diff --git a/cmake/external/cares.cmake b/cmake/external/cares.cmake
index ac456933bd2260b2bbde2de78c486a5c0a1f5a96..aec51410b33669f8a549f2eca193cc6aa2d07a13 100644
--- a/cmake/external/cares.cmake
+++ b/cmake/external/cares.cmake
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ ExternalProject_Add(
     UPDATE_COMMAND  ""
     CONFIGURE_COMMAND ./buildconf && ./configure --disable-shared --prefix=${CARES_INSTALL_DIR}
     BUILD_IN_SOURCE 1
-    BUILD_COMMAND   make
+    BUILD_COMMAND   make -j8
     INSTALL_COMMAND make install
 )