1 files changed, 3 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/meta/lib/oe/utils.py b/meta/lib/oe/utils.py
index e350b05ddf..aee4336482 100644
--- a/meta/lib/oe/utils.py
+++ b/meta/lib/oe/utils.py
@@ -248,9 +248,10 @@ def trim_version(version, num_parts=2):
     trimmed = ".".join(parts[:num_parts])
     return trimmed
 
-def cpu_count():
+def cpu_count(at_least=1):
     import multiprocessing
-    return multiprocessing.cpu_count()
+    cpus = multiprocessing.cpu_count()
+    return max(cpus, at_least)
 
 def execute_pre_post_process(d, cmds):
     if cmds is None: