diff --git a/pkg/ipc/listener_windows.go b/pkg/ipc/listener_windows.go
index f55ae460233..bf12b04ecaa 100644
--- a/pkg/ipc/listener_windows.go
+++ b/pkg/ipc/listener_windows.go
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import (
 	"net"
 	"os/user"
 	"strings"
+	"time"
 
 	"golang.org/x/sys/windows"
 
@@ -35,11 +36,26 @@ func CreateListener(log *logger.Logger, address string) (net.Listener, error) {
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to create security descriptor: %w", err)
 	}
-	lis, err := npipe.NewListener(npipe.TransformString(address), sd)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to create npipe listener: %w", err)
+
+	retryDuration := 5 * time.Second
+	backoffDelay := 200 * time.Millisecond
+
+	deadline := time.Now().Add(retryDuration)
+	var lastErr error
+
+	for time.Now().Before(deadline) {
+		lis, err := npipe.NewListener(npipe.TransformString(address), sd)
+		if err == nil {
+			return lis, nil
+		}
+
+		// Log and backoff before retrying
+		log.Warnf("failed to create npipe listener, retrying...: %v", err)
+		lastErr = err
+		time.Sleep(backoffDelay)
 	}
-	return lis, nil
+
+	return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to create npipe listener after retries: %w", lastErr)
 }
 
 func CleanupListener(log *logger.Logger, address string) {
diff --git a/pkg/ipc/listener_windows_test.go b/pkg/ipc/listener_windows_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..ac131fa2bd0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/ipc/listener_windows_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+// Copyright Elasticsearch B.V. and/or licensed to Elasticsearch B.V. under one
+// or more contributor license agreements. Licensed under the Elastic License 2.0;
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the Elastic License 2.0.
+
+//go:build windows
+
+package ipc
+
+import (
+	"net/http"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
+
+	"github.com/elastic/elastic-agent-libs/logp"
+)
+
+func TestCreateListener(t *testing.T) {
+	name := "npipe:///testpipe"
+
+	// try creating and closing servers with same name multiple times
+	for range 1000 {
+		lis, err := CreateListener(logp.NewNopLogger(), name)
+		require.NoError(t, err)
+		require.NotNil(t, lis)
+		s := &http.Server{} //nolint:gosec // this is a test
+		go func() {
+			_ = s.Serve(lis)
+		}()
+		require.NoError(t, s.Close())
+	}
+}