diff --git a/pkgs/servers/monitoring/zabbix/agent.nix b/pkgs/servers/monitoring/zabbix/agent.nix
index aeae46821891..8266301b77c3 100644
--- a/pkgs/servers/monitoring/zabbix/agent.nix
+++ b/pkgs/servers/monitoring/zabbix/agent.nix
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@ import ./versions.nix (
       inherit hash;
     };
 
+    enableParallelBuilding = true;
+
     nativeBuildInputs = [ pkg-config ];
     buildInputs = [
       libiconv
diff --git a/pkgs/servers/monitoring/zabbix/proxy.nix b/pkgs/servers/monitoring/zabbix/proxy.nix
index ef2b02083a52..0abcc99803e7 100644
--- a/pkgs/servers/monitoring/zabbix/proxy.nix
+++ b/pkgs/servers/monitoring/zabbix/proxy.nix
@@ -53,6 +53,8 @@ import ./versions.nix (
       inherit hash;
     };
 
+    enableParallelBuilding = true;
+
     nativeBuildInputs = [
       pkg-config
     ]
diff --git a/pkgs/servers/monitoring/zabbix/server.nix b/pkgs/servers/monitoring/zabbix/server.nix
index 9811448aa169..369d34a5de9f 100644
--- a/pkgs/servers/monitoring/zabbix/server.nix
+++ b/pkgs/servers/monitoring/zabbix/server.nix
@@ -48,6 +48,8 @@ import ./versions.nix (
       inherit hash;
     };
 
+    enableParallelBuilding = true;
+
     nativeBuildInputs = [
       autoreconfHook
       pkg-config
@@ -59,7 +61,7 @@ import ./versions.nix (
       libiconv
       libxml2
       openssl
-      (if (lib.versions.major version >= "7" && lib.versions.minor version >= "4") then pcre2 else pcre)
+      (if lib.versionAtLeast version "7.4" then pcre2 else pcre)
       zlib
     ]
     ++ optional odbcSupport unixODBC