diff --git a/media-video/mjpegtools/files/mjpegtools-1.8.0-parallelmake.patch b/media-video/mjpegtools/files/mjpegtools-1.8.0-parallelmake.patch
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/media-video/mjpegtools/files/mjpegtools-1.8.0-parallelmake.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+Index: mjpegtools-1.8.0/mpeg2enc/Makefile.am
+===================================================================
+--- mjpegtools-1.8.0.orig/mpeg2enc/Makefile.am
++++ mjpegtools-1.8.0/mpeg2enc/Makefile.am
+@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ libmpeg2encpp_la_LIBADD = $(LIBMJPEGUTIL
+ 
+ mpeg2enc_DEPENDENCIES = \
+ 	$(LIBMJPEGUTILS) \
+-	$(top_builddir)/mpeg2enc/libmpeg2encpp.la
++	libmpeg2encpp.la
+ 
+ mpeg2enc_LDADD = \
+ 	$(top_builddir)/mpeg2enc/libmpeg2encpp.la \
+Index: mjpegtools-1.8.0/mplex/Makefile.am
+===================================================================
+--- mjpegtools-1.8.0.orig/mplex/Makefile.am
++++ mjpegtools-1.8.0/mplex/Makefile.am
+@@ -79,5 +79,5 @@ libmplex2_la_CXXFLAGS = $(ZALPHA_FLAGS)
+ mplex_SOURCES = main.cpp 
+ 
+ mplex_LDADD = \
+-	$(top_builddir)/mplex/libmplex2.la \
++	libmplex2.la \
+ 	@LIBGETOPT_LIB@ $(LIBM_LIBS)