diff --git a/pkgs/development/php-packages/parallel/default.nix b/pkgs/development/php-packages/parallel/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..abb5da0bb888
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/php-packages/parallel/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+{
+  buildPecl,
+  lib,
+  php,
+}:
+
+buildPecl {
+  pname = "parallel";
+  version = "1.2.4";
+  hash = "sha256-s9W9aZpQsJLdzZ/d2E1iGDsMTAAjeWbOgWeKP6nNp0A=";
+  meta = {
+    description = "Parallel concurrency API";
+    # parallel extension requires PHP with ZTS enabled
+    # we mark extension as broken if ZTS support isn't enabled
+    broken = !php.ztsSupport;
+    homepage = "https://pecl.php.net/package/parallel";
+    license = lib.licenses.php301;
+    maintainers = lib.teams.php.members;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/php-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/php-packages.nix
index 0e4fc0b6ecae..a6926837dcab 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/php-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/php-packages.nix
@@ -301,6 +301,8 @@ in {
 
     openswoole = callPackage ../development/php-packages/openswoole { };
 
+    parallel = callPackage ../development/php-packages/parallel { };
+
     pdlib = callPackage ../development/php-packages/pdlib { };
 
     pcov = callPackage ../development/php-packages/pcov { };