diff --git a/t/db_dependent/00-strict.t b/t/db_dependent/00-strict.t
index 4aa0a0cb26..131c76d048 100755
--- a/t/db_dependent/00-strict.t
+++ b/t/db_dependent/00-strict.t
@@ -39,12 +39,14 @@ $Test::Strict::TEST_STRICT = 0;
 $Test::Strict::TEST_SKIP = [ 'misc/kohalib.pl', 'misc/plack/koha.psgi' ];
 
 my $ncpu;
-if ( $ENV{KOHA_JENKINS} ) {
-    $ncpu = 2; # works fastest on kc.org jenkins box
+if ( $ENV{KOHA_PROVE_CPUS} ) {
+    $ncpu = $ENV{KOHA_PROVE_CPUS} ; # set number of cpus to use
 } else {
     $ncpu = Sys::CPU::cpu_count();
 }
 
+print "Using $ncpu CPUs...\n";
+
 my $pm   = new Parallel::ForkManager($ncpu);
 
 foreach my $d (@dirs) {