--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -1087,2 +1087,3 @@ fi
 #-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+JOBS=
 
@@ -2528,2 +2529,5 @@ while [ "$#" -gt 0 ]; do
         ;;
+    jobs)
+        JOBS=-j$VAL
+        ;;
     *)
@@ -5072,3 +5076,3 @@ if true; then ###[ '!' -f "$outpath/bin/qmake" ];
         if "$WHICH" makedepend >/dev/null 2>&1 && grep 'depend:' "$mkfile" >/dev/null 2>&1; then
-            (cd "$outpath/qmake" && "$MAKE" -f "$mkfile" depend) >/dev/null 2>&1
+            (cd "$outpath/qmake" && "$MAKE" $JOBS -f "$mkfile" depend) >/dev/null 2>&1
            sed "s,^.*/\([^/]*.o\):,\1:,g" "$mkfile" >"$mkfile.tmp"
@@ -5080,3 +5084,3 @@ if true; then ###[ '!' -f "$outpath/bin/qmake" ];
     QMAKE_BUILD_ERROR=no
-    (cd "$outpath/qmake"; "$MAKE") || QMAKE_BUILD_ERROR=yes
+    (cd "$outpath/qmake"; "$MAKE" $JOBS) || QMAKE_BUILD_ERROR=yes
     [ '!' -z "$QCONFIG_H" ] && mv -f "$QCONFIG_H" "$QMAKE_QCONFIG_H" #move qmake's qconfig.h to qconfig.h.qmake