diff --git a/pkgs/servers/dns/bind/default.nix b/pkgs/servers/dns/bind/default.nix
index b60998ce6aa..bb4e1a0f8d4 100644
--- a/pkgs/servers/dns/bind/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/servers/dns/bind/default.nix
@@ -111,6 +111,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     "localstatedir=\${TMPDIR}"
   ];
 
+  enableParallelBuilding = true;
+
   meta = {
     homepage = "http://www.isc.org/software/bind";
     description = "Domain name server";