diff --git a/src/libostree/ostree-fetcher-curl.c b/src/libostree/ostree-fetcher-curl.c
index be88c4ef9f..3d6941be1e 100644
--- a/src/libostree/ostree-fetcher-curl.c
+++ b/src/libostree/ostree-fetcher-curl.c
@@ -79,6 +79,9 @@ struct OstreeFetcher
   int tmpdir_dfd;
   bool force_anonymous;
   char *custom_user_agent;
+  guint32 opt_low_speed_limit;
+  guint32 opt_low_speed_time;
+  gboolean opt_retry_all;
 
   GMainContext *mainctx;
   CURLM *multi;
@@ -330,7 +333,13 @@ check_multi_info (OstreeFetcher *fetcher)
             }
           else
             {
-              g_task_return_new_error (task, G_IO_ERROR, G_IO_ERROR_FAILED,
+              /* When it is not a file, we want to retry the request.
+               * We accomplish that by using G_IO_ERROR_TIMED_OUT.
+               */
+              gboolean opt_retry_all = req->fetcher->opt_retry_all;
+              int g_io_error_code
+                  = (is_file || !opt_retry_all) ? G_IO_ERROR_FAILED : G_IO_ERROR_TIMED_OUT;
+              g_task_return_new_error (task, G_IO_ERROR, g_io_error_code,
                                        "While fetching %s: [%u] %s", eff_url, curlres,
                                        curl_easy_strerror (curlres));
               _ostree_fetcher_journal_failure (req->fetcher->remote_name, eff_url,
@@ -664,6 +673,24 @@ _ostree_fetcher_set_proxy (OstreeFetcher *self, const char *http_proxy)
   self->proxy = g_strdup (http_proxy);
 }
 
+void
+_ostree_fetcher_set_low_speed_time (OstreeFetcher *self, guint32 opt_low_speed_time)
+{
+  self->opt_low_speed_time = opt_low_speed_time;
+}
+
+void
+_ostree_fetcher_set_low_speed_limit (OstreeFetcher *self, guint32 opt_low_speed_limit)
+{
+  self->opt_low_speed_limit = opt_low_speed_limit;
+}
+
+void
+_ostree_fetcher_set_retry_all (OstreeFetcher *self, gboolean opt_retry_all)
+{
+  self->opt_retry_all = opt_retry_all;
+}
+
 void
 _ostree_fetcher_set_cookie_jar (OstreeFetcher *self, const char *jar_path)
 {
@@ -912,14 +939,10 @@ initiate_next_curl_request (FetcherRequest *req, GTask *task)
   g_assert_cmpint (rc, ==, CURLM_OK);
   rc = curl_easy_setopt (req->easy, CURLOPT_CONNECTTIMEOUT, 30L);
   g_assert_cmpint (rc, ==, CURLM_OK);
-  /* We used to set CURLOPT_LOW_SPEED_LIMIT and CURLOPT_LOW_SPEED_TIME
-   * here, but see https://github.com/ostreedev/ostree/issues/878#issuecomment-347228854
-   * basically those options don't play well with HTTP2 at the moment
-   * where we can have lots of outstanding requests.  Further,
-   * we could implement that functionality at a higher level
-   * more consistently too.
-   */
-
+  rc = curl_easy_setopt (req->easy, CURLOPT_LOW_SPEED_LIMIT, req->fetcher->opt_low_speed_limit);
+  g_assert_cmpint (rc, ==, CURLM_OK);
+  rc = curl_easy_setopt (req->easy, CURLOPT_LOW_SPEED_TIME, req->fetcher->opt_low_speed_time);
+  g_assert_cmpint (rc, ==, CURLM_OK);
   /* closure bindings -> task */
   rc = curl_easy_setopt (req->easy, CURLOPT_PRIVATE, task);
   g_assert_cmpint (rc, ==, CURLM_OK);
diff --git a/src/libostree/ostree-fetcher-soup.c b/src/libostree/ostree-fetcher-soup.c
index 629065fffe..c727235c9d 100644
--- a/src/libostree/ostree-fetcher-soup.c
+++ b/src/libostree/ostree-fetcher-soup.c
@@ -377,6 +377,24 @@ session_thread_set_extra_user_agent_cb (ThreadClosure *thread_closure, gpointer
     }
 }
 
