diff --git a/stx/dockerfiles/stx-pkgbuilder.Dockerfile b/stx/dockerfiles/stx-pkgbuilder.Dockerfile
index 5f2f79079..ce60b809f 100644
--- a/stx/dockerfiles/stx-pkgbuilder.Dockerfile
+++ b/stx/dockerfiles/stx-pkgbuilder.Dockerfile
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ RUN groupadd crontab
 
 COPY stx/toCOPY/pkgbuilder/app.py /opt/
 COPY stx/toCOPY/pkgbuilder/debbuilder.py /opt/
+COPY stx/toCOPY/pkgbuilder/setup.sh /opt/
 COPY stx/toCOPY/pkgbuilder/debbuilder.conf /etc/sbuild/sbuild.conf
 
 ENTRYPOINT ["/usr/bin/tini", "--"]
diff --git a/stx/toCOPY/pkgbuilder/app.py b/stx/toCOPY/pkgbuilder/app.py
index f55718795..66fc67839 100644
--- a/stx/toCOPY/pkgbuilder/app.py
+++ b/stx/toCOPY/pkgbuilder/app.py
@@ -104,6 +104,8 @@ def add_task():
             'type': request.form['type'],
             'run_tests': request.form['run_tests']
             }
+        if 'jobs' in request.form:
+            task_info['jobs'] = request.form['jobs']
 
         response = dbuilder.add_task(user, project, task_info)
         log.info("Reply to add task, response=%s", str(response))
diff --git a/stx/toCOPY/pkgbuilder/debbuilder.py b/stx/toCOPY/pkgbuilder/debbuilder.py
index efbcc41c7..76b3cda07 100644
--- a/stx/toCOPY/pkgbuilder/debbuilder.py
+++ b/stx/toCOPY/pkgbuilder/debbuilder.py
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ class Debbuilder:
         self.ctlog = None
         self.set_extra_repos()
         self.set_environ_vars()
+        os.system('/opt/setup.sh')
 
     @property
     def state(self):
@@ -152,7 +153,8 @@ class Debbuilder:
         else:
             chroot_suffix = '--chroot-suffix=-' + user
             chroot_cmd = ' '.join(['sbuild-createchroot', chroot_suffix,
-                                   '--include=eatmydata', DEBDIST, user_chroot])
+                                   '--include=eatmydata', '--command-prefix=eatmydata',
+                                   DEBDIST, user_chroot])
             if mirror:
                 chroot_cmd = ' '.join([chroot_cmd, mirror])
             self.logger.debug("Command to creat chroot:%s" % chroot_cmd)
@@ -228,7 +230,10 @@ class Debbuilder:
             response['msg'] = dsc_target + ' does not exist'
             return response
 
-        bcommand = ' '.join([BUILD_ENGINE, '-d', DEBDIST, '-c', chroot,
+        jobs = '-j4'
+        if 'jobs' in task_info:
+            jobs = '-j' + task_info['jobs']
+        bcommand = ' '.join([BUILD_ENGINE, jobs, '-d', DEBDIST, '-c', chroot,
                             '--build-dir', build_dir, dsc_target])
         self.logger.debug("Build command: %s" % bcommand)
 
diff --git a/stx/toCOPY/pkgbuilder/setup.sh b/stx/toCOPY/pkgbuilder/setup.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..6e16a433b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/stx/toCOPY/pkgbuilder/setup.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+if [ -f "/etc/fstab" ]; then
+    speed_up=`cat /etc/fstab | grep 'speeding up sbuild'`
+    [ "x${speed_up}" != "x" ] && exit 0
+fi
+
+cat >>/etc/fstab << EOF
+# For speeding up sbuild/schroot and prevent SSD wear-out
+tmpfs /var/lib/schroot/session        tmpfs uid=root,gid=root,mode=0755 0 0
+tmpfs /var/lib/schroot/union/overlay  tmpfs uid=root,gid=root,mode=0755 0 0
+tmpfs /var/lib/sbuild/build           tmpfs uid=sbuild,gid=sbuild,mode=2770 0 0
+EOF
+
+mount -a