diff --git a/srcpkgs/mk-configure/template b/srcpkgs/mk-configure/template
index 873dcc515ae..ccae3ad2e09 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/mk-configure/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/mk-configure/template
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ license="BSD"
 homepage="https://github.com/cheusov/mk-configure/archive/"
 distfiles="https://github.com/cheusov/${pkgname}/archive/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.gz"
 checksum=fbdbacb8eb04566890dd71c1e65226c9714a2557f7f6f3283f6e2a6bc22d4fa9
+disable_parallel_build=yes
 
 post_extract() {
 	rm -r tests/pkg_config_2  # different wording