diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/hivex/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/hivex/default.nix
index 9648354586e3..c0bc0e3faa63 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/hivex/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/hivex/default.nix
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   ++ (with perlPackages; [ perl IOStringy ])
   ++ lib.optionals stdenv.isDarwin [ libintl ];
 
+  enableParallelBuilding = true;
+
   postInstall = ''
     wrapProgram $out/bin/hivexregedit \
         --set PERL5LIB "$out/${perlPackages.perl.libPrefix}" \