diff --git a/Makefile.in b/Makefile.in
index f0034cb4..aa27d611 100644
--- a/Makefile.in
+++ b/Makefile.in
@@ -81,6 +81,7 @@ export LIBS            := @LIBS@
 export INTL_LIBS       := @INTL_LIBS@
 export curses_hdr      := @ac_ct_curses_hdr@
 export gettext         := @gettext@
+export CPU_COUNT       := @CPU_COUNT@
 
 # config options to push down to kconfig
 KCONFIG:= @kconfig_options@
@@ -192,6 +193,7 @@ define sed_it
 	           -e 's,@@CT_awk@@,$(awk),g;'              \
 	           -e 's,@@CT_wget@@,$(wget),g;'            \
 	           -e 's,@@CT_curl@@,$(curl),g;'            \
+	           -e 's,@@CT_cpucount@@,$(CPU_COUNT),g;'   \
 	           $< >$@
 endef
 
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 3c943920..d80a5cd8 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -248,6 +248,15 @@ ACX_SET_KCONFIG_OPTION([stat_flavor_BSD])
 test "$acx_cv_stat_flavor" = "GNU" && stat_flavor_GNU=y
 ACX_SET_KCONFIG_OPTION([stat_flavor_GNU])
 
+#Find out how to count CPUs
+AC_CACHE_CHECK([whether to use getconf or sysctl to count CPUs],
+    [acx_cv_cpu_count],
+    [getconf _NPROCESSORS_ONLN >/dev/null 2>&1 && \
+         acx_cv_cpu_count="getconf _NPROCESSORS_ONLN"
+     sysctl -n hw.ncpu >/dev/null 2>&1 && \
+         acx_cv_cpu_count="sysctl -n hw.ncpu"])
+AC_SUBST(CPU_COUNT, "$acx_cv_cpu_count")
+
 #--------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Still boring, but remember the path, now...
 #--------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/scripts/crosstool-NG.sh.in b/scripts/crosstool-NG.sh.in
index 902c15d2..2635e5f2 100644
--- a/scripts/crosstool-NG.sh.in
+++ b/scripts/crosstool-NG.sh.in
@@ -534,7 +534,7 @@ if [ -z "${CT_RESTART}" ]; then
     fi
     # Use the number of processors+1 when automatically setting the number of
     # parallel jobs.  Fall back to 1 if the host doesn't use GLIBC.
-    AUTO_JOBS=$((`getconf _NPROCESSORS_ONLN 2> /dev/null || echo 0` + 1))
+    AUTO_JOBS=$((`@@CT_cpucount@@ 2>/dev/null || echo 0` + 1))
     [ ${CT_PARALLEL_JOBS} -eq 0 ] && JOBSFLAGS="${JOBSFLAGS} -j${AUTO_JOBS}"
     [ ${CT_PARALLEL_JOBS} -gt 0 ] && JOBSFLAGS="${JOBSFLAGS} -j${CT_PARALLEL_JOBS}"
     JOBSFLAGS="${JOBSFLAGS} -l${CT_LOAD}"