1 files changed, 9 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/meta/classes/sstate.bbclass b/meta/classes/sstate.bbclass
index 5a0722567a..350d3107f5 100644
--- a/meta/classes/sstate.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/sstate.bbclass
@@ -715,17 +715,24 @@ sstate_task_postfunc[dirs] = "${WORKDIR}"
 #
 sstate_create_package () {
         TFILE=`mktemp ${SSTATE_PKG}.XXXXXXXX`
+
+        # Use pigz if available
+        OPT="-cz"
+        if [ -x "$(command -v pigz)" ]; then
+            OPT="-I pigz -c"
+        fi
+
         # Need to handle empty directories
         if [ "$(ls -A)" ]; then
                 set +e
-                tar -czf $TFILE *
+                tar $OPT -f $TFILE *
                 ret=$?
                 if [ $ret -ne 0 ] && [ $ret -ne 1 ]; then
                         exit 1
                 fi
                 set -e
         else
-                tar -cz --file=$TFILE --files-from=/dev/null
+                tar $OPT --file=$TFILE --files-from=/dev/null
         fi
         chmod 0664 $TFILE
         mv -f $TFILE ${SSTATE_PKG}