diff --git a/tools/testing/ktest/ktest.pl b/tools/testing/ktest/ktest.pl
index 82006c2d88c927568d66a6890d65b786ee28326d..a511d4aae35dafcc2cf05cb21779751765594919 100755
--- a/tools/testing/ktest/ktest.pl
+++ b/tools/testing/ktest/ktest.pl
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ my %default = (
     "CLEAR_LOG"			=> 0,
     "BISECT_MANUAL"		=> 0,
     "BISECT_SKIP"		=> 1,
+    "BISECT_TRIES"		=> 1,
     "MIN_CONFIG_TYPE"		=> "boot",
     "SUCCESS_LINE"		=> "login:",
     "DETECT_TRIPLE_FAULT"	=> 1,
@@ -139,6 +140,7 @@ my $bisect_bad_commit = "";
 my $reverse_bisect;
 my $bisect_manual;
 my $bisect_skip;
+my $bisect_tries;
 my $config_bisect_good;
 my $bisect_ret_good;
 my $bisect_ret_bad;
@@ -276,6 +278,7 @@ my %option_map = (
     "IGNORE_ERRORS"		=> \$ignore_errors,
     "BISECT_MANUAL"		=> \$bisect_manual,
     "BISECT_SKIP"		=> \$bisect_skip,
+    "BISECT_TRIES"		=> \$bisect_tries,
     "CONFIG_BISECT_GOOD"	=> \$config_bisect_good,
     "BISECT_RET_GOOD"		=> \$bisect_ret_good,
     "BISECT_RET_BAD"		=> \$bisect_ret_bad,
@@ -2584,12 +2587,29 @@ sub run_bisect {
 	$buildtype = "useconfig:$minconfig";
     }
 
-    my $ret = run_bisect_test $type, $buildtype;
+    # If the user sets bisect_tries to less than 1, then no tries
+    # is a success.
+    my $ret = 1;
 
-    if ($bisect_manual) {
+    # Still let the user manually decide that though.
+    if ($bisect_tries < 1 && $bisect_manual) {
 	$ret = answer_bisect;
     }
 
+    for (my $i = 0; $i < $bisect_tries; $i++) {
+	if ($bisect_tries > 1) {
+	    my $t = $i + 1;
+	    doprint("Running bisect trial $t of $bisect_tries:\n");
+	}
+	$ret = run_bisect_test $type, $buildtype;
+
+	if ($bisect_manual) {
+	    $ret = answer_bisect;
+	}
+
+	last if (!$ret);
+    }
+
     # Are we looking for where it worked, not failed?
     if ($reverse_bisect && $ret >= 0) {
 	$ret = !$ret;
diff --git a/tools/testing/ktest/sample.conf b/tools/testing/ktest/sample.conf
index 2eb4bd2f6ab4134cdd9d4653a1ee4b09dd0591ab..172eec4517fb9792e172a9a8c60348f31115f400 100644
--- a/tools/testing/ktest/sample.conf
+++ b/tools/testing/ktest/sample.conf
@@ -1028,6 +1028,20 @@
 #   BISECT_BAD with BISECT_CHECK = good or
 #   BISECT_CHECK = bad, respectively.
 #
+# BISECT_TRIES = 5 (optional, default 1)
+#
+#   For those cases that it takes several tries to hit a bug,
+#   the BISECT_TRIES is useful. It is the number of times the
+#   test is ran before it says the kernel is good. The first failure
+#   will stop trying and mark the current SHA1 as bad.
+#
+#   Note, as with all race bugs, there's no guarantee that if
+#   it succeeds, it is really a good bisect. But it helps in case
+#   the bug is some what reliable.
+#
+#   You can set BISECT_TRIES to zero, and all tests will be considered
+#   good, unless you also set BISECT_MANUAL.
+#
 # BISECT_RET_GOOD = 0 (optional, default undefined)
 #
 #   In case the specificed test returns something other than just