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-rw-r--r--var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/R/package.py4
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diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/R/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/R/package.py
index 554adc7793..e880a3aa66 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/R/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/R/package.py
@@ -139,6 +139,10 @@ class R(Package):
spack_env.set('R_MAKEVARS_SITE',
join_path(self.etcdir, 'Makeconf.spack'))
+ # Use the number of make_jobs set in spack. The make program will
+ # determine how many jobs can actually be started.
+ spack_env.set('MAKEFLAGS', '-j{0}'.format(make_jobs))
+
# For run time environment set only the path for extension_spec and
# prepend it to R_LIBS
if extension_spec.package.extends(self.spec):