diff --git a/databases/libgda4/Makefile b/databases/libgda4/Makefile
index 0e2329f62f97..23a78523a2fd 100644
--- a/databases/libgda4/Makefile
+++ b/databases/libgda4/Makefile
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ USE_GMAKE=	yes
 USE_GNOME=	gnomeprefix gnomehack glib20 libxslt intlhack referencehack
 USE_LDCONFIG=	yes
 GNU_CONFIGURE=	yes
+MAKE_JOBS_UNSAFE=yes
 CONFIGURE_ARGS=	--without-sybase \
 		--enable-introspection
 CONFIGURE_ENV=	CPPFLAGS="-I${LOCALBASE}/include" \