diff --git a/depends/packages/bdb.mk b/depends/packages/bdb.mk
index cb9fb1bc04..9ed7668bf7 100644
--- a/depends/packages/bdb.mk
+++ b/depends/packages/bdb.mk
@@ -1,34 +1,34 @@
 package=bdb
 $(package)_version=5.3.28
 $(package)_download_path=http://download.oracle.com/berkeley-db
 $(package)_file_name=db-$($(package)_version).NC.tar.gz
 $(package)_sha256_hash=76a25560d9e52a198d37a31440fd07632b5f1f8f9f2b6d5438f4bc3e7c9013ef
 $(package)_build_subdir=build_unix
 
 define $(package)_set_vars
 $(package)_config_opts=--disable-shared --enable-cxx --disable-replication
 $(package)_config_opts_mingw32=--enable-mingw
 $(package)_config_opts_linux=--with-pic
 $(package)_cxxflags=-std=c++11
 endef
 
 define $(package)_preprocess_cmds
   cd src &&\
   sed -i.old 's/__atomic_compare_exchange/__atomic_compare_exchange_db/' dbinc/atomic.h && \
   sed -i.old 's/atomic_init/atomic_init_db/' dbinc/atomic.h mp/mp_region.c mp/mp_mvcc.c mp/mp_fget.c mutex/mut_method.c mutex/mut_tas.c && \
   sed -i.old 's/WinIoCtl.h/winioctl.h/' dbinc/win_db.h &&\
   cd .. &&\
   cp -f $(BASEDIR)/config.guess $(BASEDIR)/config.sub dist
 endef
 
 define $(package)_config_cmds
   ../dist/$($(package)_autoconf)
 endef
 
 define $(package)_build_cmds
-  $(MAKE) libdb_cxx-5.3.a libdb-5.3.a
+  $(MAKE) -j$(JOBS) libdb_cxx-5.3.a libdb-5.3.a
 endef
 
 define $(package)_stage_cmds
   $(MAKE) DESTDIR=$($(package)_staging_dir) install_lib install_include
 endef
diff --git a/depends/packages/dbus.mk b/depends/packages/dbus.mk
index bbe0375409..b6dfda4e7c 100644
--- a/depends/packages/dbus.mk
+++ b/depends/packages/dbus.mk
@@ -1,23 +1,23 @@
 package=dbus
 $(package)_version=1.10.18
 $(package)_download_path=https://dbus.freedesktop.org/releases/dbus
 $(package)_file_name=$(package)-$($(package)_version).tar.gz
 $(package)_sha256_hash=6049ddd5f3f3e2618f615f1faeda0a115104423a7996b7aa73e2f36e38cc514a
 $(package)_dependencies=expat
 
 define $(package)_set_vars
   $(package)_config_opts=--disable-tests --disable-doxygen-docs --disable-xml-docs --disable-static --without-x
 endef
 
 define $(package)_config_cmds
   $($(package)_autoconf)
 endef
 
 define $(package)_build_cmds
-  $(MAKE) -C dbus libdbus-1.la
+  $(MAKE) -j$(JOBS) -C dbus libdbus-1.la
 endef
 
 define $(package)_stage_cmds
   $(MAKE) -C dbus DESTDIR=$($(package)_staging_dir) install-libLTLIBRARIES install-dbusincludeHEADERS install-nodist_dbusarchincludeHEADERS && \
   $(MAKE) DESTDIR=$($(package)_staging_dir) install-pkgconfigDATA
 endef
diff --git a/depends/packages/libevent.mk b/depends/packages/libevent.mk
index 00231d75d5..36032385b4 100644
--- a/depends/packages/libevent.mk
+++ b/depends/packages/libevent.mk
@@ -1,30 +1,30 @@
 package=libevent
 $(package)_version=2.1.8-stable
 $(package)_download_path=https://github.com/libevent/libevent/archive/
 $(package)_file_name=release-$($(package)_version).tar.gz
 $(package)_sha256_hash=316ddb401745ac5d222d7c529ef1eada12f58f6376a66c1118eee803cb70f83d
 
