diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/editorconfig-core-c/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/editorconfig-core-c/default.nix
index 5509ededb07..a0d6e49c025 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/editorconfig-core-c/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/editorconfig-core-c/default.nix
@@ -14,6 +14,10 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   buildInputs = [ pcre ];
   nativeBuildInputs = [ cmake doxygen ];
 
+  # Multiple doxygen can not generate man pages in the same base directory in
+  # parallel: https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=791153
+  enableParallelBuilding = false;
+
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {
     homepage = http://editorconfig.org/;
     description = "EditorConfig core library written in C";