diff --git a/docs/Makefile b/docs/Makefile
index ba79d9070..d7c20bca4 100644
--- a/docs/Makefile
+++ b/docs/Makefile
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ changes:
 	@echo "The overview file is in $(BUILDDIR)/changes."
 
 linkcheck:
-	$(SPHINXBUILD) -b linkcheck $(ALLSPHINXOPTS) $(BUILDDIR)/linkcheck
+	$(SPHINXBUILD) -b linkcheck $(ALLSPHINXOPTS) $(BUILDDIR)/linkcheck -j auto
 	@echo
 	@echo "Link check complete; look for any errors in the above output " \
 	      "or in $(BUILDDIR)/linkcheck/output.txt."