diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/sn/snes9x/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/sn/snes9x/package.nix
index 5ddcbeef7459..e125d3ee9eb9 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/sn/snes9x/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/sn/snes9x/package.nix
@@ -102,6 +102,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
     runHook postInstall
   '';
 
+  enableParallelBuilding = true;
+
   meta = let
     interface = if withGtk then "GTK" else "X11";
   in