diff --git a/testing/mbuffer/APKBUILD b/testing/mbuffer/APKBUILD
index b8fba08d963..003f4719184 100644
--- a/testing/mbuffer/APKBUILD
+++ b/testing/mbuffer/APKBUILD
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ makedepends="linux-headers libressl-dev"
 install=""
 subpackages="$pkgname-doc"
 source="http://www.maier-komor.de/software/mbuffer/mbuffer-$pkgver.tgz"
+options="!checkroot"
 
 builddir="$srcdir"/mbuffer-$pkgver
 
@@ -26,7 +27,7 @@ build() {
 
 check() {
 	cd "$builddir"
-	make check TESTTREE="$builddir"/*
+	make -j1 check TESTTREE="$builddir"/*
 }
 
 package() {