diff --git a/pkgs/applications/office/ledger/3.0.nix b/pkgs/applications/office/ledger/3.0.nix
index 6c3a46943953..b95f2cc542a2 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/office/ledger/3.0.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/office/ledger/3.0.nix
@@ -27,6 +27,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
 
   doCheck = true;
 
+  enableParallelBuilding = true;
+
   meta = {
     homepage = "http://ledger-cli.org/";
     description = "A double-entry accounting system with a command-line reporting interface";