diff --git a/pkgs/tools/filesystems/bcachefs-tools/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/filesystems/bcachefs-tools/default.nix
index 1a9cf9de04cf..c1d26202877a 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/filesystems/bcachefs-tools/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/filesystems/bcachefs-tools/default.nix
@@ -60,6 +60,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
     smoke-test = nixosTests.bcachefs;
   };
 
+  enableParallelBuilding = true;
+
   meta = with lib; {
     description = "Tool for managing bcachefs filesystems";
     homepage = "https://bcachefs.org/";