diff --git a/x11/cinnamon/files/patch-src_st_meson.build b/x11/cinnamon/files/patch-src_st_meson.build
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..bae6fb1c5d63
--- /dev/null
+++ b/x11/cinnamon/files/patch-src_st_meson.build
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+Attempt to fix parallel build
+
+In file included from ../src/main.c:25:
+In file included from ../src/cinnamon-global-private.h:28:
+In file included from src/st/st.h:7:
+../src/st/st-box-layout-child.h:24:10: fatal error: 'st-enum-types.h' file not found
+#include "st-enum-types.h"
+         ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+--- src/st/meson.build.orig	2021-04-06 04:24:56 UTC
++++ src/st/meson.build
+@@ -189,6 +189,7 @@ libst = library(
+ st_dep = declare_dependency(
+     include_directories: include_directories('.', 'croco'),
+     dependencies: libst_deps,
++    sources: st_enum_types[1],
+     link_with: libst,
+     link_args: ['-Wl,-Bsymbolic', '-Wl,-z,relro', '-Wl,-z,now'],
+ )