diff --git a/desktop/menumaker/menumaker.SlackBuild b/desktop/menumaker/menumaker.SlackBuild
index 9080137bc3..a5fb4b02d9 100644
--- a/desktop/menumaker/menumaker.SlackBuild
+++ b/desktop/menumaker/menumaker.SlackBuild
@@ -80,8 +80,8 @@ CXXFLAGS="$SLKCFLAGS" \
   --infodir=/usr/info \
   --build=$ARCH-slackware-linux
 
-make
-make install DESTDIR=$PKG
+make -j1
+make -j1 install DESTDIR=$PKG
 
 find $PKG -print0 | xargs -0 file | grep -e "executable" -e "shared object" | \
   grep ELF | cut -f 1 -d : | xargs strip --strip-unneeded 2> /dev/null || true