diff --git a/scripts/poky-autobuild b/scripts/poky-autobuild
index 6dfbdb175f..7e027ba9f8 100755
--- a/scripts/poky-autobuild
+++ b/scripts/poky-autobuild
@@ -48,8 +48,8 @@ if [ ! -e "$CONFFILE" ]; then
         mkdir -p "./build/conf"
     fi
     echo 'PACKAGE_CLASSES = "package_ipk package_deb"' > "$CONFFILE"
-    echo 'BB_NUMBER_THREADS = "4"' >> "$CONFFILE"
-    echo 'PARALLEL_MAKE = "-j 4"' >> "$CONFFILE"
+    echo 'BB_NUMBER_THREADS = "6"' >> "$CONFFILE"
+    echo 'PARALLEL_MAKE = "-j 6"' >> "$CONFFILE"
     echo 'DL_DIR = "/srv/poky/sources"' >> "$CONFFILE"
 fi