diff --git a/srcpkgs/playerctl/template b/srcpkgs/playerctl/template
index 5452562efc6..5b6f540fe6f 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/playerctl/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/playerctl/template
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ license="LGPL-3"
 homepage="https://github.com/acrisci/playerctl"
 distfiles="https://github.com/acrisci/playerctl/releases/download/v${version}/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.gz"
 checksum=4e6d05f0b1a5bd781cef69e3b08db2f965914dc52a934d099887113fcd5e7959
+disable_parallel_build=yes
 
 build_options="gir"
 if [ -z "$CROSS_BUILD" ]; then