diff --git a/poky/meta/conf/machine/qemuarm.conf b/poky/meta/conf/machine/qemuarm.conf
index e5ec4cc..34fcde6 100644
--- a/poky/meta/conf/machine/qemuarm.conf
+++ b/poky/meta/conf/machine/qemuarm.conf
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 QB_SYSTEM_NAME = "qemu-system-arm"
 QB_MACHINE = "-machine virt,highmem=off"
 QB_CPU = "-cpu cortex-a15"
+QB_SMP = "-smp 4"
 # Standard Serial console
 QB_KERNEL_CMDLINE_APPEND = "vmalloc=256"
 # For graphics to work we need to define the VGA device as well as the necessary USB devices