diff --git a/package/tekui/tekui.mk b/package/tekui/tekui.mk
index f9ae849033..3f39072527 100644
--- a/package/tekui/tekui.mk
+++ b/package/tekui/tekui.mk
@@ -11,6 +11,9 @@ TEKUI_LICENSE = MIT
 TEKUI_LICENSE_FILES = COPYRIGHT
 TEKUI_DEPENDENCIES = freetype luainterpreter
 
+# Package does not build in parallel due to improper make rules
+TEKUI_MAKE = $(MAKE1)
+
 TEKUI_MAKE_OPTS = \
 	CC="$(TARGET_CC) -fPIC" \
 	AR="$(TARGET_AR) rcu" \