diff --git a/network/cowpatty/cowpatty.SlackBuild b/network/cowpatty/cowpatty.SlackBuild
index 3fa82c3d4e..160b997da5 100644
--- a/network/cowpatty/cowpatty.SlackBuild
+++ b/network/cowpatty/cowpatty.SlackBuild
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ find -L . \
 # force the Makefile to use our SLKCFLAGS:
 sed -i 14s/"-g3 -ggdb"/"-g3 -ggdb ${SLKCFLAGS}"/ Makefile
 
-make
+make -j1
 make strip
 make install BINDIR=/usr/bin DESTDIR=$PKG