diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 635c18a7994..5f4f518d471 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -59,6 +59,8 @@ endif()
 
 if(CMAKE_GENERATOR STREQUAL "Ninja")
     set(MAKE_COMMAND make)
+    set(NINJA_MAKE_JOBS 4 CACHE STRING "specify concurrent level while ninja calling make")
+    set(NINJA_MAKE_JOBS_FLAG -j${NINJA_MAKE_JOBS})
 else()
     set(MAKE_COMMAND $(MAKE))
 endif()
diff --git a/cmake/jemalloc.cmake b/cmake/jemalloc.cmake
index f7439bb31f6..5c69cfa7010 100644
--- a/cmake/jemalloc.cmake
+++ b/cmake/jemalloc.cmake
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ if(NOT jemalloc_POPULATED)
     WORKING_DIRECTORY ${jemalloc_BINARY_DIR}
   )
   add_custom_target(make_jemalloc 
-    COMMAND ${MAKE_COMMAND}
+    COMMAND ${MAKE_COMMAND} ${NINJA_MAKE_JOBS_FLAG}
     WORKING_DIRECTORY ${jemalloc_BINARY_DIR}
     BYPRODUCTS ${jemalloc_BINARY_DIR}/lib/libjemalloc.a
   )
diff --git a/cmake/lua.cmake b/cmake/lua.cmake
index 5cbababa65a..0b6827b0cab 100644
--- a/cmake/lua.cmake
+++ b/cmake/lua.cmake
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ if(NOT lua_POPULATED)
     set(LUA_CFLAGS "${LUA_CFLAGS} -isysroot ${CMAKE_OSX_SYSROOT}")
   endif()
 
-  add_custom_target(make_lua COMMAND ${MAKE_COMMAND} "CC=${LUA_CXX}" "CFLAGS=${LUA_CFLAGS}" liblua.a
+  add_custom_target(make_lua COMMAND ${MAKE_COMMAND} "CC=${LUA_CXX}" "CFLAGS=${LUA_CFLAGS}" ${NINJA_MAKE_JOBS_FLAG} liblua.a
     WORKING_DIRECTORY ${lua_SOURCE_DIR}/src
     BYPRODUCTS ${lua_SOURCE_DIR}/src/liblua.a
   )
diff --git a/cmake/luajit.cmake b/cmake/luajit.cmake
index e17d0c2dea2..2e38efa089b 100644
--- a/cmake/luajit.cmake
+++ b/cmake/luajit.cmake
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ if (NOT lua_POPULATED)
     set(MACOSX_TARGET "MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET=${CMAKE_OSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET}")
   endif ()
 
-  add_custom_target(make_luajit COMMAND ${MAKE_COMMAND} libluajit.a
+  add_custom_target(make_luajit COMMAND ${MAKE_COMMAND} libluajit.a ${NINJA_MAKE_JOBS_FLAG}
     "CFLAGS=${LUA_CFLAGS}" ${MACOSX_TARGET}
     WORKING_DIRECTORY ${luajit_SOURCE_DIR}/src
     BYPRODUCTS ${luajit_SOURCE_DIR}/src/libluajit.a
diff --git a/cmake/lz4.cmake b/cmake/lz4.cmake
index ccf37af78db..6df0b48f397 100644
--- a/cmake/lz4.cmake
+++ b/cmake/lz4.cmake
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ if(NOT lz4_POPULATED)
     set(APPLE_FLAG "CFLAGS=-isysroot ${CMAKE_OSX_SYSROOT}")
   endif()
   
-  add_custom_target(make_lz4 COMMAND ${MAKE_COMMAND} CC=${CMAKE_C_COMPILER} ${APPLE_FLAG} liblz4.a
+  add_custom_target(make_lz4 COMMAND ${MAKE_COMMAND} CC=${CMAKE_C_COMPILER} ${NINJA_MAKE_JOBS_FLAG} ${APPLE_FLAG} liblz4.a
     WORKING_DIRECTORY ${lz4_SOURCE_DIR}/lib
     BYPRODUCTS ${lz4_SOURCE_DIR}/lib/liblz4.a
   )
diff --git a/cmake/zstd.cmake b/cmake/zstd.cmake
index 6a322220c36..2b2fb3c9416 100644
--- a/cmake/zstd.cmake
+++ b/cmake/zstd.cmake
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ if(NOT zstd_POPULATED)
     set(APPLE_FLAG "CFLAGS=-isysroot ${CMAKE_OSX_SYSROOT}")
   endif()
 
-  add_custom_target(make_zstd COMMAND ${MAKE_COMMAND} CC=${CMAKE_C_COMPILER} ${APPLE_FLAG} libzstd.a
+  add_custom_target(make_zstd COMMAND ${MAKE_COMMAND} ${NINJA_MAKE_JOBS_FLAG} CC=${CMAKE_C_COMPILER} ${APPLE_FLAG} libzstd.a
     WORKING_DIRECTORY ${zstd_SOURCE_DIR}/lib
     BYPRODUCTS ${zstd_SOURCE_DIR}/lib/libzstd.a
   )