diff --git a/batman-adv/Makefile b/batman-adv/Makefile
index 15fe398..3ec2321 100644
--- a/batman-adv/Makefile
+++ b/batman-adv/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@ PKG_MAINTAINER:=Simon Wunderlich <sw@simonwunderlich.de>
 PKG_LICENSE:=GPL-2.0-only MIT
 PKG_LICENSE_FILES:=LICENSES/preferred/GPL-2.0 LICENSES/preferred/MIT
 
+PKG_BUILD_PARALLEL:=1
+
 STAMP_CONFIGURED_DEPENDS := $(STAGING_DIR)/usr/include/mac80211-backport/backport/autoconf.h
 
 include $(INCLUDE_DIR)/kernel.mk