diff --git a/subsys/sd/Kconfig b/subsys/sd/Kconfig
index 403eaef341a..be2a5775664 100644
--- a/subsys/sd/Kconfig
+++ b/subsys/sd/Kconfig
@@ -80,6 +80,12 @@ config SD_BUFFER_SIZE
 	  Size in bytes of internal buffer SD card uses for unaligned reads and
 	  internal data reads during initialization
 
+config SD_CMD_RETRIES
+	int "Number of times to retry sending command to card"
+	default 0
+	help
+	  Number of times to retry sending command to SD card in case of failure
+
 config SD_DATA_RETRIES
 	int "Number of times to retry sending data to card"
 	default 3
diff --git a/subsys/sd/sd.c b/subsys/sd/sd.c
index 87ec7a29910..f4859b25a43 100644
--- a/subsys/sd/sd.c
+++ b/subsys/sd/sd.c
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ static inline int sd_idle(struct sd_card *card)
 	cmd.opcode = SD_GO_IDLE_STATE;
 	cmd.arg = 0x0;
 	cmd.response_type = (SD_RSP_TYPE_NONE | SD_SPI_RSP_TYPE_R1);
+	cmd.retries = CONFIG_SD_CMD_RETRIES;
 	cmd.timeout_ms = CONFIG_SD_CMD_TIMEOUT;
 	return sdhc_request(card->sdhc, &cmd, NULL);
 }
@@ -41,6 +42,7 @@ static int sd_send_interface_condition(struct sd_card *card)
 	cmd.opcode = SD_SEND_IF_COND;
 	cmd.arg = SD_IF_COND_VHS_3V3 | SD_IF_COND_CHECK;
 	cmd.response_type = (SD_RSP_TYPE_R7 | SD_SPI_RSP_TYPE_R7);
+	cmd.retries = CONFIG_SD_CMD_RETRIES;
 	cmd.timeout_ms = CONFIG_SD_CMD_TIMEOUT;
 	ret = sdhc_request(card->sdhc, &cmd, NULL);
 	if (ret) {
@@ -77,6 +79,7 @@ static int sd_enable_crc(struct sd_card *card)
 	cmd.opcode = SD_SPI_CRC_ON_OFF;
 	cmd.arg = 0x1; /* Enable CRC */
 	cmd.response_type = SD_SPI_RSP_TYPE_R1;
+	cmd.retries = CONFIG_SD_CMD_RETRIES;
 	cmd.timeout_ms = CONFIG_SD_CMD_TIMEOUT;
 	return sdhc_request(card->sdhc, &cmd, NULL);
 }
diff --git a/subsys/sd/sd_ops.c b/subsys/sd/sd_ops.c
index 8fc6400dcf0..bf804679d68 100644
--- a/subsys/sd/sd_ops.c
+++ b/subsys/sd/sd_ops.c
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ int sdmmc_read_status(struct sd_card *card)
 		cmd.arg = (card->relative_addr << 16U);
 	}
 	cmd.response_type = (SD_RSP_TYPE_R1 | SD_SPI_RSP_TYPE_R2);
+	cmd.retries = CONFIG_SD_CMD_RETRIES;
 	cmd.timeout_ms = CONFIG_SD_CMD_TIMEOUT;
 
 	ret = sdhc_request(card->sdhc, &cmd, NULL);
@@ -211,6 +212,7 @@ static int sdmmc_spi_read_cxd(struct sd_card *card, uint32_t opcode, uint32_t *c
 	cmd.opcode = opcode;
 	cmd.arg = 0;
 	cmd.response_type = SD_SPI_RSP_TYPE_R1;
+	cmd.retries = CONFIG_SD_CMD_RETRIES;
 	cmd.timeout_ms = CONFIG_SD_CMD_TIMEOUT;
 
