diff --git a/srcpkgs/tzutils/template b/srcpkgs/tzutils/template
index 966260e2ebf..761361aca73 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/tzutils/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/tzutils/template
@@ -23,13 +23,13 @@ fi
 
 do_build() {
 	touch version
-	make KSHELL=/bin/sh \
+	make ${makejobs} KSHELL=/bin/sh \
 		CC=$CC CFLAGS="$CFLAGS" LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS"
 	sed -n '/Copyright/,/SUCH DAMAGE/p' strftime.c >strftime.license
 }
 
 do_check() {
-	make check
+	make ${makejobs} check
 }
 
 do_install() {