diff --git a/makefile b/makefile
index 3d66d48..af17d6f 100644
--- a/makefile
+++ b/makefile
@@ -19,6 +19,9 @@ _OBJS += unixInit.o
 
 include common.mk
 
+NPROCS = $(shell grep -c 'processor' /proc/cpuinfo)
+MAKEFLAGS += -j$(NPROCS)
+
 CXXFLAGS += `sdl2-config --cflags` -DVERSION=$(VERSION) -DREVISION=$(REVISION) -DDATA_DIR=\"$(DATA_DIR)\" -DLOCALE_DIR=\"$(LOCALE_DIR)\"
 CXXFLAGS += -ansi -pedantic
 CXXFLAGS += -g -lefence