diff --git a/circle.yml b/circle.yml
index d3b3c79e7c..a5170afd2b 100644
--- a/circle.yml
+++ b/circle.yml
@@ -27,4 +27,4 @@ dependencies:
 
 test:
   override:
-    - NO_NINJA_BUILD=1 make quick_check
+    - NO_NINJA_BUILD=1 make -j2 quick_check