diff --git a/files/gentoo-initd b/files/gentoo-initd
index c5b5b702..c4d8675c 100755
--- a/files/gentoo-initd
+++ b/files/gentoo-initd
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ start() {
 
 stop() {
 	ebegin "Stopping fail2ban"
-	start-stop-daemon --stop --pidfile /var/run/fail2ban/fail2ban.pid \
+	start-stop-daemon --stop --pidfile /var/run/fail2ban/fail2ban.pid --retry 30 \
 	-- ${FAIL2BAN} stop
 	eend $? "Failed to stop fail2ban"
 }