diff --git a/qgroundcontrol.pri b/qgroundcontrol.pri
index 1ad5195dcf2000c0f98918402a1436b1db90bf74..6bc383237fa8770aeee4f0307e770dc7bb530966 100644
--- a/qgroundcontrol.pri
+++ b/qgroundcontrol.pri
@@ -268,6 +268,11 @@ win32-msvc2008|win32-msvc2010 {
 	win32-msvc2010 {
 		message(Building for Windows Visual Studio 2010 (32bit))
 	}
+	
+	# Specify multi-process compilation within Visual Studio.
+	# (drastically improves compilation times for multi-core computers)
+	QMAKE_CXXFLAGS_DEBUG += -MP
+	QMAKE_CXXFLAGS_RELEASE += -MP
 
 	# QAxContainer support is needed for the Internet Control
 	# element showing the Google Earth window