diff --git a/bin/buildpkg b/bin/buildpkg
index 7e8ce4a..4bce40b 100755
--- a/bin/buildpkg
+++ b/bin/buildpkg
@@ -96,6 +96,7 @@ createbuildroot() {
 	sed -i -e '/MAKEFLAGS=/ s/^#*/#/' "${BUILDDIR}"/etc/makepkg.conf
 	local -r CPUCORES=$(grep -c ^processor /proc/cpuinfo)
 	sed -i "s/^MAKEFLAGS=.*/MAKEFLAGS=\"-j${CPUCORES}\"/" "${BUILDDIR}"/etc/makepkg.conf
+	sed -i 's/^#MAKEFLAGS=/MAKEFLAGS=/g' "${BUILDDIR}"/etc/makepkg.conf
 }
 configurebuildroot() {
 	if ! systemd-nspawn -a -D "${BUILDDIR}" useradd -r -m "${BUILDUSER}"; then