diff --git a/debian/patches/progress-linux/0001-wget.patch b/debian/patches/progress-linux/0001-wget.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..64f8626
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/patches/progress-linux/0001-wget.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+Author: Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org>
+Description: Using wget instead of curl because of better retry behaviour with poor connections.
+
+diff -Naurp devscripts.orig/scripts/dget.pl devscripts/scripts/dget.pl
+--- devscripts.orig/scripts/dget.pl
++++ devscripts/scripts/dget.pl
+@@ -50,14 +50,14 @@ my $modified_conf_msg;
+ 
+ my $compression_re = compression_get_file_extension_regex();
+ 
+-# use curl if installed, wget otherwise
+-if (find_command('curl')) {
+-    $wget = "curl";
+-} elsif (find_command('wget')) {
++# use wget if installed, curl otherwise
++if (find_command('wget')) {
+     $wget = "wget";
++} elsif (find_command('curl')) {
++    $wget = "curl";
+ } else {
+     die
+-"$progname: can't find either curl or wget; you need at least one of these\ninstalled to run me!\n";
++"$progname: can't find either wget or curl; you need at least one of these\ninstalled to run me!\n";
+ }
+ 
+ # functions
+@@ -615,7 +615,7 @@ looks for matching files in I</var/cache
+ given by the B<--path> option or specified in the configuration files
+ (see below).  Finally, if downloading (.orig).tar.gz or .diff.gz files
+ fails, dget consults B<apt-get source --print-uris>.  Download backends
+-used are B<curl> and B<wget>, looked for in that order.
++used are B<wget> and B<curl>, looked for in that order.
+ 
+ B<dget> I<package> should be implemented in B<apt-get install -d>.
+ 
diff --git a/debian/patches/series b/debian/patches/series
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8a36847
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/patches/series
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+progress-linux/0001-wget.patch