diff --git a/core/linux-imx6/PKGBUILD b/core/linux-imx6/PKGBUILD
index 615e00829..aefdf0618 100644
--- a/core/linux-imx6/PKGBUILD
+++ b/core/linux-imx6/PKGBUILD
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ package_linux-imx6() {
   # remove the firmware
   rm -rf "${pkgdir}/lib/firmware"
   # gzip -9 all modules to save 100MB of space
-  find "${pkgdir}" -name '*.ko' -exec gzip -9 {} \;
+  find "${pkgdir}" -name '*.ko' |xargs -P 2 -n 1 gzip -9
   # make room for external modules
   ln -s "../extramodules-${_basekernel}-${_kernelname:-ARCH}" "${pkgdir}/lib/modules/${_kernver}/extramodules"
   # add real version for building modules and running depmod from post_install/upgrade
diff --git a/core/linux-kirkwood/PKGBUILD b/core/linux-kirkwood/PKGBUILD
index 2eda9414e..7b2e34e8b 100644
--- a/core/linux-kirkwood/PKGBUILD
+++ b/core/linux-kirkwood/PKGBUILD
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ package_linux-kirkwood() {
   # remove the firmware
   rm -rf "${pkgdir}/lib/firmware"
   # gzip -9 all modules to save 100MB of space
-  find "${pkgdir}" -name '*.ko' -exec gzip -9 {} \;
+  find "${pkgdir}" -name '*.ko' |xargs -P 2 -n 1 gzip -9
   # make room for external modules
   ln -s "../extramodules-${_basekernel}-${_kernelname:-ARCH}" "${pkgdir}/lib/modules/${_kernver}/extramodules"
   # add real version for building modules and running depmod from post_install/upgrade
diff --git a/core/linux-mmp/PKGBUILD b/core/linux-mmp/PKGBUILD
index afa6c6453..92cce3432 100644
--- a/core/linux-mmp/PKGBUILD
+++ b/core/linux-mmp/PKGBUILD
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ package_linux-mmp() {
   # remove the firmware
   rm -rf "${pkgdir}/lib/firmware"
   # gzip -9 all modules to save 100MB of space
-  find "${pkgdir}" -name '*.ko' -exec gzip -9 {} \;
+  find "${pkgdir}" -name '*.ko' |xargs -P 2 -n 1 gzip -9
   # make room for external modules
   ln -s "../extramodules-${_basekernel}-${_kernelname:-ARCH}" "${pkgdir}/lib/modules/${_kernver}/extramodules"
   # add real version for building modules and running depmod from post_install/upgrade
diff --git a/core/linux-olinuxino/PKGBUILD b/core/linux-olinuxino/PKGBUILD
index d588002c2..8dd3a9943 100644
--- a/core/linux-olinuxino/PKGBUILD
+++ b/core/linux-olinuxino/PKGBUILD
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ package_linux-olinuxino() {
   # remove the firmware
   rm -rf "${pkgdir}/lib/firmware"
   # gzip -9 all modules to save 100MB of space
-  find "${pkgdir}" -name '*.ko' -exec gzip -9 {} \;
+  find "${pkgdir}" -name '*.ko' |xargs -P 2 -n 1 gzip -9
   # make room for external modules
   ln -s "../extramodules-${_basekernel}-${_kernelname:-ARCH}" "${pkgdir}/lib/modules/${_kernver}/extramodules"
   # add real version for building modules and running depmod from post_install/upgrade
diff --git a/core/linux-omap/PKGBUILD b/core/linux-omap/PKGBUILD
index 289d9659d..d8704e8dd 100644
--- a/core/linux-omap/PKGBUILD
+++ b/core/linux-omap/PKGBUILD
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ package_linux-omap() {
   # remove the firmware
   rm -rf "${pkgdir}/lib/firmware"
   # gzip -9 all modules to save 100MB of space
-  find "${pkgdir}" -name '*.ko' -exec gzip -9 {} \;
+  find "${pkgdir}" -name '*.ko' |xargs -P 2 -n 1 gzip -9
   # make room for external modules
   ln -s "../extramodules-${_basekernel}-${_kernelname:-ARCH}" "${pkgdir}/lib/modules/${_kernver}/extramodules"
   # add real version for building modules and running depmod from post_install/upgrade
diff --git a/core/linux-orion/PKGBUILD b/core/linux-orion/PKGBUILD
index 58b6291dc..436d12a0b 100644
--- a/core/linux-orion/PKGBUILD
+++ b/core/linux-orion/PKGBUILD
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ package_linux-orion() {
   # remove the firmware
   rm -rf "${pkgdir}/lib/firmware"
