diff --git a/sound/pulseaudio/Makefile b/sound/pulseaudio/Makefile
index 86837e1fe..b91f629a2 100644
--- a/sound/pulseaudio/Makefile
+++ b/sound/pulseaudio/Makefile
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ PKG_HASH:=6e422dbdc9fd11c0cb6af869e5eda73dc24a8be3c14725440edd51ce6b464444
 PKG_LICENSE:=LGPL-2.1+
 PKG_LICENSE_FILES:=GPL LICENSE
 
+PKG_BUILD_PARALLEL:=1
 PKG_BUILD_DEPENDS:=intltool/host
 
 PKG_FIXUP:=autoreconf