diff --git a/scripts/appveyor-retry.cmd b/scripts/appveyor-retry.cmd
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ac3836508
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/appveyor-retry.cmd
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+@echo off
+rem Source: https://github.com/appveyor/ci/blob/master/scripts/appveyor-retry.cmd
+rem initiate the retry number
+set retryNumber=0
+set maxRetries=3
+
+:RUN
+%*
+set LastErrorLevel=%ERRORLEVEL%
+IF %LastErrorLevel% == 0 GOTO :EOF
+set /a retryNumber=%retryNumber%+1
+IF %reTryNumber% == %maxRetries% (GOTO :FAILED)
+
+:RETRY
+set /a retryNumberDisp=%retryNumber%+1
+@echo Command "%*" failed with exit code %LastErrorLevel%. Retrying %retryNumberDisp% of %maxRetries%
+GOTO :RUN
+
+: FAILED
+@echo Sorry, we tried running command for %maxRetries% times and all attempts were unsuccessful!
+EXIT /B %LastErrorLevel%
diff --git a/scripts/upload-coverage.bat b/scripts/upload-coverage.bat
index 97553676c..8a8d94c98 100644
--- a/scripts/upload-coverage.bat
+++ b/scripts/upload-coverage.bat
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ if not defined PYTEST_NO_COVERAGE (
     C:\Python36\Scripts\coverage combine
     C:\Python36\Scripts\coverage xml --ignore-errors
     C:\Python36\Scripts\coverage report -m --ignore-errors
-    C:\Python36\Scripts\codecov --required -X gcov pycov search -f coverage.xml --flags %TOXENV:-= % windows
+    scripts\appveyor-retry C:\Python36\Scripts\codecov --required -X gcov pycov search -f coverage.xml --flags %TOXENV:-= % windows
 ) else (
     echo Skipping coverage upload, PYTEST_NO_COVERAGE is set
 )