diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/glib/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/glib/package.py
index baca1a5a459b2cd3be3c233d9ded27b69dd8b26b..67ead5f9416b8ece41d191c6cc799232f5f8fcda 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/glib/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/glib/package.py
@@ -16,4 +16,4 @@ class Glib(Package):
     def install(self, spec, prefix):
         configure("--prefix=%s" % prefix)
         make()
-        make("install")
+        make("install", parallel=False)