diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/cr/cryptsetup/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/cr/cryptsetup/package.nix
index c02a79dd7a23..49087c07ec7b 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/cr/cryptsetup/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/cr/cryptsetup/package.nix
@@ -86,6 +86,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     popt
   ] ++ lib.optional (!withInternalArgon2) libargon2;
 
+  enableParallelBuilding = true;
+
   # The test [7] header backup in compat-test fails with a mysterious
   # "out of memory" error, even though tons of memory is available.
   # Issue filed upstream: https://gitlab.com/cryptsetup/cryptsetup/-/issues/763