diff --git a/lib/configure.js b/lib/configure.js
index e101a31..9a5daa2 100644
--- a/lib/configure.js
+++ b/lib/configure.js
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-
 module.exports = exports = configure
 
 /**
@@ -311,6 +310,7 @@ function configure (gyp, argv, callback) {
     argv.push('-Dnode_root_dir=' + nodeDir)
     argv.push('-Dmodule_root_dir=' + process.cwd())
     argv.push('--depth=.')
+    argv.push('--no-parallel')
 
     // tell gyp to write the Makefile/Solution files into output_dir
     argv.push('--generator-output', output_dir)