diff --git a/pkgs/development/web/kore/default.nix b/pkgs/development/web/kore/default.nix
index 28c121d62cc..eac2046a233 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/web/kore/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/web/kore/default.nix
@@ -1,18 +1,27 @@
 { stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, openssl }:
 
-stdenv.mkDerivation {
-  name = "kore-2.0.0";
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "kore-${version}";
+  version = "2.0.0";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "jorisvink";
     repo = "kore";
-    rev = "2.0.0-release";
+    rev = "${version}-release";
     sha256 = "1jjhx9gfjzpsrs7b9rgb46k6v03azrxz9fq7vkn9zyz6zvnjj614";
   };
 
   buildInputs = [ openssl ];
+
+  postPatch = ''
+    # Do not require kore to be on PATH when it launches itself as a subprocess.
+    sed -ie "s+\"kore\"+\"$out/bin/kore\"+" src/cli.c
+  '';
+
   makeFlags = [ "PREFIX=$(out)" ];
 
+  enableParallelBuilding = true;
+
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {
     description = "An easy to use web application framework for C";
     homepage = https://kore.io;