diff --git a/srcpkgs/qemacs/template b/srcpkgs/qemacs/template
index dd6101eb9ac..25b37fcdf1c 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/qemacs/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/qemacs/template
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ license="LGPL-2.1-or-later"
 homepage="https://github.com/qemacs/qemacs"
 distfiles="https://github.com/qemacs/qemacs/archive/${_githash}.tar.gz"
 checksum=cacf12beb925c427204db8e828f1c5bad41cff3439293d03e28631b6a9e66869
+# make: *** No rule to make target '.objs/Linux-x86_64-riscv64-linux-gnu-gcc/libqhtml.a', needed by 'qe_g'.  Stop.
+disable_parallel_build=yes
 
 do_build() {
 	sed -i -e /HOST_CC/s/CFLAGS/HOST_CFLAGS/ -e /INSTALL/s/-s// \