diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 6cf17f220..0440350e2 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ script:
   - xmllint --noout --relaxng cppcheck-errors.rng /tmp/errorlist.xml
 # check test/cfg
   - make checkcfg
-  - make validateCFG
+  - make validateXML
   - cd ./gui
 # clean rebuild
   - git clean -dfx .
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 8ec8225c1..c04915cb6 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -320,7 +320,7 @@ validatePlatforms: ${PlatformFilesCHECKED}
 /tmp/errorlist.xml: cppcheck
 	./cppcheck --errorlist >$@
 /tmp/example.xml: cppcheck
-	./cppcheck --xml --enable=all --inconclusive --suppress=operatorEqVarError:*check.h cli externals gui lib test 2>/tmp/example.xml
+	./cppcheck --xml --enable=all --inconclusive --suppress=operatorEqVarError:*check.h -j 4 cli externals gui lib test 2>/tmp/example.xml
 createXMLExamples:/tmp/errorlist.xml /tmp/example.xml
 .PHONY: validateXML
 validateXML: createXMLExamples
diff --git a/tools/dmake.cpp b/tools/dmake.cpp
index 70b6f1e80..9a45e4780 100644
--- a/tools/dmake.cpp
+++ b/tools/dmake.cpp
@@ -418,7 +418,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
     fout << "/tmp/errorlist.xml: cppcheck\n";
     fout << "\t./cppcheck --errorlist >$@\n";
     fout << "/tmp/example.xml: cppcheck\n";
-    fout << "\t./cppcheck --xml --enable=all --inconclusive --suppress=operatorEqVarError:*check.h cli externals gui lib test 2>/tmp/example.xml\n";
+    fout << "\t./cppcheck --xml --enable=all --inconclusive --suppress=operatorEqVarError:*check.h -j 4 cli externals gui lib test 2>/tmp/example.xml\n";
     fout << "createXMLExamples:/tmp/errorlist.xml /tmp/example.xml\n";
     fout << ".PHONY: validateXML\n";
     fout << "validateXML: createXMLExamples\n";