);
+          reject(pullError);
+        } else {
+          log.debug(`Started ${imageFqn} pull progress stream OK`);
+          docker.modem.followProgress(
+            stream,
+            (progressError: any, output: any[]) => {
+              if (progressError) {
+                log.error(`Failed to finish ${imageFqn} pull:`, progressError);
+                reject(progressError);
+              } else {
+                log.debug(`Finished ${imageFqn} pull completely OK`);
+                resolve(output);
+              }
+            },
+          );
+        }
+      };
+
+      docker.pull(imageFqn, options, pullStreamStartedHandler);
     });
   }