diff --git a/srcpkgs/libvirt-glib/template b/srcpkgs/libvirt-glib/template
index cf3f169189f..fe6991c67c2 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/libvirt-glib/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/libvirt-glib/template
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ license="LGPL-2.1"
 distfiles="http://libvirt.org/sources/glib/$pkgname-$version.tar.gz"
 checksum=39652c07d95f980ff30b39e0fd072e768fb85d778d65432da24b17dee9d36429
 
+disable_parallel_build=yes
+
 libvirt-glib-devel_package() {
 	depends="libglib-devel libxml2-devel libvirt-devel ${sourcepkg}>=${version}_${revision}"
 	short_desc+=" - development files"