diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libcryptui/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libcryptui/default.nix
index 829d16e59d06f4..df1558a1e49a40 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/libcryptui/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libcryptui/default.nix
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   buildInputs = [ glib gtk3 gnupg22 gpgme dbus-glib libgnome-keyring ];
   propagatedBuildInputs = [ dbus-glib ];
 
+  enableParallelBuilding = true;
+
   passthru = {
     updateScript = gnome3.updateScript {
       packageName = pname;