diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/adios/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/adios/package.py
index dd26baa081..eda7a7e2ac 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/adios/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/adios/package.py
@@ -38,6 +38,9 @@ class Adios(Package):
     homepage = "http://www.olcf.ornl.gov/center-projects/adios/"
     url      = "https://github.com/ornladios/ADIOS/archive/v1.10.0.tar.gz"
 
+    # make -j is currently not supported
+    parallel = False
+
     version('1.10.0', 'eff450a4c0130479417cfd63186957f3')
     version('1.9.0' , '310ff02388bbaa2b1c1710ee970b5678')
     version('1.8.0' , 'c9116ec31e6b386f0e6ea5ab675c57e9')