diff --git a/packages/compress/zlib-host/build b/packages/compress/zlib-host/build
index 5a31f9905e..b3c5175dff 100755
--- a/packages/compress/zlib-host/build
+++ b/packages/compress/zlib-host/build
@@ -24,6 +24,9 @@
 
 $SCRIPTS/unpack zlib
 
+# dont build parallel
+  MAKEFLAGS=-j1
+
 setup_toolchain host
 
 cd $BUILD/zlib-*