diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index 3097f65060..c2cabc15cc 100755
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ DEB_HOST_MULTIARCH ?= $(shell dpkg-architecture -qDEB_HOST_MULTIARCH)
 VERSION := $(shell dpkg-parsechangelog | sed -n 's/^Version: \(.*\)-.*/\1/p')
 export docdir = /usr/share/doc/wireshark-doc
 %:
-	dh $@ --with python2 --buildsystem cmake --with quilt # --parallel
+	dh $@ --with python2 --buildsystem cmake --with quilt --parallel
 
 override_dh_auto_configure:
 	dh_auto_configure -- -DENABLE_HTML_GUIDES=ON -DCMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR=/usr/lib/$(DEB_HOST_MULTIARCH) \