diff --git a/buildscript b/buildscript
index 81ae501..2108ad0 100755
--- a/buildscript
+++ b/buildscript
@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@ build() {
 
     opath=$(pwd)
     cd "$builddir"
-    cpus=$(grep -c processor /proc/cpuinfo)
+    cpus=$(nproc)
 
     case "$1" in
         "debug")