diff --git a/pkgs/tools/filesystems/fuse-overlayfs/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/filesystems/fuse-overlayfs/default.nix
index 86687933efaf..b874d038aa6b 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/filesystems/fuse-overlayfs/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/filesystems/fuse-overlayfs/default.nix
@@ -15,6 +15,9 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   buildInputs = [ fuse3 ];
 
+  enableParallelBuilding = true;
+  strictDeps = true;
+
   passthru.tests = { inherit (nixosTests) podman; };
 
   meta = with lib; {