diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/au/augeas/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/au/augeas/package.nix
index 7c735901a4d9..7f1dc2d14381 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/au/augeas/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/au/augeas/package.nix
@@ -45,7 +45,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     libxml2
   ];
 
-  enableParallelBuilding = true;
+  # Makefile doesn't specify dependencies on parser.h correctly
+  enableParallelBuilding = false;
 
   doCheck = true;