diff --git a/Jenkinsfile b/Jenkinsfile
index 68453baf..0d26e62c 100644
--- a/Jenkinsfile
+++ b/Jenkinsfile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ pipeline {
     stages {
         stage('Unit Tests') {
             steps {
-                sh 'tox -rv'
+                sh 'NUMPROCESSES=6 tox -rv'
             }
             post {
                 always {
diff --git a/pylint.sh b/pylint.sh
index ba7a6c3a..b20598c1 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
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index 93719398..8574c326 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ setenv =
   COMBO_SETTINGS_FILE=tests/settings.py
   TOX_WORK_DIR={toxworkdir}
   SETUPTOOLS_USE_DISTUTILS=stdlib
+  NUMPROCESSES={env:NUMPROCESSES:1}
   coverage: COVERAGE=--cov-report xml --cov-report html --cov=combo/ --cov-config .coveragerc -v
   DB_ENGINE=django.db.backends.postgresql_psycopg2
 passenv =
@@ -19,6 +20,7 @@ deps =
   pytest-cov
   pytest-django
   pytest-freezegun
+  pytest-xdist
   pytest!=5.3.3
   WebTest
   mock<4
@@ -38,7 +40,7 @@ deps =
 commands =
   ./getlasso3.sh
   python manage.py compilemessages
-  py.test {env:COVERAGE:} {posargs: --junitxml=junit-{envname}.xml tests/}
+  py.test {env:COVERAGE:} {posargs: --numprocesses {env:NUMPROCESSES:1} --junitxml=junit-{envname}.xml tests/}
   codestyle: pre-commit run --all-files --show-diff-on-failure
 
 [testenv:pylint]
@@ -48,6 +50,7 @@ setenv =
   TOX_WORK_DIR={toxworkdir}
   SETUPTOOLS_USE_DISTUTILS=stdlib
   DB_ENGINE=django.db.backends.postgresql_psycopg2
+  NUMPROCESSES={env:NUMPROCESSES:1}
 deps =
   pytest-django
   pytest-freezegun