diff --git a/cmake/get_cpm.cmake b/cmake/get_cpm.cmake
index 8934397..3722582 100644
--- a/cmake/get_cpm.cmake
+++ b/cmake/get_cpm.cmake
@@ -10,12 +10,23 @@ endif()
 
 # Expand relative path. This is important if the provided path contains a tilde (~)
 get_filename_component(CPM_DOWNLOAD_LOCATION ${CPM_DOWNLOAD_LOCATION} ABSOLUTE)
-if(NOT (EXISTS ${CPM_DOWNLOAD_LOCATION}))
+
+function(download_cpm)
   message(STATUS "Downloading CPM.cmake to ${CPM_DOWNLOAD_LOCATION}")
   file(DOWNLOAD
        https://github.com/cpm-cmake/CPM.cmake/releases/download/v${CPM_DOWNLOAD_VERSION}/CPM.cmake
        ${CPM_DOWNLOAD_LOCATION}
   )
+endfunction()
+
+if(NOT (EXISTS ${CPM_DOWNLOAD_LOCATION}))
+  download_cpm()
+else()
+  # resume download if it previously failed
+  file(READ ${CPM_DOWNLOAD_LOCATION} check)
+  if("${check}" STREQUAL "")
+    download_cpm()
+  endif()
 endif()
 
 include(${CPM_DOWNLOAD_LOCATION})