diff --git a/src/Composer/Util/AuthHelper.php b/src/Composer/Util/AuthHelper.php
index 71019803c..12685663d 100644
--- a/src/Composer/Util/AuthHelper.php
+++ b/src/Composer/Util/AuthHelper.php
@@ -28,6 +28,8 @@ class AuthHelper
     protected $config;
     /** @var array<string, string> Map of origins to message displayed */
     private $displayedOriginAuthentications = array();
+    /** @var array<string, int> */
+    private $bitbucketRetry = array();
 
     public function __construct(IOInterface $io, Config $config)
     {
@@ -169,6 +171,9 @@ class AuthHelper
                         $this->io->setAuthentication($origin, 'x-token-auth', $accessToken);
                         $askForOAuthToken = false;
                     }
+                } elseif (!isset($this->bitbucketRetry[$url])) {
+                    $askForOAuthToken = false;
+                    $this->bitbucketRetry[$url] = 1;
                 } else {
                     throw new TransportException('Could not authenticate against ' . $origin, 401);
                 }
diff --git a/tests/Composer/Test/Util/AuthHelperTest.php b/tests/Composer/Test/Util/AuthHelperTest.php
index 9dd4bacf4..407511abc 100644
--- a/tests/Composer/Test/Util/AuthHelperTest.php
+++ b/tests/Composer/Test/Util/AuthHelperTest.php
@@ -555,6 +555,71 @@ class AuthHelperTest extends TestCase
         $this->authHelper->promptAuthIfNeeded('https://gitlab.com/acme/archive.zip', $origin, 404, 'GitLab requires authentication and it was not provided');
     }
 
+    public function testPromptAuthIfNeededMultipleBitbucketDownloads()
+    {
+        $origin = 'bitbucket.org';
+
+        $expectedResult = array(
+            'retry' => true,
+            'storeAuth' => false,
+        );
+
+        $authConfig = array(
+            'bitbucket.org' => array(
+                'access-token' => 'bitbucket_access_token',
+                'access-token-expiration' => time() + 1800,
+            )
+        );
+
+        $this->config
+            ->method('get')
+            ->willReturnMap(array(
+                array('github-domains', 0, array()),
+                array('gitlab-domains', 0, array()),
+                array('bitbucket-oauth', 0, $authConfig),
+                array('github-domains', 0, array()),
+                array('gitlab-domains', 0, array()),
+            ));
+
+        $this->io
+            ->expects($this->exactly(2))
+            ->method('hasAuthentication')
+            ->with($origin)
+            ->willReturn(true);
+
+        $getAuthenticationReturnValues = array(
+            array('username' => 'bitbucket_client_id', 'password' => 'bitbucket_client_secret'),
+            array('username' => 'x-token-auth', 'password' => 'bitbucket_access_token'),
+        );
+
+        $this->io
+            ->expects($this->exactly(2))
+            ->method('getAuthentication')
+            ->willReturnCallback(
+                function ($repositoryName) use (&$getAuthenticationReturnValues) {
+                    return array_shift($getAuthenticationReturnValues);
+                }
+            );
+
+        $this->io
+            ->expects($this->once())
+            ->method('setAuthentication')
+            ->with($origin, 'x-token-auth', 'bitbucket_access_token');
+
+        $result1 = $this->authHelper->promptAuthIfNeeded('https://bitbucket.org/workspace/repo1/get/hash1.zip', $origin, 401, 'HTTP/2 401 ');
+        $result2 = $this->authHelper->promptAuthIfNeeded('https://bitbucket.org/workspace/repo2/get/hash2.zip', $origin, 401, 'HTTP/2 401 ');
+
+        $this->assertSame(
+            $expectedResult,
+            $result1
+        );
+
+        $this->assertSame(
+            $expectedResult,
+            $result2
+        );
+    }
+
     /**
      * @param string                     $origin
      * @param array<string, string|null> $auth