diff --git a/roles/cli/cachetool/defaults/main.yml b/roles/cli/cachetool/defaults/main.yml
index 77c338ce..5c4ccbc0 100644
--- a/roles/cli/cachetool/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/roles/cli/cachetool/defaults/main.yml
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 cachetool:
   version: "" # enter three-digit version number, e.g. "7.0.0", to install a specific version. If not specified, will be installed depending on the php version.
   unix_socket: false  # Set to true to use automatic detection of Unix socket as set by ce-provision
+  check_retries: 5
+  check_delay: 20
   # Adapter string to use as argument.
   # e.g.
   # --fcgi=127.0.0.1:9000
diff --git a/roles/cli/cachetool/tasks/main.yml b/roles/cli/cachetool/tasks/main.yml
index 0c221115..f765da90 100644
--- a/roles/cli/cachetool/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/cli/cachetool/tasks/main.yml
@@ -107,3 +107,7 @@
   ansible.builtin.command:
     cmd: "{{ cachetool_bin }} {{ _cachetool_adapter }} -n opcache:status"
   when: _php_version.stdout | length > 0
+  register: opcache_status_check
+  retries: "{{ cachetool.check_retries }}"
+  delay: "{{ cachetool.check_delay }}"
+  until: opcache_status_check.rc == 0