diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/albert/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/albert/default.nix
index 416bd8682b6..80e77858a06 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/albert/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/albert/default.nix
@@ -15,13 +15,22 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   buildInputs = [ qtbase qtsvg qtx11extras muparser ];
 
-  #enableParallelBuilding = true;
+  enableParallelBuilding = true;
 
   postPatch = ''
     sed -i "/QStringList dirs = {/a    \"$out/lib\"," \
       src/lib/albert/src/albert/extensionmanager.cpp
   '';
 
+  preBuild = ''
+    mkdir -p "$out/"
+    ln -s "$PWD/lib" "$out/lib"
+  '';
+
+  postBuild = ''
+    rm "$out/lib"
+  '';
+
   fixupPhase = ''
     wrapQtProgram $out/bin/albert
   '';