diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 8e45ede..cc1bdcf 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python
 
+import multiprocessing
 import os
 import re
 
@@ -13,7 +14,8 @@
     extra["ext_modules"] = cythonize(
         [os.path.join(p, "*.py")],
         exclude=os.path.join(p, "__init__.py"),
-        nthreads=2,
+        # https://github.com/cython/cython/issues/3262
+        nthreads=0 if multiprocessing.get_start_method() == "spawn" else 2,
         compiler_directives={"language_level": 3},
         quiet=True,
     )