diff --git a/.github/workflows/make.yml b/.github/workflows/make.yml
index e73f8930..27b7d34a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/make.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/make.yml
@@ -20,6 +20,6 @@ jobs:
     - name: configure
       run: ./configure --enable-test --enable-examples
     - name: make
-      run: make
+      run: make -j 20
     - name: make check
-      run: make check || more test/unix/test-suite.log 
+      run: make check -j 20 || more test/unix/test-suite.log