diff --git a/build.sh b/build.sh
index b08fff2..19a095f 100755
--- a/build.sh
+++ b/build.sh
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 [ ! -d build ] && mkdir build
 
 echo "Configuring..."
-cmake -S . -B ./build -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=./Release
+cmake -S . -B ./build -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=./Release $@
 
 if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
     echo "CMake failed. Aborting."
@@ -10,9 +10,13 @@ else
     echo "CMake succeeded."
 fi
 
-echo "Building..."
+if [ -z "$THREADS" ]; then
+    THREADS=$(grep -c ^processor /proc/cpuinfo 2>/dev/null || sysctl -n hw.ncpu 2>/dev/null || echo 1)
+fi
+
+echo "Building with $THREADS threads..."
 cd build
-make
+make -j$THREADS
 
 if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
     echo "Build failed. Aborting."
diff --git a/install.sh b/install.sh
index 5e512eb..1c05180 100755
--- a/install.sh
+++ b/install.sh
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 [ ! -d build ] && mkdir build
 
 echo "Configuring..."
-cmake -S . -B ./build -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/usr/local/
+cmake -S . -B ./build -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/usr/local/ $@
 
 if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
     echo "CMake failed. Aborting."
@@ -10,9 +10,13 @@ else
     echo "CMake succeeded."
 fi
 
-echo "Building..."
+if [ -z "$THREADS" ]; then
+    THREADS=$(grep -c ^processor /proc/cpuinfo 2>/dev/null || sysctl -n hw.ncpu 2>/dev/null || echo 1)
+fi
+
+echo "Building with $THREADS threads..."
 cd build
-make
+make -j$THREADS
 
 if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
     echo "Build failed. Aborting."