diff --git a/devel/oprofile/Makefile b/devel/oprofile/Makefile
index e4729e144..ff88eeaf1 100644
--- a/devel/oprofile/Makefile
+++ b/devel/oprofile/Makefile
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ PKG_MD5SUM:=8b5d1d9b65f84420bcc3234777ad3be3
 PKG_BUILD_DEPENDS:=binutils
 PKG_FIXUP:=autoreconf
 PKG_INSTALL:=1
+PKG_BUILD_PARALLEL:=1
 
 include $(INCLUDE_DIR)/package.mk
 include $(INCLUDE_DIR)/kernel.mk