diff --git a/config/options b/config/options
index 7f2cecee06..a4eb60b2cc 100644
--- a/config/options
+++ b/config/options
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ fi
 # Concurrency make level (-j option)
 #  Try value 1 (default) to 4 on single CPU computer, or more on
 #  multi-processor computer (like hyperthreading SMP CPU)
-  CONCURRENCY_MAKE_LEVEL=1
+  CONCURRENCY_MAKE_LEVEL=`cat /proc/cpuinfo | grep -c '^processor[[:cntrl:]]*:'`
 
 # set jpeg library depending on ARCH
   if [ "$TARGET_ARCH" = "i386" -o "$TARGET_ARCH" = "x86_64" ]; then
diff --git a/config/path b/config/path
index 5305321bb8..1002207575 100644
--- a/config/path
+++ b/config/path
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ elif [ -x $BUILD/configtools/config.guess ]; then
 fi
 
 MAKE="$ROOT/$TOOLCHAIN/bin/make"
-MAKEINSTALL="$ROOT/$TOOLCHAIN/bin/make DESTDIR=$SYSROOT_PREFIX install"
+MAKEINSTALL="$ROOT/$TOOLCHAIN/bin/make -j1 DESTDIR=$SYSROOT_PREFIX install"
 SED="sed -i"
 
 # set package metadata