diff --git a/config/functions b/config/functions
index 44371a335a..dd0bd9f7eb 100644
--- a/config/functions
+++ b/config/functions
@@ -231,6 +231,7 @@ setup_toolchain() {
     NINJA_OPTS="$NINJA_OPTS -j1"
     export MAKEFLAGS="-j1"
   else
+    NINJA_OPTS="$NINJA_OPTS -j$CONCURRENCY_MAKE_LEVEL"
     export MAKEFLAGS="-j$CONCURRENCY_MAKE_LEVEL"
   fi
 
diff --git a/packages/lang/llvm/package.mk b/packages/lang/llvm/package.mk
index f41911e4c9..1b717465c9 100644
--- a/packages/lang/llvm/package.mk
+++ b/packages/lang/llvm/package.mk
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ PKG_CMAKE_OPTS_HOST="$PKG_CMAKE_OPTS_COMMON \
                      -DCMAKE_INSTALL_RPATH=$TOOLCHAIN/lib"
 
 make_host() {
-  ninja llvm-config llvm-tblgen
+  ninja $NINJA_OPTS llvm-config llvm-tblgen
 }
 
 makeinstall_host() {