diff --git a/srcpkgs/lz4/template b/srcpkgs/lz4/template
index bbb0cffe266..8a02dc64977 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/lz4/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/lz4/template
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ homepage="http://www.lz4.org/"
 license="2-clause-BSD, GPL-2"
 distfiles="https://github.com/lz4/lz4/archive/v${version}.tar.gz"
 checksum=cba5fe8eea8954873ec278712439e9318f8272dedcc0f35dadb90417ab5f6950
+disable_parallel_build=yes
 
 lz4-devel_package() {
 	depends="${sourcepkg}-${version}_${revision}"