diff --git a/pkgs/surge/default.nix b/pkgs/surge/default.nix
index 8da9e6f..46e098a 100644
--- a/pkgs/surge/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/surge/default.nix
@@ -27,6 +27,8 @@ in stdenv.mkDerivation {
     fetchSubmodules = true;
   };
 
+  enableParallelBuilding = true;
+
   nativeBuildInputs = [
     ncurses
     which