diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-core/libcgroup/libcgroup_0.37.1.bb b/meta-oe/recipes-core/libcgroup/libcgroup_0.37.1.bb
index d19f3a1cf0..91829fa766 100644
--- a/meta-oe/recipes-core/libcgroup/libcgroup_0.37.1.bb
+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-core/libcgroup/libcgroup_0.37.1.bb
@@ -13,6 +13,9 @@ SRC_URI[sha256sum] = "0b08632de5d3641aa554b422d02a77d9367e57933328a8765204ad9588
 
 EXTRA_OECONF = "${@base_contains('DISTRO_FEATURES', 'pam', '--enable-pam-module-dir=${base_libdir}/security --enable-pam=yes', '--enable-pam=no', d)}"
 
+# http://www.mail-archive.com/openembedded-devel@lists.openembedded.org/msg21444.html
+PARALLEL_MAKE = ""
+
 PACKAGES =+ "cgroups-pam-plugin"
 FILES_cgroups-pam-plugin = "${base_libdir}/security/pam_cgroup.so*"