diff --git a/tools/packaging/kata-deploy/local-build/Makefile b/tools/packaging/kata-deploy/local-build/Makefile
index 758defcb6c..1cd7d50dcc 100644
--- a/tools/packaging/kata-deploy/local-build/Makefile
+++ b/tools/packaging/kata-deploy/local-build/Makefile
@@ -70,6 +70,9 @@ install-tarball:
 image: kata-tarball
 	$(MK_DIR)kata-deploy-build-and-upload-image.sh $(CURDIR)/kata-static.tar.xz
 
+cc-parallel: $(MK_DIR)/dockerbuild/install_yq.sh
+	${MAKE} -f $(MK_PATH) cc -j$$(( $$(nproc) - 1  )) V=
+
 cc: cc-cloud-hypervisor-tarball \
 	cc-kernel-tarball \
 	cc-qemu-tarball \