diff --git a/commit.go b/commit.go
index dddc2f815..38601fbad 100644
--- a/commit.go
+++ b/commit.go
@@ -352,7 +352,7 @@ func (b *Builder) Commit(ctx context.Context, dest types.ImageReference, options
 	}
 
 	var manifestBytes []byte
-	if manifestBytes, err = retryCopyImage(ctx, policyContext, maybeCachedDest, maybeCachedSrc, dest, getCopyOptions(b.store, options.ReportWriter, nil, systemContext, "", false, options.SignBy, options.OciEncryptLayers, options.OciEncryptConfig, nil), options.MaxRetries); err != nil {
+	if manifestBytes, err = retryCopyImage(ctx, policyContext, maybeCachedDest, maybeCachedSrc, dest, getCopyOptions(b.store, options.ReportWriter, nil, systemContext, "", false, options.SignBy, options.OciEncryptLayers, options.OciEncryptConfig, nil), options.MaxRetries, options.RetryDelay); err != nil {
 		return imgID, nil, "", errors.Wrapf(err, "error copying layers and metadata for container %q", b.ContainerID)
 	}
 	// If we've got more names to attach, and we know how to do that for
@@ -484,7 +484,7 @@ func Push(ctx context.Context, image string, dest types.ImageReference, options
 		systemContext.DirForceCompress = true
 	}
 	var manifestBytes []byte
-	if manifestBytes, err = retryCopyImage(ctx, policyContext, dest, maybeCachedSrc, dest, getCopyOptions(options.Store, options.ReportWriter, nil, systemContext, options.ManifestType, options.RemoveSignatures, options.SignBy, options.OciEncryptLayers, options.OciEncryptConfig, nil), options.MaxRetries); err != nil {
+	if manifestBytes, err = retryCopyImage(ctx, policyContext, dest, maybeCachedSrc, dest, getCopyOptions(options.Store, options.ReportWriter, nil, systemContext, options.ManifestType, options.RemoveSignatures, options.SignBy, options.OciEncryptLayers, options.OciEncryptConfig, nil), options.MaxRetries, options.RetryDelay); err != nil {
 		return nil, "", errors.Wrapf(err, "error copying layers and metadata from %q to %q", transports.ImageName(maybeCachedSrc), transports.ImageName(dest))
 	}
 	if options.ReportWriter != nil {
diff --git a/common.go b/common.go
index d83e5417e..594362300 100644
--- a/common.go
+++ b/common.go
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import (
 	"io"
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
+	"time"
 
 	"github.com/containers/common/pkg/retry"
 	cp "github.com/containers/image/v5/copy"
@@ -68,7 +69,7 @@ func getSystemContext(store storage.Store, defaults *types.SystemContext, signat
 	return sc
 }
 
-func retryCopyImage(ctx context.Context, policyContext *signature.PolicyContext, dest, src, registry types.ImageReference, copyOptions *cp.Options, maxRetries int) ([]byte, error) {
+func retryCopyImage(ctx context.Context, policyContext *signature.PolicyContext, dest, src, registry types.ImageReference, copyOptions *cp.Options, maxRetries int, retryDelay time.Duration) ([]byte, error) {
 	var (
 		manifestBytes []byte
 		err           error
@@ -81,7 +82,7 @@ func retryCopyImage(ctx context.Context, policyContext *signature.PolicyContext,
 			return nil
 		}
 		return err
-	}, &retry.RetryOptions{MaxRetry: maxRetries})
+	}, &retry.RetryOptions{MaxRetry: maxRetries, Delay: retryDelay})
 	if lastErr != nil {
 		err = lastErr
 	}
diff --git a/pull.go b/pull.go
index a57bf5914..be9a521d1 100644
--- a/pull.go
+++ b/pull.go
@@ -280,7 +280,7 @@ func pullImage(ctx context.Context, store storage.Store, srcRef types.ImageRefer
 	}()
 
 	logrus.Debugf("copying %q to %q", transports.ImageName(srcRef), destName)
-	if _, err := retryCopyImage(ctx, policyContext, maybeCachedDestRef, srcRef, srcRef, getCopyOptions(store, options.ReportWriter, sc, nil, "", options.RemoveSignatures, "", nil, nil, options.OciDecryptConfig), options.MaxRetries); err != nil {
+	if _, err := retryCopyImage(ctx, policyContext, maybeCachedDestRef, srcRef, srcRef, getCopyOptions(store, options.ReportWriter, sc, nil, "", options.RemoveSignatures, "", nil, nil, options.OciDecryptConfig), options.MaxRetries, options.RetryDelay); err != nil {
 		logrus.Debugf("error copying src image [%q] to dest image [%q] err: %v", transports.ImageName(srcRef), destName, err)
 		return nil, err
 	}