diff --git a/elfutils.changes b/elfutils.changes
index f58e5ee..2cd4a71 100644
--- a/elfutils.changes
+++ b/elfutils.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Mon Jun 28 06:38:35 UTC 2010 - jengelh@medozas.de
+
+- use %_smp_mflags
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Tue May 11 20:01:23 UTC 2010 - tonyj@novell.com
 
diff --git a/elfutils.spec b/elfutils.spec
index 00ffabd..05add23 100644
--- a/elfutils.spec
+++ b/elfutils.spec
@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ Authors:
 %build
 autoreconf -fi
 %configure --program-prefix=eu-
-make %{?jobs:-j%jobs};
+make %{?_smp_mflags};
 
 %install
 make DESTDIR=$RPM_BUILD_ROOT install