diff --git a/images/ubuntu/scripts/build/install-zstd.sh b/images/ubuntu/scripts/build/install-zstd.sh
index 1f26c2435d18..67ff4f6fddab 100644
--- a/images/ubuntu/scripts/build/install-zstd.sh
+++ b/images/ubuntu/scripts/build/install-zstd.sh
@@ -22,8 +22,8 @@ use_checksum_comparison "$archive_path" "$external_hash"
 apt-get install liblz4-dev
 tar xzf "$archive_path" -C /tmp
 
-make -C "/tmp/${release_name}/contrib/pzstd" all
-make -C "/tmp/${release_name}" zstd-release
+make -C "/tmp/${release_name}/contrib/pzstd" -j $(nproc) all
+make -C "/tmp/${release_name}" -j $(nproc) zstd-release
 
 for copyprocess in zstd zstdless zstdgrep; do
     cp "/tmp/${release_name}/programs/${copyprocess}" /usr/local/bin/