diff --git a/pylint.sh b/pylint.sh
index ba7a6c3a..be49ce45 100755
--- a/pylint.sh
+++ b/pylint.sh
@@ -2,4 +2,4 @@
 set -e -x
 env
 
-pylint -f parseable --rcfile pylint.rc "$@" | tee pylint.out; test $PIPESTATUS -eq 0
+pylint --jobs ${NUMPROCESSES:-1} -f parseable --rcfile pylint.rc "$@" | tee pylint.out; test $PIPESTATUS -eq 0
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index 9ce3df31..7582e70d 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ setenv =
   BRANCH_NAME={env:BRANCH_NAME:}
   SETUPTOOLS_USE_DISTUTILS=stdlib
   coverage: COVERAGE=--junitxml=junit-{envname}.xml --cov-report xml --cov-report html --cov=chrono/ --cov-config .coveragerc
+
 deps =
   pytest-cov
   pytest-django
@@ -38,6 +39,9 @@ commands =
   codestyle: pre-commit run --all-files --show-diff-on-failure
 
 [testenv:pylint]
+setenv =
+  NUMPROCESSES={env:NUMPROCESSES:6}
+
 deps =
   pytest-django
   pytest!=5.3.3