diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.d/cirrus.yml b/.gitlab-ci.d/cirrus.yml
index a9e43e21d0..adc0007e5d 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.d/cirrus.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.d/cirrus.yml
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@
   stage: build
   image: registry.gitlab.com/libvirt/libvirt-ci/cirrus-run:latest
   needs: []
+  allow_failure:
+    exit_codes: 3
   # 20 mins larger than "timeout_in" in cirrus/build.yml
   # as there's often a 5-10 minute delay before Cirrus CI
   # actually starts the task