diff --git a/net-irc/eggdrop/eggdrop-1.6.21-r1.ebuild b/net-irc/eggdrop/eggdrop-1.6.21-r1.ebuild
index 541c9a3d3d293..5b6cf6b8df3ae 100644
--- a/net-irc/eggdrop/eggdrop-1.6.21-r1.ebuild
+++ b/net-irc/eggdrop/eggdrop-1.6.21-r1.ebuild
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ src_compile() {
 		target="debug"
 	fi
 
-	emake ${target}
+	emake -j1 ${target} # fixes #533490
 }
 
 src_install() {