diff --git a/meta-python/recipes-devtools/python/python3-grpcio-tools_1.45.0.bb b/meta-python/recipes-devtools/python/python3-grpcio-tools_1.45.0.bb
index 1e919dd3af..be851ba990 100644
--- a/meta-python/recipes-devtools/python/python3-grpcio-tools_1.45.0.bb
+++ b/meta-python/recipes-devtools/python/python3-grpcio-tools_1.45.0.bb
@@ -14,4 +14,8 @@ SRC_URI[sha256sum] = "a016cfc21e0d91b3b036d3d4f968d1fdea865dfa03524cb1fbeca84719
 
 RDEPENDS:${PN} = "${PYTHON_PN}-grpcio"
 
+do_compile:prepend() {
+    export GRPC_PYTHON_BUILD_EXT_COMPILER_JOBS="${@oe.utils.parallel_make(d, False)}"
+}
+
 BBCLASSEXTEND = "native nativesdk"
diff --git a/meta-python/recipes-devtools/python/python3-grpcio_1.45.0.bb b/meta-python/recipes-devtools/python/python3-grpcio_1.45.0.bb
index ca55a7f091..56b84dab72 100644
--- a/meta-python/recipes-devtools/python/python3-grpcio_1.45.0.bb
+++ b/meta-python/recipes-devtools/python/python3-grpcio_1.45.0.bb
@@ -35,6 +35,10 @@ BORING_SSL:arm = "1"
 BORING_SSL ?= "0"
 export GRPC_BUILD_WITH_BORING_SSL_ASM = "${BORING_SSL}"
 
+do_compile:prepend() {
+    export GRPC_PYTHON_BUILD_EXT_COMPILER_JOBS="${@oe.utils.parallel_make(d, False)}"
+}
+
 GRPC_CFLAGS ?= ""
 GRPC_CFLAGS:append:toolchain-clang = " -fvisibility=hidden -fno-wrapv -fno-exceptions"
 export GRPC_PYTHON_CFLAGS = "${GRPC_CFLAGS}"