diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 1c515d66..a58f6aa8 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -200,7 +200,9 @@ endif
 signed-deb: distclean debian-changelog
 	dpkg-buildpackage -nc
 
-deb: distclean debian-changelog
+deb:
+	$(MAKE) distclean
+	$(MAKE) debian-changelog
 	dpkg-buildpackage -nc -uc -us
 
 rpm-clean:
diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index 5bc75ab5..738fb567 100755
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 #export DH_VERBOSE=1
 
 %:
-	dh $@
+	dh $@ --parallel
 
 override_dh_auto_install:
 	$(MAKE) DESTDIR=$(CURDIR)/debian/mergerfs PREFIX=/usr install