diff --git a/app-office/mdbtools/files/mdbtools-0.7.1-parallel-make.patch b/app-office/mdbtools/files/mdbtools-0.7.1-parallel-make.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..07a8399
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app-office/mdbtools/files/mdbtools-0.7.1-parallel-make.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+diff --git a/src/sql/Makefile.am b/src/sql/Makefile.am
+index 633f0c3..94b0838 100644
+--- a/src/sql/Makefile.am
++++ b/src/sql/Makefile.am
+@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
++BUILT_SOURCES = parser.h
++AM_YFLAGS = -d
+ lib_LTLIBRARIES	=	libmdbsql.la
+ libmdbsql_la_SOURCES=	mdbsql.c parser.y lexer.l 
+ libmdbsql_la_LDFLAGS = -version-info 2:0:0 -export-symbols-regex '^mdb_sql_'
diff --git a/app-office/mdbtools/mdbtools-0.7.1.ebuild b/app-office/mdbtools/mdbtools-0.7.1.ebuild
index 47b22b4..23d055d 100644
--- a/app-office/mdbtools/mdbtools-0.7.1.ebuild
+++ b/app-office/mdbtools/mdbtools-0.7.1.ebuild
@@ -35,6 +35,11 @@ DEPEND="${RDEPEND}
 
 DOCS=( AUTHORS ChangeLog HACKING NEWS README TODO )
 
+src_prepare() {
+	epatch "${FILESDIR}/${P}-parallel-make.patch"
+	autotools-utils_src_prepare
+}
+
 src_configure() {
 	local myeconfargs=(
 		--disable-gtk-doc
@@ -43,7 +48,3 @@ src_configure() {
 	)
 	autotools-utils_src_configure
 }
-
-src_compile() {
-	autotools-utils_src_compile -j1
-}