diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/djvulibre/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/djvulibre/default.nix
index e0057693a3b..97feebefa5d 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/djvulibre/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/djvulibre/default.nix
@@ -30,6 +30,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     bash
   ];
 
+  enableParallelBuilding = true;
+
   meta = with lib; {
     description = "The big set of CLI tools to make/modify/optimize/show/export DJVU files";
     homepage = "http://djvu.sourceforge.net";