diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/sd/SDL2_gfx/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/sd/SDL2_gfx/package.nix
index 5ae903baf1c2..2e88d0f17ed0 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/sd/SDL2_gfx/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/sd/SDL2_gfx/package.nix
@@ -49,6 +49,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
 
   strictDeps = true;
 
+  enableParallelBuilding = true;
+
   passthru = {
     tests.pkg-config = testers.hasPkgConfigModules {
       package = finalAttrs.finalPackage;