diff --git a/srcpkgs/flite/template b/srcpkgs/flite/template
index 85afadf8d84..6378693c679 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/flite/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/flite/template
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ license="BSD-4-Clause"
 homepage="http://www.festvox.org/flite/"
 distfiles="https://github.com/festvox/flite/archive/v$version.tar.gz"
 checksum=ab1555fe5adc3f99f1d4a1a0eb1596d329fd6d74f1464a0097c81f53c0cf9e5c
+disable_parallel_build=yes
 
 post_install() {
 	vlicense COPYING