+void
+_ostree_fetcher_set_low_speed_time (OstreeFetcher *self, guint32 opt_low_speed_time)
+{
+  // TODO
+}
+
+void
+_ostree_fetcher_set_low_speed_limit (OstreeFetcher *self, guint32 opt_low_speed_limit)
+{
+  // TODO
+}
+
+void
+_ostree_fetcher_set_retry_all (OstreeFetcher *self, gboolean opt_retry_all)
+{
+  // TODO
+}
+
 static void on_request_sent (GObject *object, GAsyncResult *result, gpointer user_data);
 
 static void
diff --git a/src/libostree/ostree-fetcher-soup3.c b/src/libostree/ostree-fetcher-soup3.c
index 380168023f..c503998222 100644
--- a/src/libostree/ostree-fetcher-soup3.c
+++ b/src/libostree/ostree-fetcher-soup3.c
@@ -380,6 +380,24 @@ _ostree_fetcher_set_extra_user_agent (OstreeFetcher *self, const char *extra_use
     self->user_agent = g_strdup_printf ("%s %s", OSTREE_FETCHER_USERAGENT_STRING, extra_user_agent);
 }
 
+void
+_ostree_fetcher_set_low_speed_time (OstreeFetcher *self, guint32 opt_low_speed_time)
+{
+  // TODO
+}
+
+void
+_ostree_fetcher_set_low_speed_limit (OstreeFetcher *self, guint32 opt_low_speed_limit)
+{
+  // TODO
+}
+
+void
+_ostree_fetcher_set_retry_all (OstreeFetcher *self, gboolean opt_retry_all)
+{
+  // TODO
+}
+
 static gboolean
 finish_stream (FetcherRequest *request, GCancellable *cancellable, GError **error)
 {
diff --git a/src/libostree/ostree-fetcher.h b/src/libostree/ostree-fetcher.h
index 6a555e0962..f69871b443 100644
--- a/src/libostree/ostree-fetcher.h
+++ b/src/libostree/ostree-fetcher.h
@@ -99,6 +99,12 @@ void _ostree_fetcher_set_proxy (OstreeFetcher *fetcher, const char *proxy);
 void _ostree_fetcher_set_client_cert (OstreeFetcher *fetcher, const char *cert_path,
                                       const char *key_path);
 
+void _ostree_fetcher_set_low_speed_limit (OstreeFetcher *self, guint32 opt_low_speed_limit);
+
+void _ostree_fetcher_set_low_speed_time (OstreeFetcher *self, guint32 opt_low_speed_time);
+
+void _ostree_fetcher_set_retry_all (OstreeFetcher *self, gboolean opt_retry_all);
+
 void _ostree_fetcher_set_tls_database (OstreeFetcher *self, const char *tlsdb_path);
 
 void _ostree_fetcher_set_extra_headers (OstreeFetcher *self, GVariant *extra_headers);
diff --git a/src/libostree/ostree-repo-pull-private.h b/src/libostree/ostree-repo-pull-private.h
index 651c4826f8..4540401217 100644
--- a/src/libostree/ostree-repo-pull-private.h
+++ b/src/libostree/ostree-repo-pull-private.h
@@ -54,6 +54,9 @@ typedef struct
 
   GVariant *extra_headers;
   char *append_user_agent;
+  guint32 low_speed_limit;
+  guint32 low_speed_time;
+  gboolean retry_all;
 
   gboolean dry_run;
   gboolean dry_run_emitted_progress;
diff --git a/src/libostree/ostree-repo-pull.c b/src/libostree/ostree-repo-pull.c
index f273639e7f..151a1854f4 100644
--- a/src/libostree/ostree-repo-pull.c
+++ b/src/libostree/ostree-repo-pull.c
@@ -61,6 +61,9 @@
  * _ostree_fetcher_should_retry_request(). This is the default value for the
  * `n-network-retries` pull option. */
 #define DEFAULT_N_NETWORK_RETRIES 5
+#define OPT_LOWSPEEDLIMIT_DEFAULT 1000
+#define OPT_LOWSPEEDTIME_DEFAULT 30
+#define OPT_RETRYALL_DEFAULT TRUE
 
