diff --git a/packages/sysutils/busybox/package.mk b/packages/sysutils/busybox/package.mk
index d20fca7f1e..446fc381f7 100644
--- a/packages/sysutils/busybox/package.mk
+++ b/packages/sysutils/busybox/package.mk
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ PKG_MAKE_OPTS_INIT="ARCH=$TARGET_ARCH \
                     HOSTCC=$HOST_CC \
                     CROSS_COMPILE=$TARGET_PREFIX \
                     KBUILD_VERBOSE=1 \
+                    MAKEFLAGS="-j1" \
                     install"
 
 # nano text editor