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diff --git a/autogen.sh b/autogen.sh
index e5000a6f..ea38dbf7 100755
--- a/autogen.sh
+++ b/autogen.sh
@@ -5,6 +5,11 @@ if [ -z "$n" ]; then
 	n=$(grep ^processor /proc/cpuinfo 2>/dev/null | wc -l)
 	[ $n -eq 0 ] && n=1
 fi
+# If we are compiling with distcc, try to guess a reasonable number
+# based on (a) the number of cores on this machine and (b) the number
+# of words in the DISTCC_HOSTS variable.
+d="$(echo $DISTCC_HOSTS | wc -w)"
+n=$(($n + 2 * $n * $d))
 echo preparing, parallel=$n...
 if test -f Makefile; then
 	make maintainer-clean > /dev/null 2>&1