diff --git a/pkgs/tools/graphics/graphviz/base.nix b/pkgs/tools/graphics/graphviz/base.nix
index a65f5ce455c..cdec8427005 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/graphics/graphviz/base.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/graphics/graphviz/base.nix
@@ -79,6 +79,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
       --replace /usr/bin/vimdot $out/bin/vimdot \
   '';
 
+  enableParallelBuilding = true;
+
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {
     homepage = "https://graphviz.org";
     description = "Graph visualization tools";