diff --git a/srcpkgs/eggdbus/template b/srcpkgs/eggdbus/template
index df92418adf6..18d17d6f554 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/eggdbus/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/eggdbus/template
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ long_desc="
  EggDBus is a D-Bus binding for GObject. It uses an IDL language (XML) to
  describe the D-Bus interfaces and generates C code from that."
 
+disable_parallel_build=yes
 subpackages="$pkgname-devel"
 Add_dependency build pkg-config
 Add_dependency build libxslt