diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 36c65bdaa..d2089bf16 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -5,3 +5,4 @@
 /roles/*/files/scratchpad
 .DS_Store
 .python-version
+.ansible-retry
diff --git a/ansible.cfg b/ansible.cfg
index 360ce153c..1721bc8e6 100644
--- a/ansible.cfg
+++ b/ansible.cfg
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 [defaults]
-retry_files_enabled = False
+retry_files_enabled = True
 stdout_callback = yaml
+retry_files_save_path = ./.ansible-retry
 
 [connection]
 pipelining = True