diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -91,7 +91,11 @@
 SETENV?=	/usr/bin/env
 FETCHINDEX?=	${SETENV} ${FETCH_ENV} fetch -am -o
 
-.if !defined(INDEX_JOBS)
+.if defined(.MAKE.JOBS)
+INDEX_JOBS=	${.MAKE.JOBS}
+.elif defined(MAKE_JOBS_NUMBER)
+INDEX_JOBS=	${MAKE_JOBS_NUMBER}
+.elif !defined(INDEX_JOBS)
 INDEX_JOBS!=	${SYSCTL} -n kern.smp.cpus
 .endif