diff --git a/packages/addons/addon-depends/system-tools-depends/unrar/package.mk b/packages/addons/addon-depends/system-tools-depends/unrar/package.mk
index cab3be5485..b4da619010 100644
--- a/packages/addons/addon-depends/system-tools-depends/unrar/package.mk
+++ b/packages/addons/addon-depends/system-tools-depends/unrar/package.mk
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ PKG_URL="http://www.rarlab.com/rar/unrarsrc-${PKG_VERSION}.tar.gz"
 PKG_DEPENDS_TARGET="toolchain"
 PKG_LONGDESC="unrar extract, test and view RAR archives"
 PKG_TOOLCHAIN="manual"
-PKG_BUILD_FLAGS="+pic -sysroot"
+PKG_BUILD_FLAGS="+pic -sysroot -parallel"
 
 unpack() {
   mkdir -p $PKG_BUILD/unrar lib