diff --git a/tools/Makefile b/tools/Makefile
index 5eb077d8e20..f1abf931a40 100644
--- a/tools/Makefile
+++ b/tools/Makefile
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ LEVEL := ..
 # Note .. the tools are organized in triples consisting of one large and two
 # small executables. This is done to minimize memory load in parallel builds.
 # Please retain this ordering.
-PARALLEL_DIRS := llvm-config \
+PARALLEL_DIRS := llvm-config llvm-upgrade \
                  opt llvm-as llvm-dis \
                  llc llvm-ranlib llvm-ar \
 		 lli llvm-link llvm-nm \