diff --git a/games-emulation/mame/mame-0.210.recipe b/games-emulation/mame/mame-0.210.recipe
index f355872f4..b4b7313df 100644
--- a/games-emulation/mame/mame-0.210.recipe
+++ b/games-emulation/mame/mame-0.210.recipe
@@ -28,12 +28,14 @@ ARCHITECTURES="!x86_gcc2 x86 x86_64"
 SECONDARY_ARCHITECTURES="x86"
 
 bits=64
+makejobs=$jobArgs
 commandBinDir=$binDir
 commandSuffix=$secondaryArchSuffix
 if [ "$targetArchitecture" = x86_gcc2 ]; then
 	bits=
 	commandBinDir=$prefix/bin
 	commandSuffix=
+	makejobs=1
 fi
 
 PROVIDES="
@@ -153,7 +155,7 @@ BUILD()
 		USE_SYSTEM_LIB_GLM=1 \
 		USE_SYSTEM_LIB_RAPIDJSON=1 \
 		USE_SYSTEM_LIB_PUGIXML=1 \
-		$jobArgs
+		$makejobs
 }
 
 INSTALL()