diff --git a/tools/cloud-init/AWS/config.boot.default b/tools/cloud-init/AWS/config.boot.default
index 92c3310b..f70ba307 100644
--- a/tools/cloud-init/AWS/config.boot.default
+++ b/tools/cloud-init/AWS/config.boot.default
@@ -9,6 +9,9 @@ system {
             level admin
         }
     }
+    option {
+        reboot-on-upgrade-failure 5
+    }
     syslog {
         local {
             facility all {