diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/llvm/8/llvm.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/llvm/8/llvm.nix
index 43615fc675dc..61ed24ba842e 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/llvm/8/llvm.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/llvm/8/llvm.nix
@@ -143,6 +143,7 @@ in stdenv.mkDerivation ({
 
   enableParallelBuilding = true;
 
+  requiredSystemFeatures = [ "big-parallel" ];
   meta = {
     description = "Collection of modular and reusable compiler and toolchain technologies";
     homepage    = "https://llvm.org/";