diff --git a/common/travis/build.sh b/common/travis/build.sh
index 32cefdbc739..bd65283d10a 100755
--- a/common/travis/build.sh
+++ b/common/travis/build.sh
@@ -25,8 +25,13 @@ XBPS_SRCPKGDIR=/hostrepo/srcpkgs XBPS_MASTERDIR=/ chroot_prepare $1 || {
 
 PKGS=$(/hostrepo/xbps-src sort-dependencies $(cat /tmp/templates))
 
+NPROCS=1
+if [ -r /proc/cpuinfo ]; then
+        NPROCS=$(grep ^proc /proc/cpuinfo|wc -l)
+fi
+
 for pkg in ${PKGS}; do
-	/hostrepo/xbps-src -H "$HOME"/hostdir $arch pkg "$pkg"
+	/hostrepo/xbps-src -j$NPROCS -H "$HOME"/hostdir $arch pkg "$pkg"
 	[ $? -eq 1 ] && exit 1
 done