diff --git a/libretro-build-common.sh b/libretro-build-common.sh
index a3ebe703..2bdc6102 100644
--- a/libretro-build-common.sh
+++ b/libretro-build-common.sh
@@ -280,8 +280,8 @@ build_libretro_mame078()
       echo "=== Building MAME 0.78 ==="
       cd libretro-mame078
 
-      ${MAKE} -f makefile platform=${FORMAT_COMPILER_TARGET} $COMPILER clean || die "Failed to clean MAME 0.78"
-      ${MAKE} -f makefile platform=${FORMAT_COMPILER_TARGET} $COMPILER || die "Failed to build MAME 0.78"
+      ${MAKE} -f makefile platform=${FORMAT_COMPILER_TARGET} $COMPILER -j$JOBS clean || die "Failed to clean MAME 0.78"
+      ${MAKE} -f makefile platform=${FORMAT_COMPILER_TARGET} $COMPILER -j$JOBS || die "Failed to build MAME 0.78"
       cp mame078_libretro${FORMAT}.${FORMAT_EXT} "$RARCH_DIST_DIR"
    else
       echo "MAME 0.78 not fetched, skipping ..."