diff --git a/tar.changes b/tar.changes
index c8ff4db..3b54b6f 100644
--- a/tar.changes
+++ b/tar.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Sun Dec  6 17:52:57 CET 2009 - jengelh
+
+- enable parallel building
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Fri Dec  4 21:46:24 CET 2009 - meissner@suse.de
 
diff --git a/tar.spec b/tar.spec
index 2454432..8759da7 100644
--- a/tar.spec
+++ b/tar.spec
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ export CFLAGS="$RPM_OPT_FLAGS %my_cflags"
 export RSH="/usr/bin/rsh"
 ./configure --prefix=%_prefix --bindir=%_bindir --mandir=%_mandir \
 	    --infodir=%_infodir --build=%{_target_cpu}-suse-linux
-make
+make %{?jobs:-j%jobs};
 
 %check
 #%ifarch %arm