diff --git a/srcpkgs/nheko/template b/srcpkgs/nheko/template
index ffbb66a1378..83e0b0545e8 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/nheko/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/nheko/template
@@ -18,3 +18,12 @@ checksum=5dbe32cb8760cfae6f05644568cabf422a368eec62918839a92e182d508f751e
 pre_patch() {
 	vsed -e '/Werror/d' -i CMakeLists.txt
 }
+
+# this one is very memory hungry and can use as much as 3GB per cc1plus
+# realistically, using any more than 8 jobs will easily lead to OOM
+do_build() {
+	cd build
+	local njobs=${XBPS_MAKEJOBS}
+	[ "$njobs" -gt 8 ] && njobs=8
+	make -j${njobs}
+}