diff --git a/pkgs/games/solarus/default.nix b/pkgs/games/solarus/default.nix
index 32142a2834e..6f7876e4872 100644
--- a/pkgs/games/solarus/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/games/solarus/default.nix
@@ -5,18 +5,20 @@
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   name = "solarus-${version}";
   version = "1.4.5";
-    
+
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "christopho";
     repo = "solarus";
     rev = "d9fdb9fdb4e1b9fc384730a9279d134ae9f2c70e";
     sha256 = "0xjx789d6crm322wmkqyq9r288vddsha59yavhy78c4r01gs1p5v";
   };
-  
+
   buildInputs = [ cmake luajit SDL2
     SDL2_image SDL2_ttf physfs
     openal libmodplug libvorbis ];
 
+  enableParallelBuilding = true;
+
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {
     description = "A Zelda-like ARPG game engine";
     longDescription = ''
@@ -28,5 +30,5 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     maintainers = [ maintainers.Nate-Devv ];
     platforms = platforms.linux;
   };
-  
+
 }