diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc-4.1/default.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc-4.1/default.nix
index c11c76acc89c..66bf48cb6e12 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc-4.1/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc-4.1/default.nix
@@ -37,6 +37,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
   inherit noSysDirs profiledCompiler staticCompiler;
 
   buildInputs = [gmp mpfr texinfo];
+
+  enableParallelBuilding = true;
   
   configureFlags = "
     --disable-multilib
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 939d8c4a345f..9797809b9dac 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -1660,7 +1660,8 @@ let
   });
 
   gcc41 = wrapGCC (makeOverridable (import ../development/compilers/gcc-4.1) {
-    inherit fetchurl stdenv noSysDirs;
+    inherit fetchurl noSysDirs gmp mpfr;
+    stdenv = overrideGCC stdenv gcc42;
     texinfo = texinfo49;
     profiledCompiler = false;
   });