diff --git a/scripts/Makefile.package b/scripts/Makefile.package
index f8a948ec2c6b7..2bcab02da9653 100644
--- a/scripts/Makefile.package
+++ b/scripts/Makefile.package
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ deb-pkg srcdeb-pkg bindeb-pkg:
 	$(if $(findstring source, $(build-type)), \
 		--unsigned-source --compression=$(KDEB_SOURCE_COMPRESS)) \
 	$(if $(findstring binary, $(build-type)), \
-		--rules-file='$(MAKE) -f debian/rules' -r$(KBUILD_PKG_ROOTCMD) -a$$(cat debian/arch), \
+		--rules-file='$(MAKE) -f debian/rules' --jobs=1 -r$(KBUILD_PKG_ROOTCMD) -a$$(cat debian/arch), \
 		--no-check-builddeps) \
 	$(DPKG_FLAGS))
 
diff --git a/scripts/package/debian/rules b/scripts/package/debian/rules
index 226e127efd63f..3dafa9496c636 100755
--- a/scripts/package/debian/rules
+++ b/scripts/package/debian/rules
@@ -5,6 +5,11 @@ include debian/rules.vars
 
 srctree ?= .
 
+ifneq (,$(filter-out parallel=1,$(filter parallel=%,$(DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS))))
+    NUMJOBS = $(patsubst parallel=%,%,$(filter parallel=%,$(DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS)))
+    MAKEFLAGS += -j$(NUMJOBS)
+endif
+
 .PHONY: binary binary-indep binary-arch
 binary: binary-arch binary-indep
 binary-indep: build-indep