diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 8504079385..2faeb820a3 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ MacOS:
     - rm -fr build/*  # remove anything in the build directory
     - CI/before_install.osx.sh
     - CI/before_script.osx.sh
-    - cd build; make -j2 package
+    - cd build; make -j $(sysctl -n hw.logicalcpu) package
     - for dmg in *.dmg; do mv "$dmg" "${dmg%.dmg}_${CI_COMMIT_REF_NAME}_${CI_JOB_ID}.dmg"; done
   artifacts:
     paths: