diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 1977ab67..45b45a03 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@ addons:
     - libcrypto++-dev
     - libfuse-dev
 install:
+- export NUMCORES=`grep -c ^processor /proc/cpuinfo`
+- echo Using $NUMCORES cores
 # Install boost
 - wget -O boost.tar.bz2 https://sourceforge.net/projects/boost/files/boost/1.56.0/boost_1_56_0.tar.bz2/download
 - tar -xf boost.tar.bz2