diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libimobiledevice/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libimobiledevice/default.nix
index f995ac883611..fe6c13eb5201 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/libimobiledevice/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libimobiledevice/default.nix
@@ -52,6 +52,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   outputs = [ "out" "dev" ];
 
+  enableParallelBuilding = true;
+
   passthru.updateScript = unstableGitUpdater { };
 
   meta = with lib; {