diff --git a/package/qt/qt.mk b/package/qt/qt.mk
index 32dc574d5b..8d7238eab5 100644
--- a/package/qt/qt.mk
+++ b/package/qt/qt.mk
@@ -468,7 +468,7 @@ define QT_CONFIGURE_CMDS
 		PKG_CONFIG_SYSROOT_DIR="$(STAGING_DIR)" \
 		PKG_CONFIG="$(PKG_CONFIG_HOST_BINARY)" \
 		PKG_CONFIG_PATH="$(STAGING_DIR)/usr/lib/pkgconfig:$(PKG_CONFIG_PATH)" \
-		./configure \
+		MAKEFLAGS="$(MAKEFLAGS) -j$(BR2_JLEVEL)" ./configure \
 		$(if $(VERBOSE),-verbose,-silent) \
 		-force-pkg-config \
 		$(QT_CONFIGURE_OPTS) \