diff --git a/roles/graphite/fedmsg2statsd/tasks/main.yml b/roles/graphite/fedmsg2statsd/tasks/main.yml
index 86a2557994..a2af39ff6c 100644
--- a/roles/graphite/fedmsg2statsd/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/graphite/fedmsg2statsd/tasks/main.yml
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
   - fedmsg2statsd
 
 - name: Install fedmsg2statsd in the sandbox
-  shell: chdir=/opt/fedmsg2statsd cabal install
+  shell: chdir=/opt/fedmsg2statsd cabal install -j
   tags:
   - fedmsg2statsd