diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index ea8069b29..b25fbff4e 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1760,20 +1760,26 @@ rocksdbjavastaticrelease: rocksdbjavastatic
 	cd java/target;jar -uf $(ROCKSDB_JAR_ALL) librocksdbjni-*.so librocksdbjni-*.jnilib
 	cd java/target/classes;jar -uf ../$(ROCKSDB_JAR_ALL) org/rocksdb/*.class org/rocksdb/util/*.class
 
-rocksdbjavastaticreleasedocker: rocksdbjavastatic
-	DOCKER_LINUX_X64_CONTAINER=`docker ps -aqf name=rocksdb_linux_x64-be`; \
-	if [ -z "$$DOCKER_LINUX_X64_CONTAINER" ]; then \
-		docker container create --attach stdin --attach stdout --attach stderr --volume `pwd`:/rocksdb-host --name rocksdb_linux_x64-be evolvedbinary/rocksjava:centos6_x64-be /rocksdb-host/java/crossbuild/docker-build-linux-centos.sh; \
-	fi
-	docker start -a rocksdb_linux_x64-be
+rocksdbjavastaticreleasedocker: rocksdbjavastatic rocksdbjavastaticdockerx86 rocksdbjavastaticdockerx86_64
+	cd java;jar -cf target/$(ROCKSDB_JAR_ALL) HISTORY*.md
+	cd java/target;jar -uf $(ROCKSDB_JAR_ALL) librocksdbjni-*.so librocksdbjni-*.jnilib
+	cd java/target/classes;jar -uf ../$(ROCKSDB_JAR_ALL) org/rocksdb/*.class org/rocksdb/util/*.class
+
+rocksdbjavastaticdockerx86:
+	mkdir -p java/target
 	DOCKER_LINUX_X86_CONTAINER=`docker ps -aqf name=rocksdb_linux_x86-be`; \
 	if [ -z "$$DOCKER_LINUX_X86_CONTAINER" ]; then \
 		docker container create --attach stdin --attach stdout --attach stderr --volume `pwd`:/rocksdb-host --name rocksdb_linux_x86-be evolvedbinary/rocksjava:centos6_x86-be /rocksdb-host/java/crossbuild/docker-build-linux-centos.sh; \
 	fi
 	docker start -a rocksdb_linux_x86-be
-	cd java;jar -cf target/$(ROCKSDB_JAR_ALL) HISTORY*.md
-	cd java/target;jar -uf $(ROCKSDB_JAR_ALL) librocksdbjni-*.so librocksdbjni-*.jnilib
-	cd java/target/classes;jar -uf ../$(ROCKSDB_JAR_ALL) org/rocksdb/*.class org/rocksdb/util/*.class
+
+rocksdbjavastaticdockerx86_64:
+	mkdir -p java/target
+	DOCKER_LINUX_X64_CONTAINER=`docker ps -aqf name=rocksdb_linux_x64-be`; \
+	if [ -z "$$DOCKER_LINUX_X64_CONTAINER" ]; then \
+		docker container create --attach stdin --attach stdout --attach stderr --volume `pwd`:/rocksdb-host --name rocksdb_linux_x64-be evolvedbinary/rocksjava:centos6_x64-be /rocksdb-host/java/crossbuild/docker-build-linux-centos.sh; \
+	fi
+	docker start -a rocksdb_linux_x64-be
 
 rocksdbjavastaticdockerppc64le:
 	mkdir -p java/target
diff --git a/java/crossbuild/build-linux-centos.sh b/java/crossbuild/build-linux-centos.sh
index 98f8da681..c532398f6 100755
--- a/java/crossbuild/build-linux-centos.sh
+++ b/java/crossbuild/build-linux-centos.sh
@@ -26,6 +26,6 @@ export JAVA_HOME=/usr/lib/jvm/java-1.7.0
 # build rocksdb
 cd /rocksdb
 scl enable devtoolset-2 'make jclean clean'
-scl enable devtoolset-2 'PORTABLE=1 make rocksdbjavastatic'
+scl enable devtoolset-2 'PORTABLE=1 make -j8 rocksdbjavastatic'
 cp /rocksdb/java/target/librocksdbjni-* /rocksdb-build
 cp /rocksdb/java/target/rocksdbjni-* /rocksdb-build
diff --git a/java/crossbuild/docker-build-linux-centos.sh b/java/crossbuild/docker-build-linux-centos.sh
index be0999bc7..6353b9ea2 100755
--- a/java/crossbuild/docker-build-linux-centos.sh
+++ b/java/crossbuild/docker-build-linux-centos.sh
@@ -9,10 +9,10 @@ cd /rocksdb-local
 # Use scl devtoolset if available (i.e. CentOS <7)
 if hash scl 2>/dev/null; then
 	scl enable devtoolset-2 'make jclean clean'
-	scl enable devtoolset-2 'PORTABLE=1 make rocksdbjavastatic'
+	scl enable devtoolset-2 'PORTABLE=1 make -j8 rocksdbjavastatic'
 else
 	make jclean clean
-        PORTABLE=1 make rocksdbjavastatic
+        PORTABLE=1 make -j8 rocksdbjavastatic
 fi
 
 cp java/target/librocksdbjni-linux*.so java/target/rocksdbjni-*-linux*.jar /rocksdb-host/java/target