diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/vi/vifm/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/vi/vifm/package.nix
index 598732299bc1..3631d453f2ec 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/vi/vifm/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/vi/vifm/package.nix
@@ -48,6 +48,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     patchShebangs --build src/helpztags
   '';
 
+  enableParallelBuilding = true;
+
   postFixup =
     let
       path = lib.makeBinPath [