diff --git a/srcpkgs/tftp-hpa/template b/srcpkgs/tftp-hpa/template
index 110f372c941..b97710ec945 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/tftp-hpa/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/tftp-hpa/template
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ homepage="http://www.kernel.org"
 distfiles="${homepage}/pub/software/network/tftp/${pkgname}/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.gz"
 checksum=acc04dde662491e3092565ecf9bde504c47dbb1bb0408366009b138fe7754cab
 
+disable_parallel_build=yes
+
 do_install() {
 	make INSTALLROOT=${DESTDIR} install
 }