diff --git a/conf/armv7l/portage/env/makeopts-j1.conf b/conf/armv7l/portage/env/makeopts-j1.conf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1b43095
--- /dev/null
+++ b/conf/armv7l/portage/env/makeopts-j1.conf
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+MAKEOPTS="-j1"
diff --git a/conf/armv7l/portage/package.env b/conf/armv7l/portage/package.env
index cc106ca..70f20e3 100644
--- a/conf/armv7l/portage/package.env
+++ b/conf/armv7l/portage/package.env
@@ -11,3 +11,7 @@ media-tv/xbmc xbmc.conf
 dev-lang/spidermonkey neon.conf
 x11-drivers/xf86-video-omapfb neon.conf
 www-client/chromium neon.conf
+
+# force MAKEOPTS="-j1"
+x11-libs/cairo makeopts-j1.conf
+sys-libs/talloc makeopts-j1.conf