diff --git a/pkgs/applications/video/bombono/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/video/bombono/default.nix
index 0d55b35c6eba..d135e75f29fc 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/video/bombono/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/video/bombono/default.nix
@@ -20,9 +20,11 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     ];
 
   buildPhase = ''
-    scons PREFIX=$out
+    scons PREFIX=$out -j$NIX_BUILD_CORES -l$NIX_BUILD_CORES
     '';
 
+  enableParallelBuilding = true;
+
   installPhase = ''
     scons install
     '';