 	/* CID/CSD is 16 bytes */
@@ -239,6 +241,7 @@ static int sdmmc_read_cxd(struct sd_card *card, uint32_t opcode, uint32_t rca, u
 	cmd.opcode = opcode;
 	cmd.arg = (rca << 16);
 	cmd.response_type = SD_RSP_TYPE_R2;
+	cmd.retries = CONFIG_SD_CMD_RETRIES;
 	cmd.timeout_ms = CONFIG_SD_CMD_TIMEOUT;
 
 	ret = sdhc_request(card->sdhc, &cmd, NULL);
@@ -332,6 +335,7 @@ int sdmmc_switch_voltage(struct sd_card *card)
 	cmd.opcode = SD_VOL_SWITCH;
 	cmd.arg = 0U;
 	cmd.response_type = SD_RSP_TYPE_R1;
+	cmd.retries = CONFIG_SD_CMD_RETRIES;
 	cmd.timeout_ms = CONFIG_SD_CMD_TIMEOUT;
 	ret = sdhc_request(card->sdhc, &cmd, NULL);
 	if (ret) {
@@ -410,6 +414,7 @@ int sdmmc_request_rca(struct sd_card *card)
 	cmd.opcode = SD_SEND_RELATIVE_ADDR;
 	cmd.arg = 0;
 	cmd.response_type = SD_RSP_TYPE_R6;
+	cmd.retries = CONFIG_SD_CMD_RETRIES;
 	cmd.timeout_ms = CONFIG_SD_CMD_TIMEOUT;
 	/* Issue CMD3 until card responds with nonzero RCA */
 	do {
@@ -436,6 +441,7 @@ int sdmmc_select_card(struct sd_card *card)
 	cmd.opcode = SD_SELECT_CARD;
 	cmd.arg = ((card->relative_addr) << 16U);
 	cmd.response_type = SD_RSP_TYPE_R1;
+	cmd.retries = CONFIG_SD_CMD_RETRIES;
 	cmd.timeout_ms = CONFIG_SD_CMD_TIMEOUT;
 
 	ret = sdhc_request(card->sdhc, &cmd, NULL);
@@ -460,6 +466,7 @@ int card_app_command(struct sd_card *card, int relative_card_address)
 	cmd.opcode = SD_APP_CMD;
 	cmd.arg = relative_card_address << 16U;
 	cmd.response_type = (SD_RSP_TYPE_R1 | SD_SPI_RSP_TYPE_R1);
+	cmd.retries = CONFIG_SD_CMD_RETRIES;
 	cmd.timeout_ms = CONFIG_SD_CMD_TIMEOUT;
 	ret = sdhc_request(card->sdhc, &cmd, NULL);
 	if (ret) {
@@ -505,8 +512,8 @@ static int card_read(struct sd_card *card, uint8_t *rbuf, uint32_t start_block,
 		cmd.arg = start_block;
 	}
 	cmd.response_type = (SD_RSP_TYPE_R1 | SD_SPI_RSP_TYPE_R1);
-	cmd.timeout_ms = CONFIG_SD_CMD_TIMEOUT;
 	cmd.retries = CONFIG_SD_DATA_RETRIES;
+	cmd.timeout_ms = CONFIG_SD_CMD_TIMEOUT;
 
 	data.block_addr = start_block;
 	data.block_size = card->block_size;
@@ -617,6 +624,7 @@ static int card_query_written(struct sd_card *card, uint32_t *num_written)
 	cmd.opcode = SD_APP_SEND_NUM_WRITTEN_BLK;
 	cmd.arg = 0;
 	cmd.response_type = (SD_RSP_TYPE_R1 | SD_SPI_RSP_TYPE_R1);
+	cmd.retries = CONFIG_SD_CMD_RETRIES;
 	cmd.timeout_ms = CONFIG_SD_CMD_TIMEOUT;
 
 	data.block_size = 4U;
@@ -660,8 +668,8 @@ static int card_write(struct sd_card *card, const uint8_t *wbuf, uint32_t start_
 		cmd.arg = start_block;
 	}
 	cmd.response_type = (SD_RSP_TYPE_R1 | SD_SPI_RSP_TYPE_R1);
-	cmd.timeout_ms = CONFIG_SD_CMD_TIMEOUT;
 	cmd.retries = CONFIG_SD_DATA_RETRIES;
+	cmd.timeout_ms = CONFIG_SD_CMD_TIMEOUT;
 
 	data.block_addr = start_block;
 	data.block_size = card->block_size;