diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/fs/fsuae/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/fs/fsuae/package.nix
index 528f9c2d821d..7854c414d357 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/fs/fsuae/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/fs/fsuae/package.nix
@@ -32,6 +32,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
     hash = "sha256-e+Q+PC6Kpq3OBKsgoRvmu2p9dQfJeRCdFO1agXIGcU8=";
   };
 
+  enableParallelBuilding = true;
+
   nativeBuildInputs = [
     autoreconfHook
     pkg-config