diff --git a/srcpkgs/i2c-tools/template b/srcpkgs/i2c-tools/template
index 455ac3de2fd..bdda1290985 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/i2c-tools/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/i2c-tools/template
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ license="GPL-2"
 homepage="https://packages.debian.org/sid/i2c-tools"
 distfiles="${DEBIAN_SITE}/main/i/${pkgname}/${pkgname}_${version}.orig.tar.xz"
 checksum=d900ca1c11c51ea20caa50b096f948008b8a7ad832311b23353e21baa7af28d6
+disable_parallel_build=yes
 
 i2c-tools-devel_package() {
 	short_desc+=" - development files"