diff --git a/packages/security/nettle/build b/packages/security/nettle/build
index e8a004050f..384a2a4a25 100755
--- a/packages/security/nettle/build
+++ b/packages/security/nettle/build
@@ -22,6 +22,9 @@
 
 . config/options $1
 
+# dont build parallel
+  MAKEFLAGS=-j1
+
 cd $PKG_BUILD
 ./configure --host=$TARGET_NAME \
             --build=$HOST_NAME \