libee compile fails on make using -j

[abiacco]

libee 0.4.1 on centos 6.8, GNU make 3.81, GNU automake 1.11.1

i changed my make to make -j3

compilation failed with:

CCLD libee-convert
libtool: link: cannot find the library ../src/libee.la' or unhandled argument ../src/libee.la'
make[2]: *** [libee-convert] Error 1
make[2]: *** Waiting for unfinished jobs....
make[2]: Leaving directory *MASKED*/rpm/BUILD/libee-0.4.1/src'
make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory *MASKED*/rpm/BUILD/libee-0.4.1'
make: *** [all] Error 2

This was referenced in a mailing list thread here

proposed patch for src/Makefile.am was to change libee_convert_LDADD to:
libee_convert_LDADD = libee.la $(LIBXML2_LIBS) $(LIBESTR_LIBS)

alternate patch (which i'm using) is to append to src/Makefile.am:
libee_convert_DEPENDENCIES = libee.la

Can we get this or something comparable applied?

Thanks,

-Tony