diff --git a/libsemanage.changes b/libsemanage.changes
index 37a500d..67943d0 100644
--- a/libsemanage.changes
+++ b/libsemanage.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Wed Feb 23 05:42:43 UTC 2011 - coolo@novell.com
+
+- disable parallel build, it breaks too often
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Thu Feb 25 14:59:32 UTC 2010 - prusnak@suse.cz
 
diff --git a/libsemanage.spec b/libsemanage.spec
index f3167d5..0be6113 100644
--- a/libsemanage.spec
+++ b/libsemanage.spec
@@ -110,8 +110,8 @@ SELinux management applications.
 
 %build
 make clean
-make %{?jobs:-j%jobs} CFLAGS="$RPM_OPT_FLAGS" swigify
-make %{?jobs:-j%jobs} CFLAGS="$RPM_OPT_FLAGS" LIBDIR="%{_libdir}" SHLIBDIR="%{_lib}" all pywrap
+make -j1 CFLAGS="$RPM_OPT_FLAGS" swigify
+make -j1 CFLAGS="$RPM_OPT_FLAGS" LIBDIR="%{_libdir}" SHLIBDIR="%{_lib}" all pywrap
 
 %install
 mkdir -p $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/%{_lib}