diff --git a/pythonforandroid/python.py b/pythonforandroid/python.py
index 5358524577..f49e352407 100755
--- a/pythonforandroid/python.py
+++ b/pythonforandroid/python.py
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 '''
 
 from os.path import dirname, exists, join
+from multiprocessing import cpu_count
 from shutil import copy2
 from os import environ
 import subprocess
@@ -250,7 +251,7 @@ def build_arch(self, arch):
                 py_version = self.major_minor_version_string
                 if self.major_minor_version_string[0] == '3':
                     py_version += 'm'
-                shprint(sh.make, 'all',
+                shprint(sh.make, 'all', '-j', str(cpu_count()),
                         'INSTSONAME=libpython{version}.so'.format(
                             version=py_version), _env=env)
 
@@ -420,7 +421,7 @@ def build_arch(self, arch):
                 shprint(sh.cp, join('Modules', 'Setup.dist'),
                         join(build_dir, 'Modules', 'Setup'))
 
-                result = shprint(sh.make, '-C', build_dir)
+                result = shprint(sh.make, '-j', str(cpu_count()), '-C', build_dir)
         else:
             info('Skipping {name} ({version}) build, as it has already '
                  'been completed'.format(name=self.name, version=self.version))
diff --git a/pythonforandroid/recipes/numpy/__init__.py b/pythonforandroid/recipes/numpy/__init__.py
index 1357689c36..6b6e6b3907 100644
--- a/pythonforandroid/recipes/numpy/__init__.py
+++ b/pythonforandroid/recipes/numpy/__init__.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 from pythonforandroid.recipe import CompiledComponentsPythonRecipe
+from multiprocessing import cpu_count
 from os.path import join
 
 
@@ -7,7 +8,6 @@ class NumpyRecipe(CompiledComponentsPythonRecipe):
     version = '1.15.1'
     url = 'https://pypi.python.org/packages/source/n/numpy/numpy-{version}.zip'
     site_packages_name = 'numpy'
-
     depends = [('python2', 'python3', 'python3crystax')]
 
     patches = [
@@ -18,6 +18,16 @@ class NumpyRecipe(CompiledComponentsPythonRecipe):
         join('patches', 'python-fixes.patch')
     ]
 
+    def build_compiled_components(self, arch):
+        self.setup_extra_args = ['-j', str(cpu_count())]
+        super(NumpyRecipe, self).build_compiled_components(arch)
+        self.setup_extra_args = []
+
+    def rebuild_compiled_components(self, arch, env):
+        self.setup_extra_args = ['-j', str(cpu_count())]
+        super(NumpyRecipe, self).rebuild_compiled_components(arch, env)
+        self.setup_extra_args = []
+
     def get_recipe_env(self, arch):
         env = super(NumpyRecipe, self).get_recipe_env(arch)
 
@@ -44,8 +54,5 @@ def get_recipe_env(self, arch):
             env['LD'] += flags + ' -shared'
         return env
 
-    def prebuild_arch(self, arch):
-        super(NumpyRecipe, self).prebuild_arch(arch)
-
 
 recipe = NumpyRecipe()