diff --git a/pkgs/applications/video/makemkv/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/video/makemkv/default.nix
index 77b2bd7b6306..3305c9c84aa6 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/video/makemkv/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/video/makemkv/default.nix
@@ -41,6 +41,8 @@ in mkDerivation {
 
   patches = [ ./r13y.patch ];
 
+  enableParallelBuilding = true;
+
   nativeBuildInputs = [ autoPatchelfHook pkg-config ];
 
   buildInputs = [ ffmpeg openssl qtbase zlib ];