Index: llvm/cmake/modules/HandleLLVMOptions.cmake
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--- llvm/cmake/modules/HandleLLVMOptions.cmake
+++ llvm/cmake/modules/HandleLLVMOptions.cmake
@@ -41,6 +41,9 @@
     message(STATUS "ThinLTO provides its own parallel linking - limiting parallel link jobs to 2.")
     set(LLVM_PARALLEL_LINK_JOBS "2")
   endif()
+  if (NOT LLVM_PARALLEL_LINK_JOBS AND NOT LINKER_IS_LLD_LINK)
+    set(LLVM_PARALLEL_LINK_JOBS "2")
+  endif()
   if(LLVM_PARALLEL_LINK_JOBS)
     set_property(GLOBAL APPEND PROPERTY JOB_POOLS link_job_pool=${LLVM_PARALLEL_LINK_JOBS})
     set(CMAKE_JOB_POOL_LINK link_job_pool)