diff --git a/sssd.spec b/sssd.spec
index 3f12c67..1cfdb57 100644
--- a/sssd.spec
+++ b/sssd.spec
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ export LDB_CFLAGS="-I/usr/include"
     --with-selinux=no \
     --with-so=suse \
     --with-semanage=no
-make %{?jobs:-j%jobs}
+make %{?_smp_mflags}
 
 %install
 rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT