diff --git a/ibus.changes b/ibus.changes
index c0e2c69..e04d163 100644
--- a/ibus.changes
+++ b/ibus.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Sat Nov 22 18:09:38 UTC 2014 - coolo@suse.com
+
+- disable parallel build for install - not much gain and makes it
+  less reliable
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Tue Oct 14 06:07:18 UTC 2014 - hillwood@linuxfans.org
 
diff --git a/ibus.spec b/ibus.spec
index 5cc2645..dad215f 100644
--- a/ibus.spec
+++ b/ibus.spec
@@ -263,7 +263,7 @@ intltoolize -f
 make %{?_smp_mflags}
 
 %install
-make DESTDIR=%{buildroot} install %{?_smp_mflags}
+make DESTDIR=%{buildroot} install -j1
 
 # autostart
 mkdir -p %{buildroot}%{_sysconfdir}/X11/xim.d/