diff --git a/package/libs/libselinux/Makefile b/package/libs/libselinux/Makefile
index 376be601ba2..162419c9ca7 100644
--- a/package/libs/libselinux/Makefile
+++ b/package/libs/libselinux/Makefile
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@ PKG_BUILD_FLAGS:=no-lto
 
 HOST_BUILD_DEPENDS:=libsepol/host musl-fts/host pcre2/host
 
+PKG_BUILD_PARALLEL:=1
+
 include $(INCLUDE_DIR)/package.mk
 include $(INCLUDE_DIR)/host-build.mk
 
diff --git a/package/libs/libsepol/Makefile b/package/libs/libsepol/Makefile
index 246914aab07..eb7aa17eba7 100644
--- a/package/libs/libsepol/Makefile
+++ b/package/libs/libsepol/Makefile
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ PKG_CPE_ID:=cpe:/a:selinuxproject:libsepol
 
 PKG_BUILD_FLAGS:=no-lto
 
+PKG_BUILD_PARALLEL:=1
+
 include $(INCLUDE_DIR)/package.mk
 include $(INCLUDE_DIR)/host-build.mk
 
diff --git a/package/utils/mtd-utils/Makefile b/package/utils/mtd-utils/Makefile
index 131ab822584..b6dd097f8d4 100644
--- a/package/utils/mtd-utils/Makefile
+++ b/package/utils/mtd-utils/Makefile
@@ -30,6 +30,8 @@ PKG_CPE_ID:=cpe:/a:mtd-utils_project:mtd-utils
 
 PKG_MAINTAINER:=John Crispin <john@phrozen.org>
 
+PKG_BUILD_PARALLEL:=1
+
 include $(INCLUDE_DIR)/package.mk
 
 define Package/mtd-utils/Default