diff --git a/depends/packages/xcb_proto.mk b/depends/packages/xcb_proto.mk
index 0c7c958d6..b9e4afd49 100644
--- a/depends/packages/xcb_proto.mk
+++ b/depends/packages/xcb_proto.mk
@@ -1,27 +1,27 @@
 package=xcb_proto
 $(package)_version=1.10
 $(package)_download_path=http://xcb.freedesktop.org/dist
 $(package)_file_name=xcb-proto-$($(package)_version).tar.bz2
 $(package)_sha256_hash=7ef40ddd855b750bc597d2a435da21e55e502a0fefa85b274f2c922800baaf05
 
 define $(package)_set_vars
   $(package)_config_opts=--disable-shared
   $(package)_config_opts_linux=--with-pic
 endef
 
 define $(package)_config_cmds
   $($(package)_autoconf)
 endef
 
 define $(package)_build_cmds
-  $(MAKE)
+  $(MAKE) -j$(JOBS)
 endef
 
 define $(package)_stage_cmds
   $(MAKE) DESTDIR=$($(package)_staging_dir) install
 endef
 
 define $(package)_postprocess_cmds
   find -name "*.pyc" -delete && \
   find -name "*.pyo" -delete
 endef
diff --git a/depends/packages/xextproto.mk b/depends/packages/xextproto.mk
index 7065237bd..c79b89d47 100644
--- a/depends/packages/xextproto.mk
+++ b/depends/packages/xextproto.mk
@@ -1,25 +1,25 @@
 package=xextproto
 $(package)_version=7.3.0
 $(package)_download_path=http://xorg.freedesktop.org/releases/individual/proto
 $(package)_file_name=$(package)-$($(package)_version).tar.bz2
 $(package)_sha256_hash=f3f4b23ac8db9c3a9e0d8edb591713f3d70ef9c3b175970dd8823dfc92aa5bb0
 
 define $(package)_preprocess_cmds
   cp -f $(BASEDIR)/config.guess $(BASEDIR)/config.sub .
 endef
 
 define $(package)_set_vars
 $(package)_config_opts=--disable-shared
 endef
 
 define $(package)_config_cmds
   $($(package)_autoconf)
 endef
 
 define $(package)_build_cmds
-  $(MAKE)
+  $(MAKE) -j$(JOBS)
 endef
 
 define $(package)_stage_cmds
   $(MAKE) DESTDIR=$($(package)_staging_dir) install
 endef
diff --git a/depends/packages/xproto.mk b/depends/packages/xproto.mk
index 50a90b268..8a15fe486 100644
--- a/depends/packages/xproto.mk
+++ b/depends/packages/xproto.mk
@@ -1,21 +1,21 @@
 package=xproto
 $(package)_version=7.0.26
 $(package)_download_path=http://xorg.freedesktop.org/releases/individual/proto
 $(package)_file_name=$(package)-$($(package)_version).tar.bz2
 $(package)_sha256_hash=636162c1759805a5a0114a369dffdeccb8af8c859ef6e1445f26a4e6e046514f
 
 define $(package)_set_vars
 $(package)_config_opts=--disable-shared
 endef
 
 define $(package)_config_cmds
   $($(package)_autoconf)
 endef
 
 define $(package)_build_cmds
-  $(MAKE)
+  $(MAKE) -j$(JOBS)
 endef
 
 define $(package)_stage_cmds
   $(MAKE) DESTDIR=$($(package)_staging_dir) install
 endef
diff --git a/depends/packages/xtrans.mk b/depends/packages/xtrans.mk
index 99eefa6d5..d4ae68211 100644
--- a/depends/packages/xtrans.mk
+++ b/depends/packages/xtrans.mk
@@ -1,22 +1,22 @@
 package=xtrans
 $(package)_version=1.3.4
 $(package)_download_path=http://xorg.freedesktop.org/releases/individual/lib/
 $(package)_file_name=$(package)-$($(package)_version).tar.bz2
 $(package)_sha256_hash=054d4ee3efd52508c753e9f7bc655ef185a29bd2850dd9e2fc2ccc33544f583a
 $(package)_dependencies=
 
 define $(package)_set_vars
 $(package)_config_opts_linux=--with-pic --disable-static
 endef
 
 define $(package)_config_cmds
   $($(package)_autoconf)
 endef
 
 define $(package)_build_cmds
-  $(MAKE)
+  $(MAKE) -j$(JOBS)
 endef
 
 define $(package)_stage_cmds
   $(MAKE) DESTDIR=$($(package)_staging_dir) install
 endef