diff --git a/builds/cmake/ci_build.sh b/builds/cmake/ci_build.sh
index df99826e..97eed51d 100755
--- a/builds/cmake/ci_build.sh
+++ b/builds/cmake/ci_build.sh
@@ -31,4 +31,4 @@ elif [ $CURVE == "libsodium" ]; then
 fi
 
 # Build, check, and install from local source
-( cd ../..; mkdir build_cmake && cd build_cmake && PKG_CONFIG_PATH=${BUILD_PREFIX}/lib/pkgconfig cmake "${CMAKE_OPTS[@]}" .. && make all VERBOSE=1 && make install && make test ) || exit 1
+( cd ../..; mkdir build_cmake && cd build_cmake && PKG_CONFIG_PATH=${BUILD_PREFIX}/lib/pkgconfig cmake "${CMAKE_OPTS[@]}" .. && make -j5 all VERBOSE=1 && make install && make -j5 test ) || exit 1
diff --git a/builds/coverage/ci_build.sh b/builds/coverage/ci_build.sh
index a9f856a2..3112a84f 100755
--- a/builds/coverage/ci_build.sh
+++ b/builds/coverage/ci_build.sh
@@ -29,4 +29,4 @@ fi
 pip install --user cpp-coveralls
 
 # Build, check, and install from local source
-( cd ../..; ./autogen.sh && ./configure "${CONFIG_OPTS[@]}" && make -j5 && make check && coveralls --exclude tests --build-root . --gcov-options '\-lp') || exit 1
+( cd ../..; ./autogen.sh && ./configure "${CONFIG_OPTS[@]}" && make -j5 check && coveralls --exclude tests --build-root . --gcov-options '\-lp') || exit 1
diff --git a/ci_build.sh b/ci_build.sh
index da80d943..5da9eeca 100755
--- a/ci_build.sh
+++ b/ci_build.sh
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ if [ $BUILD_TYPE == "default" ]; then
         ./autogen.sh &&
         ./configure "${CONFIG_OPTS[@]}" &&
         export DISTCHECK_CONFIGURE_FLAGS="${CONFIG_OPTS[@]}" &&
-        make VERBOSE=1 distcheck
+        make VERBOSE=1 -j5 distcheck
     ) || exit 1
 else
     cd ./builds/${BUILD_TYPE} && ./ci_build.sh