diff --git a/platform_build/linux_ant/build.xml b/platform_build/linux_ant/build.xml
index f94b5cb3..e5ce8d12 100644
--- a/platform_build/linux_ant/build.xml
+++ b/platform_build/linux_ant/build.xml
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@
 
     <target name="compile32" unless="build.64bit.only">
     	<mkdir dir="x32"/>
-    	<apply dir="x32" executable="gcc" skipemptyfilesets="true" failonerror="true">
+    	<apply dir="x32" executable="gcc" skipemptyfilesets="true" failonerror="true" parallel="true">
 			<arg line="${cflags32} ${cflags_pthread}"/>
 			<arg value="-I${java.home}/include"/>
 			<arg value="-I${java.home}/include/linux"/>
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@
 
     <target name="compile64" unless="build.32bit.only">
     	<mkdir dir="x64"/>
-    	<apply dir="x64" executable="gcc" skipemptyfilesets="true" failonerror="true">
+    	<apply dir="x64" executable="gcc" skipemptyfilesets="true" failonerror="true" parallel="true">
 			<arg line="${cflags64} ${cflags_pthread}"/>
 			<arg value="-I${java.home}/include"/>
 			<arg value="-I${java.home}/include/linux"/>