diff --git a/scripts/build-ssl.sh b/scripts/build-ssl.sh
index 9a6a2b241..b36593e4e 100755
--- a/scripts/build-ssl.sh
+++ b/scripts/build-ssl.sh
@@ -21,7 +21,8 @@ build_openssl_linux () {
     (
         cd "openssl-${OPENSSL_VERSION}/"
         ./config shared --prefix="${HOME}/opt" --openssldir="${HOME}/opt" -DPURIFY
-        make all install_sw
+        make -j$(nproc) all
+        make install_sw
     )
 }