+CFLAGS += -O3 -fno-strict-aliasing
+CXXFLAGS += -O3 -fno-strict-aliasing
+
+# The compiler uses a lot of memory to compile boost, hence we reduce
+# the total number of processes a little bit to be able to build on
+# smaller machines
+MAX_PARALLELISM = $(shell echo $$(( $(SYSTEM_MEMORY) / 512)))