diff --git a/Sources/build-mac.sh b/Sources/build-mac.sh
index aeebc91..3fd97e3 100755
--- a/Sources/build-mac.sh
+++ b/Sources/build-mac.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
+NCPU=`sysctl -n hw.ncpu`
+echo "Will build with 'make -j$NCPU' ... please edit this script if incorrect."
+
 set -e
 set -x
 
@@ -7,5 +10,5 @@ rm -rf cmake-build
 mkdir $_
 cd $_
 cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Debug -DCMAKE_OSX_ARCHITECTURES=i386 ..
-make -j8
+make -j$NCPU