diff --git a/package/bind/bind.mk b/package/bind/bind.mk
index 9d8d16ced0..12dd52e74c 100644
--- a/package/bind/bind.mk
+++ b/package/bind/bind.mk
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@
 
 BIND_VERSION = 9.10.3-P3
 BIND_SITE = ftp://ftp.isc.org/isc/bind9/$(BIND_VERSION)
+# bind does not support parallel builds.
+BIND_MAKE = $(MAKE1)
 BIND_INSTALL_STAGING = YES
 BIND_CONFIG_SCRIPTS = bind9-config isc-config.sh
 BIND_LICENSE = ISC