diff --git a/pkgs/tools/audio/kaldi/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/audio/kaldi/default.nix
index 0351cfecb620..662a6f2b5348 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/audio/kaldi/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/audio/kaldi/default.nix
@@ -37,6 +37,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
     "-DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=on"
   ];
 
+  enableParallelBuilding = true;
+
   preConfigure = ''
     mkdir bin
     cat > bin/git <<'EOF'