diff --git a/meta/recipes-core/eglibc/eglibc.inc b/meta/recipes-core/eglibc/eglibc.inc
index 8314cb1..39972b0 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-core/eglibc/eglibc.inc
+++ b/meta/recipes-core/eglibc/eglibc.inc
@@ -36,4 +36,10 @@ INHIBIT_DEFAULT_DEPS = "1"
 
 ARM_INSTRUCTION_SET = "arm"
 
+# eglibc uses PARALLELMFLAGS variable to pass parallel build info so transfer
+# PARALLEL_MAKE into PARALLELMFLAGS and empty out PARALLEL_MAKE
+EGLIBCPARALLELISM := "PARALLELMFLAGS=${PARALLEL_MAKE}"
+EXTRA_OEMAKE += ${EGLIBCPARALLELISM}
+PARALLEL_MAKE = ""
+
 PACKAGES = "glibc catchsegv sln nscd ldd localedef glibc-utils glibc-dev glibc-doc glibc-locale libsegfault glibc-extra-nss glibc-thread-db glibc-pcprofile"