diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/mesa-glu/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/mesa-glu/default.nix
index 1c08812db45..b583eb93153 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/mesa-glu/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/mesa-glu/default.nix
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
 
   outputs = [ "out" "dev" ];
 
+  enableParallelBuilding = true;
+
   passthru.tests.pkg-config = testers.testMetaPkgConfig finalAttrs.finalPackage;
 
   meta = {