diff --git a/tools/elf2bin.py b/tools/elf2bin.py
index 035f7a93ae..3052be499f 100755
--- a/tools/elf2bin.py
+++ b/tools/elf2bin.py
@@ -44,15 +44,23 @@ def get_elf_entry(elf, path):
     raise Exception('Unable to find entry point in file "' + elf + '"')
 
 def get_segment_size_addr(elf, segment, path):
-    p = subprocess.Popen([path + '/xtensa-lx106-elf-objdump', '-h', '-j', segment,  elf], stdout=subprocess.PIPE, universal_newlines=True )
-    lines = p.stdout.readlines()
-    for line in lines:
-        if segment in line:
-            words = re.split('\s+', line)
-            size = int(words[3], 16)
-            addr = int(words[4], 16)
-            return [ size, addr ]
-    raise Exception('Unable to find size and start point in file "' + elf + '" for "' + segment + '"')
+    attempts = 0
+    maxAttempts = 5
+    while (attempts < maxAttempts): 
+        attempts = attempts + 1
+        with subprocess.Popen([path + '/xtensa-lx106-elf-objdump', '-h', '-j', segment,  elf], stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr = subprocess.PIPE, universal_newlines=True ) as p:
+            lines = p.stdout.readlines()
+            if (len(lines) == 0):
+                errLines = p.stderr.readlines()
+                print("\t!!!Segment: {}. Attempt: {}/{} STDERR: {} STDOUT: {}".format(segment, attempts, maxAttempts, errLines, lines))
+                continue
+            for line in lines:
+                if segment in line:
+                    words = re.split('\s+', line)
+                    size = int(words[3], 16)
+                    addr = int(words[4], 16)
+                    return [ size, addr ]
+    raise Exception('Unable to find size and start point in file "' + elf + '" for "' + segment + '" path "' + path + '"')
 
 def read_segment(elf, segment, path):
     fd, tmpfile = tempfile.mkstemp()