diff --git a/WordPress/src/main/java/org/wordpress/android/networking/GlideRequestFactory.kt b/WordPress/src/main/java/org/wordpress/android/networking/GlideRequestFactory.kt
index 15e5db1dda99..48816ed50cba 100644
--- a/WordPress/src/main/java/org/wordpress/android/networking/GlideRequestFactory.kt
+++ b/WordPress/src/main/java/org/wordpress/android/networking/GlideRequestFactory.kt
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 package org.wordpress.android.networking
 
+import com.android.volley.DefaultRetryPolicy
 import com.android.volley.Request
 import com.android.volley.Request.Priority
 import com.bumptech.glide.integration.volley.VolleyRequestFactory
@@ -12,6 +13,9 @@ import java.io.InputStream
 import javax.inject.Inject
 import javax.inject.Singleton
 
+// Timeout in milliseconds for loading complex images at server side (private, heavy...)
+private const val TIMEOUT = 15_000
+
 /**
  * RequestFactory which adds authorization headers to all Glide requests and makes sure requests to WPcom endpoints
  * use https.
@@ -27,7 +31,18 @@ class GlideRequestFactory @Inject constructor(
         headers: Map<String, String>
     ): Request<ByteArray>? {
         val httpsUrl: String = convertWPcomUrlToHttps(url)
-        return VolleyStreamFetcher.GlideRequest(httpsUrl, callback, priority, addAuthHeaders(url, headers))
+        return VolleyStreamFetcher.GlideRequest(
+            httpsUrl,
+            callback,
+            priority,
+            addAuthHeaders(url, headers)
+        ).apply {
+            retryPolicy = DefaultRetryPolicy(
+                TIMEOUT,
+                DefaultRetryPolicy.DEFAULT_MAX_RETRIES,
+                DefaultRetryPolicy.DEFAULT_BACKOFF_MULT
+            )
+        }
     }
 
     private fun convertWPcomUrlToHttps(url: String): String {
diff --git a/WordPress/src/main/java/org/wordpress/android/ui/reader/views/ReaderPhotoView.java b/WordPress/src/main/java/org/wordpress/android/ui/reader/views/ReaderPhotoView.java
index 8bf58a596d74..486829b0a646 100644
--- a/WordPress/src/main/java/org/wordpress/android/ui/reader/views/ReaderPhotoView.java
+++ b/WordPress/src/main/java/org/wordpress/android/ui/reader/views/ReaderPhotoView.java
@@ -107,7 +107,6 @@ private void loadImage() {
         }
 
         showProgress();
-
         mImageManager
                 .loadWithResultListener(mImageView, ImageType.IMAGE, mHiResImageUrl, ScaleType.CENTER, mLoResImageUrl,
                 new RequestListener<Drawable>() {