diff --git a/meta-digi-dey/recipes-qt/qt5/qtwebengine_%.bbappend b/meta-digi-dey/recipes-qt/qt5/qtwebengine_%.bbappend
index 929c37933..00823ef42 100644
--- a/meta-digi-dey/recipes-qt/qt5/qtwebengine_%.bbappend
+++ b/meta-digi-dey/recipes-qt/qt5/qtwebengine_%.bbappend
@@ -3,3 +3,10 @@
 # Decrease memory used by the linker to avoid being killed due to
 # out of memory.
 LDFLAGS += "-Wl,--no-keep-memory"
+
+# To avoid the OOM killer, decrease parallel make jobs for this specific recipe.
+python __anonymous () {
+    makejobs = int(d.getVar('PARALLEL_MAKE', True).split()[1]) / 2
+    d.setVar("PARALLEL_MAKE", "-j %d" % (makejobs, 1)[makejobs == 0])
+}
+export NINJAFLAGS = "${PARALLEL_MAKE}"