 typedef struct
 {
@@ -2931,7 +2934,9 @@ _ostree_repo_cache_summary (OstreeRepo *self, const char *remote, GBytes *summar
 static OstreeFetcher *
 _ostree_repo_remote_new_fetcher (OstreeRepo *self, const char *remote_name, gboolean gzip,
                                  GVariant *extra_headers, const char *append_user_agent,
-                                 OstreeFetcherSecurityState *out_state, GError **error)
+                                 guint32 low_speed_limit, guint32 low_speed_time,
+                                 gboolean retry_all, OstreeFetcherSecurityState *out_state,
+                                 GError **error)
 {
   OstreeFetcher *fetcher = NULL;
   OstreeFetcherConfigFlags fetcher_flags = 0;
@@ -2998,6 +3003,10 @@ _ostree_repo_remote_new_fetcher (OstreeRepo *self, const char *remote_name, gboo
       }
   }
 
+  _ostree_fetcher_set_low_speed_limit (fetcher, low_speed_limit);
+  _ostree_fetcher_set_low_speed_time (fetcher, low_speed_time);
+  _ostree_fetcher_set_retry_all (fetcher, retry_all);
+
   {
     g_autofree char *tls_ca_path = NULL;
 
@@ -3224,6 +3233,7 @@ reinitialize_fetcher (OtPullData *pull_data, const char *remote_name, GError **e
   g_clear_object (&pull_data->fetcher);
   pull_data->fetcher = _ostree_repo_remote_new_fetcher (
       pull_data->repo, remote_name, FALSE, pull_data->extra_headers, pull_data->append_user_agent,
+      pull_data->low_speed_limit, pull_data->low_speed_time, pull_data->retry_all,
       &pull_data->fetcher_security_state, error);
   if (pull_data->fetcher == NULL)
     return FALSE;
@@ -3453,6 +3463,12 @@ all_requested_refs_have_commit (
  *   * `n-network-retries` (`u`): Number of times to retry each download on receiving
  *     a transient network error, such as a socket timeout; default is 5, 0
  *     means return errors without retrying. Since: 2018.6
+ *   * `low-speed-limit-bytes` (`u`): The average transfer speed per second of a transfer
+       during the time set via "low-speed-time-seconds" for libcurl to abort.
+ *   * `low-speed-time-seconds` (`u`): The time in number seconds that the transfer
+       speed should be below the "low-speed-limit-bytes" setting for libcurl to abort.
+ *   * `retry-all-network-errors` (`b`): Retry when network issues happen, instead of
+ * failing automatically. Currently only affects libcurl. (Default set to true)
  *   * `ref-keyring-map` (`a(sss)`): Array of (collection ID, ref name, keyring
  *     remote name) tuples specifying which remote's keyring should be used when
  *     doing GPG verification of each collection-ref. This is useful to prevent a
@@ -3509,6 +3525,9 @@ ostree_repo_pull_with_options (OstreeRepo *self, const char *remote_name_or_base
   gboolean opt_gpg_verify_summary_set = FALSE;
   gboolean opt_collection_refs_set = FALSE;
   gboolean opt_n_network_retries_set = FALSE;
+  gboolean opt_low_speed_limit_set = FALSE;
+  gboolean opt_low_speed_time_set = FALSE;
+  gboolean opt_retry_all_set = FALSE;
   gboolean opt_ref_keyring_map_set = FALSE;
   gboolean disable_sign_verify = FALSE;
   gboolean disable_sign_verify_summary = FALSE;
@@ -3573,6 +3592,12 @@ ostree_repo_pull_with_options (OstreeRepo *self, const char *remote_name_or_base
                               &pull_data->timestamp_check_from_rev);
       (void)g_variant_lookup (options, "max-metadata-size", "t", &pull_data->max_metadata_size);
       (void)g_variant_lookup (options, "append-user-agent", "s", &pull_data->append_user_agent);
+      opt_low_speed_limit_set
+          = g_variant_lookup (options, "low-speed-limit-bytes", "u", &pull_data->low_speed_limit);
+      opt_low_speed_time_set
+          = g_variant_lookup (options, "low-speed-time-seconds", "u", &pull_data->low_speed_time);
+      opt_retry_all_set
+          = g_variant_lookup (options, "retry-all-network-errors", "b", &pull_data->retry_all);
       opt_n_network_retries_set
           = g_variant_lookup (options, "n-network-retries", "u", &pull_data->n_network_retries);
       opt_ref_keyring_map_set
@@ -3647,6 +3672,12 @@ ostree_repo_pull_with_options (OstreeRepo *self, const char *remote_name_or_base
 
