diff --git a/openexr.changes b/openexr.changes
index 389a589..3fc87ee 100644
--- a/openexr.changes
+++ b/openexr.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Tue Mar  8 20:51:54 UTC 2011 - jengelh@medozas.de
+
+- Use %_smp_mflags for parallel build
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Mon Aug  9 09:50:43 UTC 2010 - mvyskocil@suse.cz
 
diff --git a/openexr.spec b/openexr.spec
index 7fc8619..e4803e0 100644
--- a/openexr.spec
+++ b/openexr.spec
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ export PTHREAD_LIBS="-lpthread"
    --enable-large-stack \
    --enable-imfexamples \
    --enable-imfuzztest
-%{__make} %{?jobs:-j%jobs}
+%{__make} %{?_smp_mflags}
 
 %install
 %{makeinstall}