diff --git a/builder/yandex/builder.go b/builder/yandex/builder.go
index 38ea7524d..69bb9469f 100644
--- a/builder/yandex/builder.go
+++ b/builder/yandex/builder.go
@@ -4,12 +4,14 @@ import (
 	"context"
 	"fmt"
 
+	"github.com/google/uuid"
 	"github.com/hashicorp/packer/common"
 	"github.com/hashicorp/packer/helper/communicator"
 	"github.com/hashicorp/packer/helper/multistep"
 	"github.com/hashicorp/packer/packer"
 
 	"github.com/yandex-cloud/go-genproto/yandex/cloud/compute/v1"
+	"github.com/yandex-cloud/go-sdk/pkg/requestid"
 )
 
 // The unique ID for this builder.
@@ -35,6 +37,7 @@ func (b *Builder) Prepare(raws ...interface{}) ([]string, error) {
 // representing a Yandex.Cloud compute image.
 func (b *Builder) Run(ctx context.Context, ui packer.Ui, hook packer.Hook) (packer.Artifact, error) {
 	driver, err := NewDriverYC(ui, b.config)
+	ctx = requestid.ContextWithClientTraceID(ctx, uuid.New().String())
 
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
diff --git a/builder/yandex/config.go b/builder/yandex/config.go
index 8c442feee..d9d25a221 100644
--- a/builder/yandex/config.go
+++ b/builder/yandex/config.go
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-//go:generate struct-markdown
-
 package yandex
 
 import (
@@ -22,6 +20,7 @@ import (
 const defaultEndpoint = "api.cloud.yandex.net:443"
 const defaultGpuPlatformID = "gpu-standard-v1"
 const defaultPlatformID = "standard-v1"
+const defaultMaxRetries = 3
 const defaultZone = "ru-central1-a"
 
 var reImageFamily = regexp.MustCompile(`^[a-z]([-a-z0-9]{0,61}[a-z0-9])?$`)
@@ -74,6 +73,8 @@ type Config struct {
 	Labels map[string]string `mapstructure:"labels" required:"false"`
 	// Identifier of the hardware platform configuration for the instance. This defaults to standard-v1.
 	PlatformID string `mapstructure:"platform_id" required:"false"`
+	// The maximum number of times an API request is being executed
+	MaxRetries int `mapstructure:"max_retries"`
 	// Metadata applied to the launched instance.
 	Metadata map[string]string `mapstructure:"metadata" required:"false"`
 	// Metadata applied to the launched instance. Value are file paths.
@@ -219,6 +220,10 @@ func NewConfig(raws ...interface{}) (*Config, []string, error) {
 		c.Zone = defaultZone
 	}
 
+	if c.MaxRetries == 0 {
+		c.MaxRetries = defaultMaxRetries
+	}
+
 	// provision config by OS environment variables
 	if c.Token == "" {
 		c.Token = os.Getenv("YC_TOKEN")
diff --git a/builder/yandex/driver_yc.go b/builder/yandex/driver_yc.go
index f68916848..b9ff35665 100644
--- a/builder/yandex/driver_yc.go
+++ b/builder/yandex/driver_yc.go
@@ -4,10 +4,13 @@ import (
 	"context"
 	"fmt"
 	"log"
+	"time"
 
+	grpc_middleware "github.com/grpc-ecosystem/go-grpc-middleware"
 	"github.com/hashicorp/packer/helper/useragent"
 	"github.com/hashicorp/packer/packer"
 	"google.golang.org/grpc"
+	"google.golang.org/grpc/codes"
 	"google.golang.org/grpc/metadata"
 
 	"github.com/yandex-cloud/go-genproto/yandex/cloud/compute/v1"
@@ -16,9 +19,15 @@ import (
 	ycsdk "github.com/yandex-cloud/go-sdk"
 	"github.com/yandex-cloud/go-sdk/iamkey"
 	"github.com/yandex-cloud/go-sdk/pkg/requestid"
+	"github.com/yandex-cloud/go-sdk/pkg/retry"
 	"github.com/yandex-cloud/go-sdk/sdkresolvers"
 )
 
+const (
+	defaultExponentialBackoffBase = 50 * time.Millisecond
+	defaultExponentialBackoffCap  = 1 * time.Minute
+)
+
 type driverYC struct {
 	sdk *ycsdk.SDK
 	ui  packer.Ui
@@ -51,11 +60,23 @@ func NewDriverYC(ui packer.Ui, config *Config) (Driver, error) {
 		sdkConfig.Credentials = credentials
 	}
 
+	requestIDInterceptor := requestid.Interceptor()
+
+	retryInterceptor := retry.Interceptor(
+		retry.WithMax(config.MaxRetries),
+		retry.WithCodes(codes.Unavailable),
+		retry.WithAttemptHeader(true),
+		retry.WithBackoff(retry.BackoffExponentialWithJitter(defaultExponentialBackoffBase, defaultExponentialBackoffCap)))
+
+	// Make sure retry interceptor is above id interceptor.
+	// Now we will have new request id for every retry attempt.
+	interceptorChain := grpc_middleware.ChainUnaryClient(retryInterceptor, requestIDInterceptor)
+
 	userAgentMD := metadata.Pairs("user-agent", useragent.String())
 
 	sdk, err := ycsdk.Build(context.Background(), sdkConfig,
 		grpc.WithDefaultCallOptions(grpc.Header(&userAgentMD)),
-		grpc.WithUnaryInterceptor(requestid.Interceptor()))
+		grpc.WithUnaryInterceptor(interceptorChain))
 
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
diff --git a/website/source/docs/builders/yandex.html.md b/website/source/docs/builders/yandex.html.md
index 80f43a742..32dafbf19 100644
--- a/website/source/docs/builders/yandex.html.md
+++ b/website/source/docs/builders/yandex.html.md
@@ -106,6 +106,8 @@ can be configured for this builder.
     
 -   `platform_id` (string) - Identifier of the hardware platform configuration for the instance. This defaults to `standard-v1`.
 
+-   `max_retries` (number) - The maximum number of times an API request is being executed.
+
 -   `metadata` (object of key/value strings) - Metadata applied to the launched
     instance.
 
@@ -135,10 +137,11 @@ can be configured for this builder.
 
 -   `source_image_folder_id` (string) - The ID of the folder containing the source image.
 
--   `source_image_id` (string) - The source image ID to use to create the new image from.
+-   `source_image_id` (string) - The source image ID to use to create the new image
+    from.
 
--   `source_image_name` (string) - The source image name to use to create the new image from. 
-    Name will be looked up in `source_image_folder_id`. 
+-   `source_image_name` (string) - The source image name to use to create the new image
+    from. Name will be looked up in `source_image_folder_id`. 
 
 -   `state_timeout` (string) - The time to wait for instance state changes.
     Defaults to `5m`.