diff --git a/deps/deps-windows.cmake b/deps/deps-windows.cmake
index a7397316f..0806c2388 100644
--- a/deps/deps-windows.cmake
+++ b/deps/deps-windows.cmake
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ ExternalProject_Add(dep_tbb
         -DTBB_BUILD_SHARED=OFF
         -DTBB_BUILD_TESTS=OFF
         "-DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX:PATH=${DESTDIR}\\usr\\local"
-    BUILD_COMMAND msbuild /P:Configuration=Release INSTALL.vcxproj
+    BUILD_COMMAND msbuild /m /P:Configuration=Release INSTALL.vcxproj
     INSTALL_COMMAND ""
 )
 if (${DEP_DEBUG})
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ if (${DEP_DEBUG})
     ExternalProject_Add_Step(dep_tbb build_debug
         DEPENDEES build
         DEPENDERS install
-        COMMAND msbuild /P:Configuration=Debug INSTALL.vcxproj
+        COMMAND msbuild /m /P:Configuration=Debug INSTALL.vcxproj
         WORKING_DIRECTORY "${BINARY_DIR}"
     )
 endif ()
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ ExternalProject_Add(dep_gtest
         -Dgtest_force_shared_crt=ON
         -DCMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE=ON
         "-DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX:PATH=${DESTDIR}\\usr\\local"
-    BUILD_COMMAND msbuild /P:Configuration=Release INSTALL.vcxproj
+    BUILD_COMMAND msbuild /m /P:Configuration=Release INSTALL.vcxproj
     INSTALL_COMMAND ""
 )
 if (${DEP_DEBUG})
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ if (${DEP_DEBUG})
     ExternalProject_Add_Step(dep_gtest build_debug
         DEPENDEES build
         DEPENDERS install
-        COMMAND msbuild /P:Configuration=Debug INSTALL.vcxproj
+        COMMAND msbuild /m /P:Configuration=Debug INSTALL.vcxproj
         WORKING_DIRECTORY "${BINARY_DIR}"
     )
 endif ()
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ ExternalProject_Add(dep_nlopt
         -DCMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE=ON
         -DCMAKE_DEBUG_POSTFIX=d
         "-DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX:PATH=${DESTDIR}\\usr\\local"
-    BUILD_COMMAND msbuild /P:Configuration=Release INSTALL.vcxproj
+    BUILD_COMMAND msbuild /m /P:Configuration=Release INSTALL.vcxproj
     INSTALL_COMMAND ""
 )
 if (${DEP_DEBUG})
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ if (${DEP_DEBUG})
     ExternalProject_Add_Step(dep_nlopt build_debug
         DEPENDEES build
         DEPENDERS install
-        COMMAND msbuild /P:Configuration=Debug INSTALL.vcxproj
+        COMMAND msbuild /m /P:Configuration=Debug INSTALL.vcxproj
         WORKING_DIRECTORY "${BINARY_DIR}"
     )
 endif ()
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ ExternalProject_Add(dep_zlib
         "-DINSTALL_BIN_DIR=${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}\\fallout"   # I found no better way of preventing zlib from creating & installing DLLs :-/
         -DCMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE=ON
         "-DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX:PATH=${DESTDIR}\\usr\\local"
-    BUILD_COMMAND msbuild /P:Configuration=Release INSTALL.vcxproj
+    BUILD_COMMAND msbuild /m /P:Configuration=Release INSTALL.vcxproj
     INSTALL_COMMAND ""
 )
 if (${DEP_DEBUG})
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ if (${DEP_DEBUG})
     ExternalProject_Add_Step(dep_zlib build_debug
         DEPENDEES build
         DEPENDERS install
-        COMMAND msbuild /P:Configuration=Debug INSTALL.vcxproj
+        COMMAND msbuild /m /P:Configuration=Debug INSTALL.vcxproj
         WORKING_DIRECTORY "${BINARY_DIR}"
     )
 endif ()
diff --git a/doc/How to build - Windows.md b/doc/How to build - Windows.md
index 8b750ce0d..e223239ba 100644
--- a/doc/How to build - Windows.md	
+++ b/doc/How to build - Windows.md	
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ There are several options for building from the command line:
 
 To build with msbuild, use the same CMake command as in previous paragraph and then build using
 
-    msbuild /P:Configuration=Release ALL_BUILD.vcxproj
+    msbuild /m /P:Configuration=Release ALL_BUILD.vcxproj
 
 To build with Ninja or nmake, replace the `-G` option in the CMake call with `-G Ninja` or `-G "NMake Makefiles"` , respectively.
 Then use either `ninja` or `nmake` to start the build.
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ Then `cd` into the `deps` directory and use these commands to build:
     mkdir build
     cd build
     cmake .. -G "Visual Studio 12 Win64" -DDESTDIR="C:\local\destdir-custom"
-    msbuild ALL_BUILD.vcxproj
+    msbuild /m ALL_BUILD.vcxproj
 
 You can also use the Visual Studio GUI or other generators as mentioned above.