diff --git a/packages/sysutils/libusb/package.mk b/packages/sysutils/libusb/package.mk
index 6cb69d9e12..4c5169921a 100644
--- a/packages/sysutils/libusb/package.mk
+++ b/packages/sysutils/libusb/package.mk
@@ -38,3 +38,8 @@ PKG_CONFIGURE_OPTS_TARGET="--enable-shared \
             --disable-debug-log \
             --enable-udev \
             --disable-examples-build"
+
+pre_configure_target () {
+  #libusb sometimes fails to build if building paralell
+  export MAKEFLAGS=-j1
+}