diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libde265/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libde265/default.nix
index 07823072bad4..6c9fabf5cae7 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/libde265/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libde265/default.nix
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ autoreconfHook pkgconfig ];
 
+  enableParallelBuilding = true;
+
   meta = {
     homepage = "https://github.com/strukturag/libde265";
     description = "Open h.265 video codec implementation";