   if (!opt_n_network_retries_set)
     pull_data->n_network_retries = DEFAULT_N_NETWORK_RETRIES;
+  if (!opt_low_speed_limit_set)
+    pull_data->low_speed_limit = OPT_LOWSPEEDLIMIT_DEFAULT;
+  if (!opt_low_speed_time_set)
+    pull_data->low_speed_time = OPT_LOWSPEEDTIME_DEFAULT;
+  if (!opt_retry_all_set)
+    pull_data->retry_all = OPT_RETRYALL_DEFAULT;
 
   pull_data->repo = self;
   pull_data->progress = progress;
@@ -5696,7 +5727,7 @@ find_remotes_cb (GObject *obj, GAsyncResult *async_result, gpointer user_data)
                 goto error;
 
               fetcher = _ostree_repo_remote_new_fetcher (self, result->remote->name, TRUE, NULL,
-                                                         NULL, NULL, &error);
+                                                         NULL, 0, 0, TRUE, NULL, &error);
               if (fetcher == NULL)
                 goto error;
 
@@ -6310,6 +6341,9 @@ ostree_repo_remote_fetch_summary_with_options (OstreeRepo *self, const char *nam
   g_autoptr (GVariant) extra_headers = NULL;
   g_autoptr (GPtrArray) mirrorlist = NULL;
   const char *append_user_agent = NULL;
+  guint32 low_speed_limit = OPT_LOWSPEEDLIMIT_DEFAULT;
+  guint32 low_speed_time = OPT_LOWSPEEDTIME_DEFAULT;
+  gboolean retry_all = OPT_RETRYALL_DEFAULT;
   guint n_network_retries = DEFAULT_N_NETWORK_RETRIES;
   gboolean summary_sig_not_modified = FALSE;
   g_autofree char *summary_sig_if_none_match = NULL;
@@ -6334,6 +6368,9 @@ ostree_repo_remote_fetch_summary_with_options (OstreeRepo *self, const char *nam
       (void)g_variant_lookup (options, "http-headers", "@a(ss)", &extra_headers);
       (void)g_variant_lookup (options, "append-user-agent", "&s", &append_user_agent);
       (void)g_variant_lookup (options, "n-network-retries", "u", &n_network_retries);
+      (void)g_variant_lookup (options, "low-speed-limit-bytes", "u", &low_speed_limit);
+      (void)g_variant_lookup (options, "low-speed-time-seconds", "u", &low_speed_time);
+      (void)g_variant_lookup (options, "retry-all-network-errors", "b", &retry_all);
     }
 
   if (!ostree_repo_remote_get_gpg_verify_summary (self, name, &gpg_verify_summary, error))
@@ -6345,8 +6382,9 @@ ostree_repo_remote_fetch_summary_with_options (OstreeRepo *self, const char *nam
   mainctx = _ostree_main_context_new_default ();
   (void)mainctx; // Used for autocleanup
 
-  fetcher = _ostree_repo_remote_new_fetcher (self, name, TRUE, extra_headers, append_user_agent,
-                                             NULL, error);
+  fetcher
+      = _ostree_repo_remote_new_fetcher (self, name, TRUE, extra_headers, append_user_agent,
+                                         low_speed_limit, low_speed_time, retry_all, NULL, error);
   if (fetcher == NULL)
     return FALSE;