diff --git a/srcpkgs/efl/template b/srcpkgs/efl/template
index cd276e44a0e..4b43c266803 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/efl/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/efl/template
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ homepage="http://enlightenment.org"
 changelog="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Enlightenment/efl/master/NEWS"
 distfiles="http://download.enlightenment.org/rel/libs/efl/efl-${version}.tar.xz"
 checksum=7e65be78a537aa67e447b945f01f4ecf9ddfa14d509bf6bbf53a60253ecbae4b
+disable_parallel_build=yes
 
 if [ "$CROSS_BUILD" ]; then
 	hostmakedepends+="  automake gettext-devel libtool efl-devel"