diff --git a/package/libmpdclient/libmpdclient.mk b/package/libmpdclient/libmpdclient.mk
index a399516fe3..6ff27241c0 100644
--- a/package/libmpdclient/libmpdclient.mk
+++ b/package/libmpdclient/libmpdclient.mk
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ LIBMPDCLIENT_CONF_OPTS += \
 	--buildtype $(if $(BR2_ENABLE_DEBUG),debug,release) \
 	--cross-file $(HOST_DIR)/etc/meson/cross-compilation.conf
 
-LIBMPDCLIENT_NINJA_OPTS = $(if $(VERBOSE),-v)
+LIBMPDCLIENT_NINJA_OPTS = $(if $(VERBOSE),-v) -j$(PARALLEL_JOBS)
 
 define LIBMPDCLIENT_CONFIGURE_CMDS
 	rm -rf $(@D)/build