diff --git a/srcpkgs/plantuml/template b/srcpkgs/plantuml/template
index f420d36e811..ad064dfcff4 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/plantuml/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/plantuml/template
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ distfiles="https://github.com/plantuml/plantuml/archive/v${version}.tar.gz"
 checksum=4cdfdf38093b29b41cbafbd88e30c598c903618015c6807cfa6fc16f6e97a31e
 
 do_build() {
-	gradle pdfJar --exclude-task test
+	gradle --no-daemon pdfJar --exclude-task test
 	echo "#!/bin/sh" > plantuml
 	echo "java -jar /usr/share/java/${pkgname}-${version}.jar \$@" >> plantuml
 	chmod 755 plantuml