diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/gstreamer/core/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/gstreamer/core/default.nix
index 162f407dd59e..bbd4bcde785b 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/gstreamer/core/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/gstreamer/core/default.nix
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   };
 
   outputs = [ "dev" "out" ];
+  outputBin = "dev";
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [
     pkgconfig perl bison flex python gobjectIntrospection makeWrapper
@@ -25,6 +26,12 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   propagatedBuildInputs = [ glib ];
 
+  enableParallelBuilding = true;
+
+  preConfigure = ''
+    configureFlagsArray+=("--exec-prefix=$dev")
+  '';
+
   postInstall = ''
     for prog in "$out/bin/"*; do
         wrapProgram "$prog" --prefix GST_PLUGIN_SYSTEM_PATH : "\$(unset _tmp; for profile in \$NIX_PROFILES; do _tmp="\$profile/lib/gstreamer-1.0''$\{_tmp:+:\}\$_tmp"; done; printf "\$_tmp")"
@@ -32,7 +39,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   '';
 
   preFixup = ''
-    moveToOutput "bin" "$dev"
     moveToOutput "share/bash-completion" "$dev"
   '';