diff --git a/gstlal-inspiral/share/O3/optimized/Makefile.ligosoftware_gcc_deps b/gstlal-inspiral/share/O3/optimized/Makefile.ligosoftware_gcc_deps
index ba99c1ba6ad68c286ea414af973884c1e4dab6f2..39f246cd72ad2e4322d4b6fdbbbf350c6691d42e 100644
--- a/gstlal-inspiral/share/O3/optimized/Makefile.ligosoftware_gcc_deps
+++ b/gstlal-inspiral/share/O3/optimized/Makefile.ligosoftware_gcc_deps
@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ $(GDS_TARGET) : $(LDASTOOLSFRAMECPP_TARGET)
 	@echo $(GREEN)gds$(WHITE) 1>&2
 	tar -xzf $(TAR_DIR)/$(GDS).tar.gz -C $(SRC_DIR)
 	cd $(SRC_DIR)/$(GDS) && ./configure --enable-online --prefix=$(INSTALL_DIR)
-	cd $(SRC_DIR)/$(GDS) && make && make install
+	cd $(SRC_DIR)/$(GDS) && make -j$(CORES) && make install -j$(CORES)
 
 # ldas-tools-framecpp
 ldas-tools-framecpp : logs/ldas-tools-framecpp.txt
diff --git a/gstlal-inspiral/share/O3/optimized/Makefile.ligosoftware_icc_all b/gstlal-inspiral/share/O3/optimized/Makefile.ligosoftware_icc_all
index 7b34fa3d8d94f6e16f8d246042f94229026e249d..5e4748674256234e5389e1782b25adbd17886406 100644
--- a/gstlal-inspiral/share/O3/optimized/Makefile.ligosoftware_icc_all
+++ b/gstlal-inspiral/share/O3/optimized/Makefile.ligosoftware_icc_all
@@ -539,7 +539,7 @@ $(GDS_TARGET) : $(LDASTOOLSFRAMECPP_TARGET)
 	@echo $(GREEN)gds$(WHITE) 1>&2
 	tar -xzf $(TAR_DIR)/$(GDS).tar.gz -C $(SRC_DIR)
 	cd $(SRC_DIR)/$(GDS) && ./configure --enable-online --prefix=$(INSTALL_DIR) CC="gcc" CXX="g++" CFLAGS="$(GCCFLAGS) -lfftw3_threads -lfftw3f_threads"
-	cd $(SRC_DIR)/$(GDS) && make && make install
+	cd $(SRC_DIR)/$(GDS) && make -j$(CORES) && make install -j$(CORES)
 
 # ldas-tools-framecpp
 ldas-tools-framecpp : $(LOGS_DIR)/ldas-tools-framecpp.txt