diff --git a/srcpkgs/rocksndiamonds/template b/srcpkgs/rocksndiamonds/template
index 37f64130901..50952654a33 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/rocksndiamonds/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/rocksndiamonds/template
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ changelog="https://www.artsoft.org/rocksndiamonds/news"
 distfiles="https://www.artsoft.org/RELEASES/linux/${pkgname}/${pkgname}-${version}-linux.tar.gz"
 checksum=6c8b780f3f7544e87f3f09710dfc5ec9d1de8eca600bbae6f2fec3ce1f14865d
 replaces="rocksndiamonds-data>=0"
+disable_parallel_build=yes
 
 do_build() {
 	vsed -i Makefile -e "s;^\(MAKE_CMD = \$(MAKE)\);& ${makejobs};"