diff --git a/.aspect/workflows/bazelrc b/.aspect/workflows/bazelrc
index 33fb1ce4..a9ea9ff5 100644
--- a/.aspect/workflows/bazelrc
+++ b/.aspect/workflows/bazelrc
@@ -9,3 +9,6 @@ common:rbe --remote_executor=unix:///mnt/ephemeral/buildbarn/.cache/bb_clientd/g
 common:rbe --genrule_strategy=remote,local
 common:rbe --jobs=32
 common:rbe --remote_timeout=3600
+
+# retry flaky tests
+common --flaky_test_attempts=5
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/BUILD.bazel b/BUILD.bazel
index e8bc8110..8c77cddc 100644
--- a/BUILD.bazel
+++ b/BUILD.bazel
@@ -31,3 +31,12 @@ js_library(
         ":node_modules/typescript-eslint",
     ],
 )
+
+sh_test(
+    name = "flaky_sh_test",
+    srcs = ["flake.sh"],
+    flaky = True,
+    tags = [
+        "expected_to_fail",
+    ],
+)
diff --git a/flake.sh b/flake.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..5212a087
--- /dev/null
+++ b/flake.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+set -o errexit
+
+COUNT=$((RANDOM%3))
+echo $COUNT
+
+if [[ "${COUNT}" == "0" ]]; then
+    exit 0
+else
+    exit 1
+fi