diff --git a/packages/angular_devkit/build_angular/src/tools/esbuild/angular/compilation/parallel-compilation.ts b/packages/angular_devkit/build_angular/src/tools/esbuild/angular/compilation/parallel-compilation.ts
index b23ed97d0fca..0da2a186956f 100644
--- a/packages/angular_devkit/build_angular/src/tools/esbuild/angular/compilation/parallel-compilation.ts
+++ b/packages/angular_devkit/build_angular/src/tools/esbuild/angular/compilation/parallel-compilation.ts
@@ -36,6 +36,9 @@ export class ParallelCompilation extends AngularCompilation {
       minThreads: 1,
       maxThreads: 1,
       idleTimeout: Infinity,
+      // Web containers do not support transferable objects with receiveOnMessagePort which
+      // is used when the Atomics based wait loop is enable.
+      useAtomics: !process.versions.webcontainer,
       filename: localRequire.resolve('./parallel-worker'),
     });
   }