diff --git a/packages/addons/addon-depends/system-tools-depends/screen/package.mk b/packages/addons/addon-depends/system-tools-depends/screen/package.mk
index 2e95c739e8..00244d7db9 100644
--- a/packages/addons/addon-depends/system-tools-depends/screen/package.mk
+++ b/packages/addons/addon-depends/system-tools-depends/screen/package.mk
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ PKG_SITE="http://www.gnu.org/software/screen/"
 PKG_URL="http://ftpmirror.gnu.org/screen/$PKG_NAME-${PKG_VERSION}.tar.gz"
 PKG_DEPENDS_TARGET="toolchain ncurses"
 PKG_LONGDESC="Screen is a window manager that multiplexes a physical terminal between several processes"
-PKG_BUILD_FLAGS="-sysroot"
+PKG_BUILD_FLAGS="-sysroot -parallel"
 
 PKG_CONFIGURE_OPTS_TARGET="ac_cv_header_utempter_h=no \
                            --enable-colors256 \