diff --git a/changelogs/unreleased/bvl-circuitbreaker-backoff.yml b/changelogs/unreleased/bvl-circuitbreaker-backoff.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..5cb90e7c085
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/unreleased/bvl-circuitbreaker-backoff.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+---
+title: Make the circuitbreaker more robust by adding higher thresholds, and multiple
+  access attempts.
+merge_request: 14933
+author:
+type: fixed
diff --git a/db/migrate/20171017145932_add_new_circuitbreaker_settings_to_application_settings.rb b/db/migrate/20171017145932_add_new_circuitbreaker_settings_to_application_settings.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..07eb25c0b0f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/db/migrate/20171017145932_add_new_circuitbreaker_settings_to_application_settings.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+class AddNewCircuitbreakerSettingsToApplicationSettings < ActiveRecord::Migration
+  include Gitlab::Database::MigrationHelpers
+
+  DOWNTIME = false
+
+  def change
+    add_column :application_settings,
+               :circuitbreaker_access_retries,
+               :integer,
+               default: 3
+    add_column :application_settings,
+               :circuitbreaker_backoff_threshold,
+               :integer,
+               default: 80
+  end
+end
diff --git a/db/schema.rb b/db/schema.rb
index c2c04873d4d..530f08022be 100644
--- a/db/schema.rb
+++ b/db/schema.rb
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 #
 # It's strongly recommended that you check this file into your version control system.
 
-ActiveRecord::Schema.define(version: 20171012101043) do
+ActiveRecord::Schema.define(version: 20171017145932) do
 
   # These are extensions that must be enabled in order to support this database
   enable_extension "plpgsql"
@@ -138,6 +138,8 @@ ActiveRecord::Schema.define(version: 20171012101043) do
     t.integer "circuitbreaker_failure_wait_time", default: 30
     t.integer "circuitbreaker_failure_reset_time", default: 1800
     t.integer "circuitbreaker_storage_timeout", default: 30
+    t.integer "circuitbreaker_access_retries", default: 3
+    t.integer "circuitbreaker_backoff_threshold", default: 80
   end
 
   create_table "audit_events", force: :cascade do |t|