diff --git a/meta/recipes-devtools/strace/strace/run-ptest b/meta/recipes-devtools/strace/strace/run-ptest
index 86daed92201..1224229e8fc 100755
--- a/meta/recipes-devtools/strace/strace/run-ptest
+++ b/meta/recipes-devtools/strace/strace/run-ptest
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 set -u
 
 export TIMEOUT_DURATION=240
-make -B -C tests -k test-suite.log
+make -j4 -B -C tests -k test-suite.log
 res=$?
 if [ $res -ne 0 ]; then
     cat tests/test-suite.log