diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index ad540df1b..c880cc60f 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -6,5 +6,5 @@ before_install:
  - sudo apt-get update -qq
  - sudo DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt-get -qq -y -o Dpkg::Options::="--force-confdef" -o Dpkg::Options::="--force-confold" upgrade
  - sudo apt-get install -qq -y unixodbc-dev libmysqlclient-dev
-script: ./configure & make -s
+script: ./configure && make -s -j2