diff --git a/profiles/targets/desktop/bashrc/makeopts-j2.rc b/profiles/targets/desktop/bashrc/makeopts-j2.rc
index 95e3046..dce4141 100644
--- a/profiles/targets/desktop/bashrc/makeopts-j2.rc
+++ b/profiles/targets/desktop/bashrc/makeopts-j2.rc
@@ -1 +1 @@
-export MAKEOPTS="-j2 -l2"
+export MAKEOPTS="-j2 -l3"