diff --git a/srcpkgs/iptables/template b/srcpkgs/iptables/template
index 2ec5018f1b9..666b45bc86c 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/iptables/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/iptables/template
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ license="GPL-2"
 distfiles="$homepage/projects/iptables/files/$pkgname-$version.tar.bz2"
 checksum=4bb72a0a0b18b5a9e79e87631ddc4084528e5df236bc7624472dcaa8480f1c60
 
+disable_parallel_build=yes
+
 if [ "$CROSS_BUILD" ]; then
 	hostmakedepends="automake libtool gettext-devel pkg-config"
 	pre_configure() {