diff --git a/meta-multimedia/recipes-mkv/mkvtoolnix/mkvtoolnix_git.bb b/meta-multimedia/recipes-mkv/mkvtoolnix/mkvtoolnix_git.bb
index 8d7702429e..dd613b31f0 100644
--- a/meta-multimedia/recipes-mkv/mkvtoolnix/mkvtoolnix_git.bb
+++ b/meta-multimedia/recipes-mkv/mkvtoolnix/mkvtoolnix_git.bb
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ do_configure_prepend() {
 
 # Yeah, no makefile
 do_compile() {
-    ${S}/drake
+    ${S}/drake ${PARALLEL_MAKE}
 }
 
 do_install() {