diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py
index e80a2dad0..b633ea9b9 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py
@@ -360,9 +360,19 @@ class InfoExtractor(object):
 
         return content
 
-    def _download_webpage(self, url_or_request, video_id, note=None, errnote=None, fatal=True):
+    def _download_webpage(self, url_or_request, video_id, note=None, errnote=None, fatal=True, tries=1, timeout=5):
         """ Returns the data of the page as a string """
-        res = self._download_webpage_handle(url_or_request, video_id, note, errnote, fatal)
+        success = False
+        try_count = 0
+        while success is False:
+            try:
+                res = self._download_webpage_handle(url_or_request, video_id, note, errnote, fatal)
+                success = True
+            except compat_http_client.IncompleteRead as e:
+                try_count += 1
+                if try_count >= tries:
+                    raise e
+                self._sleep(timeout, video_id)
         if res is False:
             return res
         else: