diff --git a/app-emacs/org-mode/org-mode-9.6.ebuild b/app-emacs/org-mode/org-mode-9.6.ebuild
index 31fc37eb98f1e..bc7446d9fb1c2 100644
--- a/app-emacs/org-mode/org-mode-9.6.ebuild
+++ b/app-emacs/org-mode/org-mode-9.6.ebuild
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ src_compile() {
 	emake -j1 \
 		ORGVERSION=${PV} \
 		datadir="${EPREFIX}${SITEETC}/${PN}"
-	use doc && emake pdf card
+	use doc && emake -j1 pdf card
 }
 
 src_install() {