diff --git a/meta/recipes-core/gettext/gettext-0.18.1.1/parallel.patch b/meta/recipes-core/gettext/gettext-0.18.1.1/parallel.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4ca44cc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta/recipes-core/gettext/gettext-0.18.1.1/parallel.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+instal libgettextlib.a before removing it
+
+In a multiple job build, Makefile can simultaneously
+be installing and removing libgettextlib.a.  We serialize
+the operations.
+
+Signed-off-by: Joe Slater <jslater@windriver.com>
+
+--- a/gettext-tools/gnulib-lib/Makefile.am
++++ b/gettext-tools/gnulib-lib/Makefile.am
+@@ -57,6 +57,10 @@ endif
+ # Rules generated and collected by gnulib-tool.
+ include Makefile.gnulib
+ 
++# defined in Makefile.gnulib but missing this dependency
++#
++install-exec-clean: install-libLTLIBRARIES
++
+ # Which classes to export from the shared library.
+ MOOPPFLAGS += --dllexport=styled_ostream
+ 
+--- a/gettext-tools/src/Makefile.am
++++ b/gettext-tools/src/Makefile.am
+@@ -229,8 +229,8 @@ libgettextsrc_la_LDFLAGS += -Wl,--export
+ endif
+ 
+ # No need to install libgettextsrc.a, except on AIX.
+-install-exec-local: install-libLTLIBRARIES install-exec-clean
+-install-exec-clean:
++install-exec-local: install-exec-clean
++install-exec-clean: install-libLTLIBRARIES
+ 	case "@host_os@" in \
+ 	  aix*) ;; \
+ 	  *) $(RM) $(DESTDIR)$(libdir)/libgettextsrc.a ;; \
diff --git a/meta/recipes-core/gettext/gettext_0.18.1.1.bb b/meta/recipes-core/gettext/gettext_0.18.1.1.bb
index 5685bbe..253ea43 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-core/gettext/gettext_0.18.1.1.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-core/gettext/gettext_0.18.1.1.bb
@@ -5,13 +5,14 @@ SECTION = "libs"
 LICENSE = "GPLv3+ & LGPL-2.1+"
 LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://COPYING;md5=d32239bcb673463ab874e80d47fae504"
 
-PR = "r12"
+PR = "r13"
 DEPENDS = "libxml2-native gettext-native virtual/libiconv ncurses expat"
 DEPENDS_virtclass-native = "libxml2-native gettext-minimal-native"
 PROVIDES = "virtual/libintl virtual/gettext"
 PROVIDES_virtclass-native = "virtual/gettext-native"
 CONFLICTS_${PN} = "proxy-libintl"
 SRC_URI = "${GNU_MIRROR}/gettext/gettext-${PV}.tar.gz \
+	   file://parallel.patch \
           "
 
 SRC_URI_append_libc-uclibc = " file://wchar-uclibc.patch \