diff --git a/mk/linux/mg_cppcheck.sh b/mk/linux/mg_cppcheck.sh
index bcf9c894..eb4a5faa 100755
--- a/mk/linux/mg_cppcheck.sh
+++ b/mk/linux/mg_cppcheck.sh
@@ -4,7 +4,11 @@
 # Written by Mark Vejvoda <mark_vejvoda@hotmail.com>
 # Copyright (c) 2011 Mark Vejvoda under GNU GPL v3.0+
 
-cppcheck ../../source/ -i ../../source/win32_deps -i ../../source/configurator -j 5 --enable=all --force --verbose 2> cppcheck.log
+OUTFILE=./cppcheck.log
 
-echo "Results from cppcheck were written to cppcheck.log"
+CPUS=`lscpu -p | grep -cv '^#'`
+if [ "$CPUS" = '' ]; then CPUS=1; fi
 
+cppcheck ../../source/ -i ../../source/win32_deps -i ../../source/configurator -j $CPUS --enable=all --force --verbose 2> $OUTFILE
+
+echo "Results from cppcheck were written to $OUTFILE"