diff --git a/srcpkgs/cc65/template b/srcpkgs/cc65/template
index 60b0aefde9..bb31b4ad32 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/cc65/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/cc65/template
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ homepage="https://cc65.github.io/"
 distfiles="https://github.com/cc65/cc65/archive/V${version}.tar.gz"
 checksum=d14a22fb87c7bcbecd8a83d5362d5d317b19c6ce2433421f2512f28293a6eaab
 nocross="Build process runs the built binary"
+disable_parallel_build=yes
 
 case "$XBPS_TARGET_MACHINE" in
 	ppc*) broken="../libwrk/apple2enh/dbg.s(675): Error: Newline in string constant";;