diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/gstreamer/bad/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/gstreamer/bad/default.nix
index c68c7a50cc4..b5a194f55ba 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/gstreamer/bad/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/gstreamer/bad/default.nix
@@ -70,4 +70,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     ++ optional (!stdenv.isDarwin) wildmidi;
 
   LDFLAGS = optionalString stdenv.isDarwin "-lintl";
+
+  enableParallelBuilding = true;
 }