diff --git a/.appveyor.yml b/.appveyor.yml
index e4385102f..58e8dfe2b 100644
--- a/.appveyor.yml
+++ b/.appveyor.yml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ install:
 build_script:
   - cd C:\projects\%APPVEYOR_PROJECT_SLUG%
   # the 32-bit build is done on a 64-bit image, so we need to override the architecture
-  - mingw32-make ARCH_OVERRIDE=%PLATFORM% fetch-dlls
+  - mingw32-make -j2 ARCH_OVERRIDE=%PLATFORM% fetch-dlls
   - dir C:\mingw-w64
 
 test_script: