diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/li/liburcu/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/li/liburcu/package.nix
index 2defd1381990..00dd5f7ea490 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/li/liburcu/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/li/liburcu/package.nix
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   nativeCheckInputs = [ perl ];
 
+  enableParallelBuilding = true;
+
   preCheck = "patchShebangs tests/unit";
   doCheck = true;