diff --git a/spec-main/api-web-contents-spec.ts b/spec-main/api-web-contents-spec.ts
index 56eca4d57b54..09991be4fba2 100644
--- a/spec-main/api-web-contents-spec.ts
+++ b/spec-main/api-web-contents-spec.ts
@@ -41,7 +41,10 @@ describe('webContents module', () => {
     });
   });
 
-  describe('will-prevent-unload event', () => {
+  describe('will-prevent-unload event', function () {
+    // TODO(nornagon): de-flake this properly
+    this.retries(3);
+
     afterEach(closeAllWindows);
     it('does not emit if beforeunload returns undefined', (done) => {
       const w = new BrowserWindow({ show: false });