diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/ot/otf2/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/ot/otf2/package.nix
index 385501c529f5..7477a1c5f49d 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/ot/otf2/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/ot/otf2/package.nix
@@ -18,9 +18,12 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
     "--enable-backend-test-runs"
   ];
 
+  enableParallelBuilding = true;
+
   nativeInstallCheckInputs = [ versionCheckHook ];
 
   doCheck = true;
+  enableParallelChecking = true;
   doInstallCheck = true;
 
   versionCheckProgram = [ "${placeholder "out"}/bin/otf2-config" ];