diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/leatherman/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/leatherman/default.nix
index a9c7a9b70bb4..be033c3860cf 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/leatherman/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/leatherman/default.nix
@@ -2,10 +2,10 @@
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   name = "leatherman-${version}";
-  version = "1.0.0";
+  version = "1.3.0";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
-    sha256 = "15kg6vdr1iav5x3pzwvrdsi54lbl8zh2xwqlp03gaq4n3kg5wj3y";
+    sha256 = "1pcbfgq9khlcvxjsqpdshjskwljzawryzps0ickazwm7l3m7hrln";
     rev = version;
     repo = "leatherman";
     owner = "puppetlabs";
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   buildInputs = [ boost cmake curl ruby ];
 
+  enableParallelBuilding = true;
+
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {
     homepage = https://github.com/puppetlabs/leatherman/;  
     description = "A collection of C++ and CMake utility libraries";