diff --git a/package/dmraid/dmraid.mk b/package/dmraid/dmraid.mk
index b5f96b5130..1b18f3bd7a 100644
--- a/package/dmraid/dmraid.mk
+++ b/package/dmraid/dmraid.mk
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ DMRAID_VERSION:=1.0.0.rc15
 DMRAID_SOURCE:=dmraid-$(DMRAID_VERSION).tar.bz2
 DMRAID_SITE:=http://people.redhat.com/~heinzm/sw/dmraid/src
 DMRAID_SUBDIR:=$(DMRAID_VERSION)
+# lib and tools race with parallel make
+DMRAID_MAKE = $(MAKE1)
 DMRAID_DEPENDENCIES:=dm
 DMRAID_INSTALL_STAGING:=yes