diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 17e06fcff..4bf1899b6 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ LABEL org.opencontainers.image.title="Nerd Fonts Patcher" \
       org.opencontainers.image.source="https://github.com/ryanoasis/nerd-fonts" \
       org.opencontainers.image.licenses="MIT"
 
-RUN apk update && apk upgrade && apk add --no-cache fontforge --repository=https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/latest-stable/community
+RUN apk update && apk upgrade && apk add --no-cache fontforge parallel --repository=https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/latest-stable/community
 
 ENV PYTHONIOENCODING=utf-8
 
diff --git a/bin/scripts/docker-entrypoint.sh b/bin/scripts/docker-entrypoint.sh
index 42950d085..acd931aa2 100644
--- a/bin/scripts/docker-entrypoint.sh
+++ b/bin/scripts/docker-entrypoint.sh
@@ -23,6 +23,16 @@ done
 printf "Running with options:\n%s\n" "$args"
 
 # shellcheck disable=SC2086
-for f in /in/*.otf /in/*.ttf /in/*.woff /in/*.eot /in/*.ttc; do [ -f "$f" ] && fontforge -script /nerd/font-patcher -out /out $args "$f"; done
+if [ "$PN" -eq 1 ]; then
+	find /in -type f \
+	  \( -iname '*.otf' -o -iname '*.ttf' -o -iname '*.woff' -o -iname '*.eot' -o -iname '*.ttc' \) \
+	  -exec fontforge -script /nerd/font-patcher -out /out $args {} \;
+else
+	njob=""
+	[ "$PN" -gt 1 ] && njob="-j $PN"
+	find /in -type f \
+	  \( -iname '*.otf' -o -iname '*.ttf' -o -iname '*.woff' -o -iname '*.eot' -o -iname '*.ttc' \) \
+	  | parallel $njob fontforge -script /nerd/font-patcher -out /out $args {}
+fi
 
 exit 0
diff --git a/readme.md b/readme.md
index 1ad892d20..62098524b 100644
--- a/readme.md
+++ b/readme.md
@@ -365,9 +365,19 @@ Patching the font of your own choosing:
   ```
 
 * Use docker
+  * Default parallel tasks
   ```
   docker run --rm -v /path/to/fonts:/in:Z -v /path/for/output:/out:Z nerdfonts/patcher [OPTIONS]
   ```
+  * Single process (slow)
+  ```
+  docker run --rm -v /path/to/fonts:/in:Z -v /path/for/output:/out:Z -e "PN=1" nerdfonts/patcher [OPTIONS]
+  ```
+  * Specify the parallel tasks number to 10
+  ```
+  docker run --rm -v /path/to/fonts:/in:Z -v /path/for/output:/out:Z -e "PN=10" nerdfonts/patcher [OPTIONS]
+  ```
+
 
 > [!NOTE]
 > The resulting font's family (aka font name) will be set to the original family after CamelCasing, removing whitespace and appending ` Nerd Font`. For example, `iosevka term` would become `IosevkaTerm Nerd Font`.