diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libsass/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libsass/default.nix
index aedcafd4ce73..c63dd35097cc 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/libsass/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libsass/default.nix
@@ -32,6 +32,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ autoreconfHook ];
 
+  enableParallelBuilding = true;
+
   passthru.tests = {
     inherit gtk3 gtk4 sassc;
     pkg-config = testers.testMetaPkgConfig finalAttrs.finalPackage;