diff --git a/conf/armhfp/portage/make.conf b/conf/armhfp/portage/make.conf
index 3f1056b0..545f8123 100644
--- a/conf/armhfp/portage/make.conf
+++ b/conf/armhfp/portage/make.conf
@@ -11,7 +11,8 @@ CHOST="armv7a-hardfloat-linux-gnueabi"
 #################################################
 # Portage configuration
 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="arm ~arm"
-FEATURES="ccache parallel-fetch protect-owned compressdebug splitdebug"
+FEATURES="buildpkg ccache parallel-fetch parallel-install protect-owned compressdebug splitdebug"
+EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS="-j 3"
 # temp disabled: distcc-pump
 MAKEOPTS="-j2 -s"
 CCACHE_SIZE="5G"