diff --git a/repos/gems/src/app/depot_download_manager/import.h b/repos/gems/src/app/depot_download_manager/import.h
index d1fbeae19e..160a7f4a25 100644
--- a/repos/gems/src/app/depot_download_manager/import.h
+++ b/repos/gems/src/app/depot_download_manager/import.h
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ class Depot_download_manager::Import
 
 			enum State { DOWNLOAD_IN_PROGRESS,
 			             DOWNLOAD_COMPLETE,
+			             DOWNLOAD_UNAVAILABLE,
 			             VERIFIED,
 			             VERIFICATION_FAILED,
 			             UNPACKED };
@@ -72,6 +73,7 @@ class Depot_download_manager::Import
 				switch (state) {
 				case DOWNLOAD_IN_PROGRESS: return "download";
 				case DOWNLOAD_COMPLETE:    return "verify";
+				case DOWNLOAD_UNAVAILABLE: return "unavailable";
 				case VERIFIED:             return "extract";
 				case VERIFICATION_FAILED:  return "verification failed";
 				case UNPACKED:             return "done";
@@ -178,6 +180,13 @@ class Depot_download_manager::Import
 					item.state =  Item::DOWNLOAD_COMPLETE; });
 		}
 
+		void all_downloads_unavailable()
+		{
+			_items.for_each([&] (Item &item) {
+				if (item.state == Item::DOWNLOAD_IN_PROGRESS)
+					item.state =  Item::DOWNLOAD_UNAVAILABLE; });
+		}
+
 		void archive_verified(Archive::Path const &archive)
 		{
 			_items.for_each([&] (Item &item) {
diff --git a/repos/gems/src/app/depot_download_manager/main.cc b/repos/gems/src/app/depot_download_manager/main.cc
index d9aec3ed1d..15801bdc67 100644
--- a/repos/gems/src/app/depot_download_manager/main.cc
+++ b/repos/gems/src/app/depot_download_manager/main.cc
@@ -99,6 +99,9 @@ struct Depot_download_manager::Main : Import::Download_progress
 	Depot_query_version _depot_query_count { 1 };
 	Fetchurl_version    _fetchurl_count    { 1 };
 
+	unsigned const _fetchurl_max_attempts = 3;
+	unsigned       _fetchurl_attempt      = 0;
+
 	Archive::User _next_user { };
 
 	Constructible<Import> _import { };
@@ -281,6 +284,7 @@ void Depot_download_manager::Main::_handle_query_result()
 
 	/* start new import */
 	_import.construct(_heap, _current_user_name(), _dependencies.xml());
+	_fetchurl_attempt = 0;
 	_update_state_report();
 
 	/* spawn fetchurl */
@@ -310,6 +314,12 @@ void Depot_download_manager::Main::_handle_init_state()
 
 			/* retry by incrementing the version attribute of the start node */
 			_fetchurl_count.value++;
+
+			if (_fetchurl_attempt++ >= _fetchurl_max_attempts) {
+				import.all_downloads_unavailable();
+				_fetchurl_attempt = 0;
+			}
+
 			reconfigure_init = true;
 		}