diff --git a/cmake/CMakeLists.txt b/cmake/CMakeLists.txt
index 1707448ee0..5d54cdcb93 100644
--- a/cmake/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/cmake/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ OPTION(HDF5_SUPPORT "Enable HDF5 support (requires HDF5, zlib)" ON)
 OPTION(USE_VLD "Use Visual Leak Detector for debugging memory leaks, MSVC-only." OFF)
 OPTION(USE_MMAP "Adds a command line options to parse IFC files from memory mapped files using Boost.Iostreams" OFF)
 OPTION(BUILD_SHARED_LIBS "Build IfcParse and IfcGeom as shared libs (SO/DLL)." OFF)
-OPTION(MSVC_PARALLEL_BUILD "Multi-threaded compilation in Microsoft Visual Studio (/MP)" ON)
+OPTION(MSVC_PARALLEL_BUILD "Multi-threaded compilation in Microsoft Visual Studio (/MP)" OFF)
 if (${HAS_MAX})
 OPTION(BUILD_IFCMAX "Build IfcMax, a 3ds Max plug-in, Windows-only." OFF)
 endif()