diff --git a/abiword-3.0.1-parallel-make.patch b/abiword-3.0.1-parallel-make.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..57608cb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/abiword-3.0.1-parallel-make.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+--- a/src/Makefile.am	2013-02-19 18:39:42.000000000 -0600
++++ b/src/Makefile.am	2015-04-21 21:36:37.504001500 -0500
+@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ if HAVE_INTROSPECTION
+ 
+ INTROSPECTION_GIRS += Abi-@ABIWORD_SERIES@.gir
+ 
+-Abi_@ABIWORD_SERIES@.gir: $(INTROSPECTION_SCANNER) libabiword-@ABIWORD_SERIES@.la Makefile
++Abi-@ABIWORD_SERIES@.gir: $(INTROSPECTION_SCANNER) libabiword-@ABIWORD_SERIES@.la Makefile
+ Abi_@ABI_SUB_SERIES@_gir_INCLUDES = GObject-2.0 Gtk-3.0 Gsf-1
+ Abi_@ABI_SUB_SERIES@_gir_CFLAGS = $(libabiword_@ABIWORD_SERIES@_la_CPPFLAGS)
+ Abi_@ABI_SUB_SERIES@_gir_LIBS = libabiword-@ABIWORD_SERIES@.la
diff --git a/abiword.spec b/abiword.spec
index ebcf758..56a7a76 100644
--- a/abiword.spec
+++ b/abiword.spec
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 Summary: Word processing program
 Name: abiword
 Version: %{majorversion}.%{minorversion}.%{microversion}
-Release: 10%{?dist}
+Release: 11%{?dist}
 Epoch: 1
 Group: Applications/Editors
 License: GPLv2+
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ Patch7: abiword-3.0.1-libwps-0.4.patch
 Patch8: abiword-3.0.1-gnutls.patch
 Patch9: abiword-3.0.1-gcc6.patch
 Patch10: abiword-3.0.1-fixwps.patch
+Patch11: abiword-3.0.1-parallel-make.patch
 
 BuildRequires: autoconf
 BuildRequires: automake
@@ -121,6 +122,7 @@ Python bindings for developing with libabiword
 %patch8 -p0 -b .gnutls
 %patch9 -p0 -b .gcc6
 %patch10 -p1 -b .wps2
+%patch11 -p1 -b .pb
 
 # setup abiword documentation
 %setup -q -T -b 1 -n abiword-docs-%{version}
@@ -133,9 +135,8 @@ cd $RPM_BUILD_DIR/abiword-%{version}
 autoreconf -vif
 
 %configure --enable-plugins --enable-clipart --enable-templates --enable-introspection
-# Build non SMP due to issues with gobject-introspection builds
-# make %{?_smp_mflags} V=1
-make V=1
+
+make %{?_smp_mflags} V=1
 
 # build the documentation
 cd $RPM_BUILD_DIR/abiword-docs-%{version}
@@ -257,6 +258,9 @@ fi
 %{python_sitearch}/*
 
 %changelog
+* Sun Apr 10 2016 Peter Robinson <pbrobinson@fedoraproject.org> 1:3.0.1-11
+- fix parallel build (thanks yselkowi) rhbz 1214395
+
 * Sun Apr 10 2016 Peter Robinson <pbrobinson@fedoraproject.org> 1:3.0.1-10
 - Add patches to fix building with newer gnutls and gcc6
 - Add patch to fix Wordperfect support