diff --git a/libprelude.spec b/libprelude.spec
index 2b059e9..19c1982 100644
--- a/libprelude.spec
+++ b/libprelude.spec
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ Perl bindings for libprelude.
 
 # removing rpath
 sed -i.rpath -e 's|LD_RUN_PATH=""||' bindings/Makefile.in
-make 
+make %{?_smp_mflags} 
 
 %install
 rm -rf %{buildroot}