 define $(package)_preprocess_cmds
   ./autogen.sh
 endef
 
 define $(package)_set_vars
   $(package)_config_opts=--disable-shared --disable-openssl --disable-libevent-regress
   $(package)_config_opts_release=--disable-debug-mode
   $(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
 endef
diff --git a/depends/packages/miniupnpc.mk b/depends/packages/miniupnpc.mk
index 1bb8cb5d26..f6668249cc 100644
--- a/depends/packages/miniupnpc.mk
+++ b/depends/packages/miniupnpc.mk
@@ -1,28 +1,28 @@
 package=miniupnpc
 $(package)_version=2.0.20170509
 $(package)_download_path=http://miniupnp.free.fr/files
 $(package)_file_name=$(package)-$($(package)_version).tar.gz
 $(package)_sha256_hash=d3c368627f5cdfb66d3ebd64ca39ba54d6ff14a61966dbecb8dd296b7039f16a
 
 define $(package)_set_vars
 $(package)_build_opts=CC="$($(package)_cc)"
 $(package)_build_opts_darwin=OS=Darwin LIBTOOL="$($(package)_libtool)"
 $(package)_build_opts_mingw32=-f Makefile.mingw
 $(package)_build_env+=CFLAGS="$($(package)_cflags) $($(package)_cppflags)" AR="$($(package)_ar)"
 endef
 
 define $(package)_preprocess_cmds
   mkdir dll && \
   sed -e 's|MINIUPNPC_VERSION_STRING \"version\"|MINIUPNPC_VERSION_STRING \"$($(package)_version)\"|' -e 's|OS/version|$(host)|' miniupnpcstrings.h.in > miniupnpcstrings.h && \
   sed -i.old "s|miniupnpcstrings.h: miniupnpcstrings.h.in wingenminiupnpcstrings|miniupnpcstrings.h: miniupnpcstrings.h.in|" Makefile.mingw
 endef
 
 define $(package)_build_cmds
-	$(MAKE) libminiupnpc.a $($(package)_build_opts)
+	$(MAKE) -j$(JOBS) libminiupnpc.a $($(package)_build_opts)
 endef
 
 define $(package)_stage_cmds
 	mkdir -p $($(package)_staging_prefix_dir)/include/miniupnpc $($(package)_staging_prefix_dir)/lib &&\
 	install *.h $($(package)_staging_prefix_dir)/include/miniupnpc &&\
 	install libminiupnpc.a $($(package)_staging_prefix_dir)/lib
 endef
diff --git a/depends/packages/zeromq.mk b/depends/packages/zeromq.mk
index 01146c26f6..389e7ff4bf 100644
--- a/depends/packages/zeromq.mk
+++ b/depends/packages/zeromq.mk
@@ -1,34 +1,34 @@
 package=zeromq
 $(package)_version=4.1.5
 $(package)_download_path=https://github.com/zeromq/zeromq4-1/releases/download/v$($(package)_version)/
 $(package)_file_name=$(package)-$($(package)_version).tar.gz
 $(package)_sha256_hash=04aac57f081ffa3a2ee5ed04887be9e205df3a7ddade0027460b8042432bdbcf
 $(package)_patches=9114d3957725acd34aa8b8d011585812f3369411.patch 9e6745c12e0b100cd38acecc16ce7db02905e27c.patch
 
 define $(package)_set_vars
   $(package)_config_opts=--without-documentation --disable-shared --without-libsodium --disable-curve
   $(package)_config_opts_linux=--with-pic
   $(package)_cxxflags=-std=c++11
 endef
 
 define $(package)_preprocess_cmds
   patch -p1 < $($(package)_patch_dir)/9114d3957725acd34aa8b8d011585812f3369411.patch && \
   patch -p1 < $($(package)_patch_dir)/9e6745c12e0b100cd38acecc16ce7db02905e27c.patch && \
   ./autogen.sh
 endef
 
 define $(package)_config_cmds
   $($(package)_autoconf)
 endef
 
 define $(package)_build_cmds
-  $(MAKE) libzmq.la
+  $(MAKE) -j$(JOBS) libzmq.la
 endef
 
 define $(package)_stage_cmds
   $(MAKE) DESTDIR=$($(package)_staging_dir) install-libLTLIBRARIES install-includeHEADERS install-pkgconfigDATA
 endef
 
 define $(package)_postprocess_cmds
   rm -rf bin share
 endef