diff --git a/srcpkgs/exiv2/template b/srcpkgs/exiv2/template
index ea6259dc6b..4c44246931 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/exiv2/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/exiv2/template
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ license="GPL-2"
 homepage="http://www.exiv2.org"
 distfiles="http://www.exiv2.org/builds/exiv2-${version}-trunk.tar.gz"
 checksum=c75e3c4a0811bf700d92c82319373b7a825a2331c12b8b37d41eb58e4f18eafb
+disable_parallel_build=yes
 
 exiv2-devel_package() {
 	depends="${makedepends} ${sourcepkg}-${version}_${revision}"