diff --git a/packages/devel/binutils/package.mk b/packages/devel/binutils/package.mk
index b730315409..52a054a686 100644
--- a/packages/devel/binutils/package.mk
+++ b/packages/devel/binutils/package.mk
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ make_host() {
 
 makeinstall_host() {
   cp -v ../include/libiberty.h ${SYSROOT_PREFIX}/usr/include
+  make -C bfd install # fix parallel build with libctf requiring bfd
   make install
 }