diff --git a/meta-digi-dey/dynamic-layers/webkit/recipes-browser/wpewebkit/wpewebkit_%.bbappend b/meta-digi-dey/dynamic-layers/webkit/recipes-browser/wpewebkit/wpewebkit_%.bbappend
index 4598e287f..27a11fb30 100644
--- a/meta-digi-dey/dynamic-layers/webkit/recipes-browser/wpewebkit/wpewebkit_%.bbappend
+++ b/meta-digi-dey/dynamic-layers/webkit/recipes-browser/wpewebkit/wpewebkit_%.bbappend
@@ -1,7 +1,10 @@
-# Copyright 2020-2021 Digi International Inc.
+# Copyright 2020-2022 Digi International Inc.
 
 # We can't build the WebKit with fb images, so force wayland as a required
 # distro feature.
 inherit features_check
 
 REQUIRED_DISTRO_FEATURES = "wayland"
+
+# Limit number of parallel threads make can run to avoid a ninja build issue
+PARALLEL_MAKE = "-j ${@oe.utils.cpu_count(at_most=16)}"