diff --git a/internal/services/network/private_endpoint_resource.go b/internal/services/network/private_endpoint_resource.go
index 62c5bfe7ac61..33e100104ca2 100644
--- a/internal/services/network/private_endpoint_resource.go
+++ b/internal/services/network/private_endpoint_resource.go
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-go/services/network/mgmt/2021-08-01/network"
 	"github.com/hashicorp/go-azure-helpers/lang/response"
 	"github.com/hashicorp/go-azure-helpers/resourcemanager/location"
+	"github.com/hashicorp/terraform-plugin-sdk/v2/helper/resource"
 	"github.com/hashicorp/terraform-provider-azurerm/helpers/azure"
 	"github.com/hashicorp/terraform-provider-azurerm/helpers/tf"
 	"github.com/hashicorp/terraform-provider-azurerm/internal/clients"
@@ -299,8 +300,17 @@ func resourcePrivateEndpointCreate(d *pluginsdk.ResourceData, meta interface{})
 			return fmt.Errorf("creating Private Endpoint %q (Resource Group %q): %+v", id.Name, id.ResourceGroup, err)
 		}
 	}
-	if err = future.WaitForCompletionRef(ctx, client.Client); err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("waiting for creation of Private Endpoint %q (Resource Group %q): %+v", id.Name, id.ResourceGroup, err)
+	err = pluginsdk.Retry(d.Timeout(pluginsdk.TimeoutCreate), func() *resource.RetryError {
+		if err = future.WaitForCompletionRef(ctx, client.Client); err != nil {
+			return &resource.RetryError{
+				Err:       fmt.Errorf("waiting for creation of Private Endpoint %q (Resource Group %q): %+v", id.Name, id.ResourceGroup, err),
+				Retryable: strings.Contains(strings.ToLower(err.Error()), "retryable"),
+			}
+		}
+		return nil
+	})
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
 	}
 
 	d.SetId(id.ID())