diff --git a/pkgs/servers/dns/powerdns/default.nix b/pkgs/servers/dns/powerdns/default.nix
index 50ac39cd01ed..105e9f232c16 100644
--- a/pkgs/servers/dns/powerdns/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/servers/dns/powerdns/default.nix
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     )
   '';
 
+  enableParallelBuilding = true;
   doCheck = true;
 
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {