diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index ed3fae49..3eebb1c2 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ matrix:
           description: Build submitted via Travis CI
         notification_email: guru.mail@muenster.de
         build_command_prepend: "autoreconf -v --install --force && ./configure --prefix=/usr CPPFLAGS='-DDEBUG' CXXFLAGS='-g -O0 -DDEBUG' --with-unit-test && make clean"
-        build_command: "make V=1 check"
+        build_command: "make V=1 -j10"
         branch_pattern: master
     before_install:
       - lsb_release -a