diff --git a/source/dub/commandline.d b/source/dub/commandline.d
index 17a252f..f2b9b19 100644
--- a/source/dub/commandline.d
+++ b/source/dub/commandline.d
@@ -508,6 +508,7 @@
 		bool m_run = false;
 		bool m_force = false;
 		bool m_combined = false;
+		bool m_parallel = false;
 		bool m_printPlatform, m_printBuilds, m_printConfigs;
 	}
 
@@ -545,6 +546,9 @@
 		args.getopt("print-platform", &m_printPlatform, [
 			"Prints the identifiers for the current build platform as used for the build fields in dub.json"
 		]);
+		args.getopt("parallel", &m_parallel, [
+			"Runs multiple compiler instances in parallel, if possible."
+		]);
 	}
 
 	override int execute(Dub dub, string[] free_args, string[] app_args)
@@ -589,6 +593,7 @@
 		gensettings.force = m_force;
 		gensettings.rdmd = m_rdmd;
 		gensettings.tempBuild = m_tempBuild;
+		gensettings.parallelBuild = m_parallel;
 
 		logDiagnostic("Generating using %s", m_generator);
 		if (m_generator == "visuald-combined") {
diff --git a/source/dub/generators/build.d b/source/dub/generators/build.d
index 685b34c..115341f 100644
--- a/source/dub/generators/build.d
+++ b/source/dub/generators/build.d
@@ -389,11 +389,18 @@
 			auto srcs = buildsettings.sourceFiles.filter!(f => !isLinkerFile(f));
 			auto objs = new string[](srcs.walkLength);
 			logInfo("Compiling using %s...", settings.platform.compilerBinary);
-			foreach (i, src; srcs.parallel(1)) {
+
+			void compileSource(size_t i, string src) {
 				logInfo("Compiling %s...", src);
 				objs[i] = compileUnit(src, pathToObjName(src), buildsettings, settings);
 			}
 
+			if (settings.parallelBuild) {
+				foreach (i, src; srcs.parallel(1)) compileSource(i, src);
+			} else {
+				foreach (i, src; srcs.array) compileSource(i, src);
+			}
+
 			logInfo("Linking...");
 			lbuildsettings.sourceFiles = is_static_library ? [] : lbuildsettings.sourceFiles.filter!(f=> f.isLinkerFile()).array;
 			settings.compiler.setTarget(lbuildsettings, settings.platform);
diff --git a/source/dub/generators/generator.d b/source/dub/generators/generator.d
index 4b96cb8..5228555 100644
--- a/source/dub/generators/generator.d
+++ b/source/dub/generators/generator.d
@@ -276,7 +276,7 @@
 	bool combined; // compile all in one go instead of each dependency separately
 
 	// only used for generator "build"
-	bool run, force, direct, clean, rdmd, tempBuild;
+	bool run, force, direct, clean, rdmd, tempBuild, parallelBuild;
 	string[] runArgs;
 	void delegate(int status, string output) compileCallback;
 	void delegate(int status, string output) linkCallback;