   # gzip -9 all modules to save 100MB of space
-  find "${pkgdir}" -name '*.ko' -exec gzip -9 {} \;
+  find "${pkgdir}" -name '*.ko'  |xargs -P 2 -n 1 gzip -9
   # make room for external modules
   ln -s "../extramodules-${_basekernel}-${_kernelname:-ARCH}" "${pkgdir}/lib/modules/${_kernver}/extramodules"
   # add real version for building modules and running depmod from post_install/upgrade
diff --git a/core/linux-ox820/PKGBUILD b/core/linux-ox820/PKGBUILD
index ac916f150..56d1a1ee2 100644
--- a/core/linux-ox820/PKGBUILD
+++ b/core/linux-ox820/PKGBUILD
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ package_linux-ox820() {
   # remove the firmware
   rm -rf "${pkgdir}/lib/firmware"
   # gzip -9 all modules to save ~100MB of space
-  find "${pkgdir}" -name '*.ko' -exec gzip -9 {} \;
+  find "${pkgdir}" -name '*.ko' |xargs -P 2 -n 1 gzip -9
   # make room for external modules
   ln -s "../extramodules-${pkgver}-${_kernelname:-ARCH}" "${pkgdir}/lib/modules/${_kernver}/extramodules"
   # add real version for building modules and running depmod from post_install/upgrade
diff --git a/core/linux-raspberrypi/PKGBUILD b/core/linux-raspberrypi/PKGBUILD
index 96f33c229..10347976f 100644
--- a/core/linux-raspberrypi/PKGBUILD
+++ b/core/linux-raspberrypi/PKGBUILD
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ package_linux-raspberrypi() {
   # remove the firmware
   rm -rf "${pkgdir}/lib/firmware"
   # gzip -9 all modules to save 100MB of space
-  find "${pkgdir}" -name '*.ko' -exec gzip -9 {} \;
+  find "${pkgdir}" -name '*.ko' |xargs -P 2 -n 1 gzip -9
   # make room for external modules
   ln -s "../extramodules-${pkgver}-${_kernelname:-ARCH}" "${pkgdir}/lib/modules/${_kernver}/extramodules"
   # add real version for building modules and running depmod from post_install/upgrade
diff --git a/core/linux-sun4i/PKGBUILD b/core/linux-sun4i/PKGBUILD
index 39863010c..cf829e94d 100644
--- a/core/linux-sun4i/PKGBUILD
+++ b/core/linux-sun4i/PKGBUILD
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ package_linux-sun4i() {
   # remove the firmware
   rm -rf "${pkgdir}/lib/firmware"
   # gzip -9 all modules to save ~100MB of space
-  find "${pkgdir}" -name '*.ko' -exec gzip -9 {} \;
+  find "${pkgdir}" -name '*.ko' |xargs -P 2 -n 1 gzip -9
   # make room for external modules
   ln -s "../extramodules-${pkgver}-${_kernelname:-ARCH}" "${pkgdir}/lib/modules/${_kernver}/extramodules"
   # add real version for building modules and running depmod from post_install/upgrade
diff --git a/core/linux-sun5i/PKGBUILD b/core/linux-sun5i/PKGBUILD
index 4d8dca6df..246d5f361 100644
--- a/core/linux-sun5i/PKGBUILD
+++ b/core/linux-sun5i/PKGBUILD
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ package_linux-sun5i() {
   # remove the firmware
   rm -rf "${pkgdir}/lib/firmware"
   # gzip -9 all modules to save ~100MB of space
-  find "${pkgdir}" -name '*.ko' -exec gzip -9 {} \;
+  find "${pkgdir}" -name '*.ko' |xargs -P 2 -n 1 gzip -9
   # make room for external modules
   ln -s "../extramodules-${pkgver}-${_kernelname:-ARCH}" "${pkgdir}/lib/modules/${_kernver}/extramodules"
   # add real version for building modules and running depmod from post_install/upgrade
diff --git a/core/linux/PKGBUILD b/core/linux/PKGBUILD
index c4715db82..d1f610660 100644
--- a/core/linux/PKGBUILD
+++ b/core/linux/PKGBUILD
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ package_linux() {
   # remove the firmware
   rm -rf "${pkgdir}/lib/firmware"
   # gzip -9 all modules to save 100MB of space
-  find "${pkgdir}" -name '*.ko' -exec gzip -9 {} \;
+  find "${pkgdir}" -name '*.ko' |xargs -P 2 -n 1 gzip -9
   # make room for external modules
   ln -s "../extramodules-${_basekernel}-${_kernelname:-ARCH}" "${pkgdir}/lib/modules/${_kernver}/extramodules"
   # add real version for building modules and running depmod from post_install/upgrade