diff --git a/math/suitesparse/Makefile b/math/suitesparse/Makefile
index 15c41de55eef..c63b299eee0d 100644
--- a/math/suitesparse/Makefile
+++ b/math/suitesparse/Makefile
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ CHOLMOD_CONFIG=
 CFLAGS+=	-I${LOCALBASE}/include
 CXXFLAGS+=	-I${LOCALBASE}/include
 LDFLAGS+=	-L${WRKSRC}/lib # prevent linking with shared libs from the preinstalled older versions
+MAKE_ARGS+=	JOBS="${MAKE_JOBS_NUMBER}"
 MAKE_ARGS+=	MY_METIS_LIB="-L${LOCALBASE}/lib -lmetis $(LDFLAGS)"
 
 pre-configure:
@@ -76,9 +77,9 @@ do-configure:
 
 do-build:
 	cd ${WRKSRC} && ${SETENV} ${MAKE_ENV} PICFLAG= \
-		LD_LIBRARY_PATH=${WRKDIR}/SuiteSparse/lib ${MAKE_CMD} ${_MAKE_JOBS} ${MAKE_ARGS}
+		LD_LIBRARY_PATH=${WRKDIR}/SuiteSparse/lib ${MAKE_CMD} ${MAKE_ARGS}
 	cd ${WRKSRC_SHARED} && ${SETENV} ${MAKE_ENV} PICFLAG=${PICFLAG} \
-		LD_LIBRARY_PATH=${WRKDIR}/SuiteSparse/lib ${MAKE_CMD} ${_MAKE_JOBS} ${MAKE_ARGS}
+		LD_LIBRARY_PATH=${WRKDIR}/SuiteSparse/lib ${MAKE_CMD} ${MAKE_ARGS}
 
 do-install:
 	@${MKDIR} ${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/include/suitesparse