diff --git a/ci-support.sh b/ci-support.sh
index 39a92bfafe80532aaa380342c3b23f0f31cbc264..a94218344a25c99836c9921d31a961252ac15da5 100644
--- a/ci-support.sh
+++ b/ci-support.sh
@@ -437,7 +437,7 @@ run_pylint()
   # pylint may inspect.
   $PY_EXE -m pip install "pylint<2.6" PyYAML pytest
 
-  PYLINT_RUNNER_ARGS="--yaml-rcfile=.pylintrc.yml"
+  PYLINT_RUNNER_ARGS="--jobs=4 --yaml-rcfile=.pylintrc.yml"
 
   if test -f .pylintrc-local.yml; then
     PYLINT_RUNNER_ARGS="$PYLINT_RUNNER_ARGS --yaml-rcfile=.pylintrc-local.yml"