diff --git a/pkgs/applications/virtualization/catatonit/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/virtualization/catatonit/default.nix
index e059a254cb97..074015bb3453 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/virtualization/catatonit/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/virtualization/catatonit/default.nix
@@ -24,6 +24,9 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   nativeBuildInputs = [ autoreconfHook ];
   buildInputs = lib.optionals (!stdenv.hostPlatform.isMusl) [ glibc glibc.static ];
 
+  enableParallelBuilding = true;
+  strictDeps = true;
+
   doInstallCheck = true;
   installCheckPhase = ''
     readelf -d $out/bin/catatonit | grep 'There is no dynamic section in this file.'