diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/newsreaders/liferea/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/newsreaders/liferea/default.nix
index 81f7903adc15..2b4af473ffc4 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/newsreaders/liferea/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/newsreaders/liferea/default.nix
@@ -60,6 +60,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     gst-plugins-bad
   ]);
 
+  enableParallelBuilding = true;
+
   pythonPath = with python3Packages; [
     pygobject3
     pycairo