diff --git a/pkgs/tools/networking/reaver-wps/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/networking/reaver-wps/default.nix
index ec226f50668b..37215c37b93d 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/networking/reaver-wps/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/networking/reaver-wps/default.nix
@@ -29,6 +29,10 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     wrapProgram $out/bin/wash   --run "[ -s ${confdir}/reaver/reaver.db ] || install -D $out/etc/reaver.db ${confdir}/reaver/reaver.db"
   '';
 
+  enableParallelBuilding = true;
+
+  patches = [ ./parallel-build.patch ];
+
   meta = with lib; {
     description = "Brute force attack against Wifi Protected Setup";
     homepage = "https://code.google.com/archive/p/reaver-wps/";
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/networking/reaver-wps/parallel-build.patch b/pkgs/tools/networking/reaver-wps/parallel-build.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..086298a49d83
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/tools/networking/reaver-wps/parallel-build.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+--- src/Makefile.in	2012-01-18 10:02:40.000000000 +0100
++++ src/Makefile.in	2022-01-27 19:29:19.324662149 +0100
+@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@
+ 80211.o: globule.o sql.o builder.o crc.o
+ 	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(INC) 80211.c -c
+ 
+-iface.o: globule.o
++iface.o: globule.o libiw
+ 	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) iface.c -c
+ 
+ sigalrm.o: globule.o