diff --git a/test/integration/i18n-support/test/index.test.js b/test/integration/i18n-support/test/index.test.js
index c375fc27b3d4a2e..7ba2761afdf6106 100644
--- a/test/integration/i18n-support/test/index.test.js
+++ b/test/integration/i18n-support/test/index.test.js
@@ -672,7 +672,12 @@ function runTests(isDev) {
   })
 
   it('should render 404 for fallback page that returned 404', async () => {
-    const browser = await webdriver(appPort, '/en/not-found/fallback/first')
+    const browser = await webdriver(
+      appPort,
+      '/en/not-found/fallback/first',
+      true,
+      true
+    )
     await browser.waitForElementByCss('h1')
     await browser.eval('window.beforeNav = 1')
 
diff --git a/test/lib/next-webdriver.d.ts b/test/lib/next-webdriver.d.ts
index e366c58c9c65781..fe87e0363ab763b 100644
--- a/test/lib/next-webdriver.d.ts
+++ b/test/lib/next-webdriver.d.ts
@@ -24,5 +24,6 @@ interface Chain {
 export default function (
   appPort: number,
   path: string,
-  waitHydration?: boolean
+  waitHydration?: boolean,
+  allowHydrationRetry?: boolean
 ): Promise<Chain>
diff --git a/test/lib/next-webdriver.js b/test/lib/next-webdriver.js
index 9ad87b8b2237532..2d663205ccf896c 100644
--- a/test/lib/next-webdriver.js
+++ b/test/lib/next-webdriver.js
@@ -152,7 +152,12 @@ const freshWindow = async () => {
   await browser.switchTo().window(newWindow)
 }
 
-export default async (appPort, path, waitHydration = true) => {
+export default async (
+  appPort,
+  path,
+  waitHydration = true,
+  allowHydrationRetry = false
+) => {
   if (!initialWindow) {
     initialWindow = await browser.getWindowHandle()
   }
@@ -176,24 +181,41 @@ export default async (appPort, path, waitHydration = true) => {
   // Wait for application to hydrate
   if (waitHydration) {
     console.log(`\n> Waiting hydration for ${url}\n`)
-    await browser.executeAsyncScript(function () {
-      var callback = arguments[arguments.length - 1]
 
-      // if it's not a Next.js app return
-      if (document.documentElement.innerHTML.indexOf('__NEXT_DATA__') === -1) {
-        callback()
-      }
+    const checkHydrated = async () => {
+      await browser.executeAsyncScript(function () {
+        var callback = arguments[arguments.length - 1]
 
-      if (window.__NEXT_HYDRATED) {
-        callback()
-      } else {
-        var timeout = setTimeout(callback, 10 * 1000)
-        window.__NEXT_HYDRATED_CB = function () {
-          clearTimeout(timeout)
+        // if it's not a Next.js app return
+        if (
+          document.documentElement.innerHTML.indexOf('__NEXT_DATA__') === -1
+        ) {
+          callback()
+        }
+
+        if (window.__NEXT_HYDRATED) {
           callback()
+        } else {
+          var timeout = setTimeout(callback, 10 * 1000)
+          window.__NEXT_HYDRATED_CB = function () {
+            clearTimeout(timeout)
+            callback()
+          }
         }
+      })
+    }
+
+    try {
+      await checkHydrated()
+    } catch (err) {
+      if (allowHydrationRetry) {
+        // re-try in case the page reloaded during check
+        await checkHydrated()
+      } else {
+        throw err
       }
-    })
+    }
+
     console.log(`\n> Hydration complete for ${url}\n`)
   }