diff --git a/pkgs/servers/search/sphinxsearch/default.nix b/pkgs/servers/search/sphinxsearch/default.nix
index cee94bc81d5..f32bcf1a6ba 100644
--- a/pkgs/servers/search/sphinxsearch/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/servers/search/sphinxsearch/default.nix
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     sha256 = "1aa1mh32y019j8s3sjzn4vwi0xn83dwgl685jnbgh51k16gh6qk6";
   };
 
+  enableParallelBuilding = true;
+
   configureFlags = [
     "--program-prefix=sphinxsearch-"
     "--enable-id64"