diff --git a/profiles/targets/desktop/bashrc/makeopts-j2.rc b/profiles/targets/desktop/bashrc/makeopts-j2.rc
deleted file mode 100644
index dce4141..0000000
--- a/profiles/targets/desktop/bashrc/makeopts-j2.rc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-export MAKEOPTS="-j2 -l3"
diff --git a/profiles/targets/desktop/bashrc/makeopts-j4.rc b/profiles/targets/desktop/bashrc/makeopts-j4.rc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..13f5553
--- /dev/null
+++ b/profiles/targets/desktop/bashrc/makeopts-j4.rc
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+export MAKEOPTS="-j4 -l5"
diff --git a/profiles/targets/desktop/package.bashrc/chromium b/profiles/targets/desktop/package.bashrc/chromium
index f21fb3b..4f31c73 100644
--- a/profiles/targets/desktop/package.bashrc/chromium
+++ b/profiles/targets/desktop/package.bashrc/chromium
@@ -1 +1 @@
-www-client/chromium makeopts-j2.rc
+www-client/chromium makeopts-j4.rc
diff --git a/profiles/targets/desktop/package.bashrc/qtwebengine b/profiles/targets/desktop/package.bashrc/qtwebengine
index d6d811b..ded77a2 100644
--- a/profiles/targets/desktop/package.bashrc/qtwebengine
+++ b/profiles/targets/desktop/package.bashrc/qtwebengine
@@ -1 +1 @@
-dev-qt/qtwebengine makeopts-j2.rc
+dev-qt/qtwebengine makeopts-j4.rc