diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/slic3r-prusa3d/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/slic3r-prusa3d/default.nix
index ef8bfb1b2be..0fbafbfce43 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/slic3r-prusa3d/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/slic3r-prusa3d/default.nix
@@ -34,6 +34,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   name = "slic3r-prusa-edition-${version}";
   version = "1.38.7";
 
+  enableParallelBuilding = true;
+
   buildInputs = [
     cmake
     perl