diff --git a/tools/linux_packaging/noderun b/tools/linux_packaging/noderun
index af64638aea..71b5ccea9b 100644
--- a/tools/linux_packaging/noderun
+++ b/tools/linux_packaging/noderun
@@ -9,9 +9,11 @@ if mount | grep --silent vmshare ; then
     sudo mount -t vboxsf vmshare $HOME/vmshare
 fi
 
+NPROCS=`grep -c processor /cpu/procinfo`
+
 cd $BASE || exit 1
 svn update || exit 1
-scons || exit 1
+scons --config=force -j$NPROCS || exit 1
 cd tools/linux_packaging || exit 1
 ./build --public --strip some || exit 1
 ./package --public --singlearch || exit 1