diff --git a/tests/p_dovecot/dovecot_imap_login.sh b/tests/p_dovecot/dovecot_imap_login.sh
index 579b8e8..bba4a75 100755
--- a/tests/p_dovecot/dovecot_imap_login.sh
+++ b/tests/p_dovecot/dovecot_imap_login.sh
@@ -10,9 +10,20 @@ t_Log "Running $0 - adding imaptest local user account + attempting IMAP login"
 mkdir -m 700 -p /home/imaptest/mail/.imap/INBOX 
 chown -R imaptest:imaptest /home/imaptest/mail/.imap/INBOX
 
+ret_val=1
+
 t_Log "Dovecot IMAP login test"
 echo -e "01 LOGIN imaptest imaptest\n" | nc localhost 143 | grep -q "Logged in."
+ret_val=$?
+
+if [ $ret_val == 1 ]
+  then
+  t_Log "Sometimes the first login fails (reason yet unknown to me)"
+  t_Log "Trying a second time, as this seems to work, if not somethings really not working"
+  echo -e "01 LOGIN imaptest imaptest\n" | nc localhost 143 | grep -q "Logged in."
+  ret_val=$?
+fi
 
-t_CheckExitStatus $?
+t_CheckExitStatus $ret_val
 
 userdel -rf imaptest