diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/mcelog/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/mcelog/default.nix
index 93a25f91990..f88e4b2fb75 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/mcelog/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/mcelog/default.nix
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
     substituteInPlace Makefile --replace '"unknown"' '"${version}"'
   '';
 
+  enableParallelBuilding = true;
+
   installFlags = "DESTDIR=$(out) prefix= DOCDIR=/share/doc";
 
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {