diff --git a/debian-upstream/rules b/debian-upstream/rules
index b109ebe88..f3d615ecf 100755
--- a/debian-upstream/rules
+++ b/debian-upstream/rules
@@ -2,8 +2,12 @@
 
 LDFLAGS += -Wl,-z,defs -Wl,--as-needed
 
+# uncomment line to turn verbose mode on
+#export V=1
+
+
 %:
-	dh $@
+	dh $@ --parallel
 
 override_dh_auto_configure:
 	dh_auto_configure -- \