diff -Nru recoll-1.24.3/debian/changelog recoll-1.24.3/debian/changelog
--- recoll-1.24.3/debian/changelog	2018-11-26 13:40:40.000000000 +0000
+++ recoll-1.24.3/debian/changelog	2018-11-27 08:39:56.000000000 +0000
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+recoll (1.24.3-3) unstable; urgency=low
+
+  * debian/rules:
+    + Added patch to enable parallel building. Thanks Pino Toscano.
+      (Closes: #914782)
+
+ -- Kartik Mistry <kartik@debian.org>  Tue, 27 Nov 2018 14:09:56 +0530
+
 recoll (1.24.3-2) unstable; urgency=low
 
   * debian/control:
diff -Nru recoll-1.24.3/debian/rules recoll-1.24.3/debian/rules
--- recoll-1.24.3/debian/rules	2018-06-28 12:26:19.000000000 +0000
+++ recoll-1.24.3/debian/rules	2018-11-27 08:37:10.000000000 +0000
@@ -15,6 +15,10 @@
 #build qt5 UI
 export QT_SELECT := qt5
 
+ifneq (,$(filter parallel=%,$(DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS)))
+	NJOBS := -j $(patsubst parallel=%,%,$(filter parallel=%,$(DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS)))
+endif
+
 config.status: configure
 	dh_testdir
 	./configure CFLAGS="$(CFLAGS)" LDFLAGS="$(LDFLAGS)" \
@@ -30,7 +34,7 @@
 build-indep: build-stamp
 build-stamp: config.status
 	dh_testdir
-	$(MAKE)
+	$(MAKE) $(NJOBS)
 	touch $@
 
 clean: