diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index da3f99b809eefdb95c515e37da81515d7b052e55..5967cc8de394431aa56450beed10571c916bdddd 100755
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/make -f
 
+export MAKEOPTS=-j5
+
 export DH_VERBOSE=1
 
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