diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/pa/parted/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/pa/parted/package.nix
index 7f8a181303e4..f01ce55da3bd 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/pa/parted/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/pa/parted/package.nix
@@ -56,6 +56,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     ++ lib.optional (lvm2 == null) "--disable-device-mapper"
     ++ lib.optional enableStatic "--enable-static";
 
+  enableParallelBuilding = true;
+
   # Tests were previously failing due to Hydra running builds as uid 0.
   # That should hopefully be fixed now.
   doCheck = !stdenv.hostPlatform.isMusl; # translation test