diff --git a/contrib/build_pkg.sh b/contrib/build_pkg.sh
index d3dbdd995..7093e477a 100755
--- a/contrib/build_pkg.sh
+++ b/contrib/build_pkg.sh
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ if [ $opt_binpkg -eq 1 -a "$rc" -eq 0 ]; then
         eval rpmbuild -bb $rpmmacros $rpmopts $rpmspec $opt_defines >> ${pkg_log} 2>&1
     else
         IFS=$':'
-        env $(echo $opt_exports | xargs) dpkg-buildpackage -us -uc -b >> ${pkg_log} 2>&1
+        env $(echo $opt_exports | xargs) make_opt="${make_opt}" dpkg-buildpackage -us -uc -b >> ${pkg_log} 2>&1
         rc=$((rc + $?))
         unset IFS
     fi
@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@ if [ $opt_tarpkg -eq 1 ]; then
     # Get version for directory name
     tarball_name=$(basename ${pkg_tarball})
     tarball_root_dir=${tarball_name%.tar.gz}
-    
+
     # Create a temporary directory using mktemp instead of a fixed name
     tarball_tmp=$(mktemp -d -p ${pkg_dir}) >> ${pkg_log} 2>&1
     tar -xzf ${pkg_tarball} -C ${tarball_tmp} >> ${pkg_log} 2>&1
@@ -200,22 +200,22 @@ if [ $opt_tarpkg -eq 1 ]; then
         echo "ERROR: Failed to extract tarball ${pkg_tarball}. Exit" >> ${pkg_log}
         exit 1
     fi
-    
+
     # Move spec file to the root directory to support rpmbuild
     cp ${pkg_dir}/contrib/scripts/${pkg_spec} ${tarball_tmp}/${tarball_root_dir}/ >> ${pkg_log} 2>&1
     # Remove the duplicate spec file
     rm ${tarball_tmp}/${tarball_root_dir}/contrib/scripts/${pkg_spec} >> ${pkg_log} 2>&1
-    
+
     # Create new tarball with proper structure
     pushd ${tarball_tmp} >> ${pkg_log} 2>&1
     tar -czf ${pkg_outdir}/${tarball_name} ${tarball_root_dir} >> ${pkg_log} 2>&1
     popd >> ${pkg_log} 2>&1
-    
+
     echo ${pkg_label} "Release tarball created: ${pkg_outdir}/${tarball_name}"
-    
+
     # Add tarball temporary directory to cleanup
     pkg_cleanup="${pkg_cleanup} ${tarball_tmp}"
-	
+
 fi
 
 if [ "$rc" -eq 0 ]; then
diff --git a/contrib/jenkins_tests/rpm.sh b/contrib/jenkins_tests/rpm.sh
index fa08b84ef..c3a1692e9 100755
--- a/contrib/jenkins_tests/rpm.sh
+++ b/contrib/jenkins_tests/rpm.sh
@@ -76,14 +76,14 @@ if [ $opt_binrpm -eq 1 ]; then
     if [ $opt_rpm -eq 1 ]; then
         test_exec="env RPM_BUILD_NCPUS=${NPROC} rpmbuild -bb --define='configure_options $jenkins_test_custom_configure' $rpmmacros $rpmopts $rpmspec"
     else
-        test_exec="env configure_options=\"$jenkins_test_custom_configure\" dpkg-buildpackage -us -uc -b"
+        test_exec="env make_opt=\"${make_opt}\" configure_options=\"$jenkins_test_custom_configure\" dpkg-buildpackage -us -uc -b"
     fi
     do_check_result "$test_exec" "$test_id" "binrpm" "$rpm_tap" "${rpm_dir}/rpm-${test_id}"
     test_id=$((test_id+1))
 fi
 
 if [ $opt_checkpkg -eq 1 ]; then
-    test_exec="env RPM_BUILD_NCPUS=${NPROC} PRJ_RELEASE=1 ${WORKSPACE}/contrib/build_pkg.sh -b -s -a \"configure_options=$jenkins_test_custom_configure\" -i ${WORKSPACE} -o ${rpm_dir}/dist-pkg"
+    test_exec="env RPM_BUILD_NCPUS=${NPROC} make_opt=\"${make_opt}\" PRJ_RELEASE=1 ${WORKSPACE}/contrib/build_pkg.sh -b -s -a \"configure_options=$jenkins_test_custom_configure\" -i ${WORKSPACE} -o ${rpm_dir}/dist-pkg"
     do_check_result "$test_exec" "$test_id" "checkpkg" "$rpm_tap" "${rpm_dir}/rpm-${test_id}"
     do_archive "${rpm_dir}/dist-pkg/build_pkg.log"
     test_id=$((test_id+1))
diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index 071b9e366..a7456dc09 100755
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ build-debug:
 	./configure --with-ofed=/usr --prefix=/usr \
 		--libdir=/usr/lib --includedir=/usr/include --sysconfdir=/etc \
 		--enable-opt-log=none --enable-debug ${configure_options}
-	make
+	make ${make_opt}
 	cp -f src/core/.libs/libxlio.so libxlio-debug.so
 	make clean
 
@@ -24,6 +24,10 @@ build-debug:
 # Commands not to run
 override_dh_auto_configure:
 
+# Use parallel build for production build
+override_dh_auto_build:
+	dh_auto_build -- ${make_opt}
+
 # Workaround for missing dependency information in libmongoclient package
 override_dh_shlibdeps:
 	dh_shlibdeps --dpkg-shlibdeps-params=--ignore-missing-info