diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libqmi/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libqmi/default.nix
index 396706b88e6..b1504fc9540 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/libqmi/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libqmi/default.nix
@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     libmbim
   ];
 
+  enableParallelBuilding = true;
+
   doCheck = true;
 
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {