diff --git a/.github/workflows/osrm-backend.yml b/.github/workflows/osrm-backend.yml
index df5eb215077..c43ad5e43fb 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/osrm-backend.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/osrm-backend.yml
@@ -75,6 +75,7 @@ jobs:
             CXXCOMPILER: g++-9
             ENABLE_SANITIZER: ON
             TARGET_ARCH: x86_64-asan-ubsan
+            OSRM_CONNECTION_RETRIES: 30
 
           - name: clang-5.0-debug
             continue-on-error: false
diff --git a/features/lib/osrm_loader.js b/features/lib/osrm_loader.js
index a29d53b8e33..7cb719fc5b8 100644
--- a/features/lib/osrm_loader.js
+++ b/features/lib/osrm_loader.js
@@ -45,11 +45,11 @@ class OSRMBaseLoader{
         var retryCount = 0;
         let retry = (err) => {
           if (err) {
-            if (retryCount < 10) {
+            if (retryCount < this.scope.OSRM_CONNECTION_RETRIES) {
               retryCount++;
               setTimeout(() => { tryConnect(this.scope.OSRM_IP, this.scope.OSRM_PORT, retry); }, 10);
             } else {
-              callback(new Error("Could not connect to osrm-routed after ten retries."));
+              callback(new Error(`Could not connect to osrm-routed after ${this.scope.OSRM_CONNECTION_RETRIES} retries.`));
             }
           }
           else
diff --git a/features/support/env.js b/features/support/env.js
index 95ddf3370c3..90909b55b8a 100644
--- a/features/support/env.js
+++ b/features/support/env.js
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ module.exports = function () {
 
         this.OSRM_PORT = process.env.OSRM_PORT && parseInt(process.env.OSRM_PORT) || 5000;
         this.OSRM_IP = process.env.OSRM_IP || '127.0.0.1';
+        this.OSRM_CONNECTION_RETRIES = process.env.OSRM_CONNECTION_RETRIES || 10;
         this.HOST = `http://${this.OSRM_IP}:${this.OSRM_PORT}`;
 
         this.OSRM_PROFILE = process.env.OSRM_PROFILE;