diff --git a/package/qt5/qt5webengine/qt5webengine.mk b/package/qt5/qt5webengine/qt5webengine.mk
index e527e6bc36..986ed0ec79 100644
--- a/package/qt5/qt5webengine/qt5webengine.mk
+++ b/package/qt5/qt5webengine/qt5webengine.mk
@@ -48,6 +48,8 @@ define QT5WEBENGINE_PYTHON2_SYMLINK
 endef
 QT5WEBENGINE_PRE_CONFIGURE_HOOKS += QT5WEBENGINE_PYTHON2_SYMLINK
 
+QT5WEBENGINE_ENV += NINJAFLAGS="-j$(PARALLEL_JOBS)"
+
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_QT5_VERSION_LATEST),y)
 define QT5WEBENGINE_CREATE_HOST_PKG_CONFIG
 	sed s%@HOST_DIR@%$(HOST_DIR)%g $(QT5WEBENGINE_PKGDIR)/host-pkg-config.in > $(@D)/host-bin/host-pkg-config