1 files changed, 2 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/lib/libalpm/alpm.c b/lib/libalpm/alpm.c
index 34c5b4b2..85cc4618 100644
--- a/lib/libalpm/alpm.c
+++ b/lib/libalpm/alpm.c
@@ -75,6 +75,8 @@ alpm_handle_t SYMEXPORT *alpm_initialize(const char *root, const char *dbpath,
 	myhandle->curlm = curl_multi_init();
 #endif
 
+	myhandle->parallel_downloads = 1;
+
 #ifdef ENABLE_NLS
 	bindtextdomain("libalpm", LOCALEDIR);
 #endif