diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/google-cloud-cpp/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/google-cloud-cpp/default.nix
index 1e5271d47709..34f1ab41ff9c 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/google-cloud-cpp/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/google-cloud-cpp/default.nix
@@ -122,6 +122,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     "-DGOOGLE_CLOUD_CPP_ENABLE=${lib.concatStringsSep ";" apis}"
   ];
 
+  requiredSystemFeatures = [ "big-parallel" ];
+
   meta = with lib; {
     license = with licenses; [ asl20 ];
     homepage = "https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-cpp";