diff --git a/sdk_lib/make_conf_util.sh b/sdk_lib/make_conf_util.sh
index ecc60c615e..5fd6e72ec8 100644
--- a/sdk_lib/make_conf_util.sh
+++ b/sdk_lib/make_conf_util.sh
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ _create_host_setup() {
     _make_conf_fetchcommand "$fetchtype"
     _make_conf_private
     _make_conf_prebuilt
-    echo 'MAKEOPTS="-j16"' ) | sudo_clobber "$host_setup"
+    echo 'MAKEOPTS="-j'${NUM_JOBS}'"' ) | sudo_clobber "$host_setup"
   sudo chmod 644 "$host_setup"
 }