diff --git a/.travis/script_mingw.sh b/.travis/script_mingw.sh
index c8250d60..72a7e513 100755
--- a/.travis/script_mingw.sh
+++ b/.travis/script_mingw.sh
@@ -7,9 +7,9 @@ mkdir -p build/${INSTALL_DIR} && cd build
 if [[ ${CROSS_COMPILE} == "mingw32" ]]; then
   buildenv i686-w64-mingw32-cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release -DENABLE_LTO=OFF -DSFIZZ_JACK=OFF -DSFIZZ_VST=ON -DSFIZZ_STATIC_LIBSNDFILE=ON ..
   buildenv patch -p1 -i "$(pwd)"/../.travis/patches/vstsdk-3.6.14-mingw-atomic-add.diff -d ../vst/external/VST_SDK
-  buildenv make -j
+  buildenv make -j$(nproc)
 elif [[ ${CROSS_COMPILE} == "mingw64" ]]; then
   buildenv x86_64-w64-mingw32-cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release -DENABLE_LTO=OFF -DSFIZZ_JACK=OFF -DSFIZZ_VST=ON -DSFIZZ_STATIC_LIBSNDFILE=ON ..
   buildenv patch -p1 -i "$(pwd)"/../.travis/patches/vstsdk-3.6.14-mingw-atomic-add.diff -d ../vst/external/VST_SDK
-  buildenv make -j
+  buildenv make -j$(nproc)
 fi