diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/screen/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/screen/default.nix
index d1e02e8b9a36..dd61b82d4080 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/screen/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/screen/default.nix
@@ -39,6 +39,12 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   buildInputs = [ ncurses ] ++ lib.optional stdenv.isLinux pam
                             ++ lib.optional stdenv.isDarwin utmp;
 
+  # Build fails due to missing dependencies on autogenerated header:
+  #   screen.h:48:10: fatal error: comm.h: No such file or directory
+  # It will be fixed in next screen-4.9.0 release. The patches are
+  # invasive. Disabling parallelism for 4.8.0.
+  enableParallelBuilding = false;
+
   doCheck = true;
 
   meta = with lib; {