diff --git a/extensions/ql-vscode/src/vscode-tests/run-integration-tests.ts b/extensions/ql-vscode/src/vscode-tests/run-integration-tests.ts
index 03c84d009..b54483d7e 100644
--- a/extensions/ql-vscode/src/vscode-tests/run-integration-tests.ts
+++ b/extensions/ql-vscode/src/vscode-tests/run-integration-tests.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,41 @@
 import * as path from 'path';
 import { runTests } from 'vscode-test';
 
+// A subset of the fields in TestOptions from vscode-test, which we
+// would simply use instead, but for the fact that it doesn't export
+// it.
+type Suite = {
+  extensionDevelopmentPath: string,
+  extensionTestsPath: string,
+  launchArgs: string[]
+};
+
+/**
+ * Run an integration test suite `suite` at most `tries` times, or
+ * until it succeeds, whichever comes first.
+ *
+ * TODO: Presently there is no way to distinguish a legitimately
+ * failed test run from the test runner being terminated by a signal.
+ * If in the future there arises a way to distinguish these cases
+ * (e.g. https://github.com/microsoft/vscode-test/pull/56) only retry
+ * in the terminated-by-signal case.
+ */
+async function runTestsWithRetry(suite: Suite, tries: number): Promise<void> {
+  for (let t = 0; t < tries; t++) {
+    try {
+      // Download and unzip VS Code if necessary, and run the integration test suite.
+      await runTests(suite);
+      return;
+    } catch (err) {
+      console.error(`Exception raised while running tests: ${err}`);
+      if (t < tries - 1)
+        console.log('Retrying...');
+    }
+  }
+  console.error(`Tried running suite ${tries} time(s), still failed, giving up.`);
+  process.exit(1);
+}
+
 /**
  * Integration test runner. Launches the VSCode Extension Development Host with this extension installed.
  * See https://github.com/microsoft/vscode-test/blob/master/sample/test/runTest.ts
@@ -32,11 +67,10 @@ async function main() {
     ];
 
     for (const integrationTestSuite of integrationTestSuites) {
-      // Download and unzip VS Code if necessary, and run the integration test suite.
-      await runTests(integrationTestSuite);
+      await runTestsWithRetry(integrationTestSuite, 3);
     }
   } catch (err) {
-    console.error('Failed to run tests');
+    console.error(`Unexpected exception while running tests: ${err}`);
     process.exit(1);
   }
 }