diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 25a62a5bf..70000ca32 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -26,12 +26,13 @@ install:
 - cd $SNAP_SOURCE # change dir into source
 - make
 script:
-- make check 2>&1 # Run test suite
+- make test 2>&1 # Run test suite
 notifications:
   email: false
   slack:
     secure: VkbZLIc2RH8yf3PtIAxUNPdAu3rQQ7yQx0GcK124JhbEnZGaHyK615V0rbG7HcVmYKGPdB0cXqZiLBDKGqGKb2zR1NepOe1nF03jxGSpPq8jIFeEXSJGEYGL34ScDzZZGuG6qwbjFcXiW5lqn6t8igzp7v2+URYBaZo5ktCS2xY=
 before_deploy:
+- make all
 - "./scripts/pre_deploy.sh"
 deploy:
   provider: s3
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 97b9e27c1..4fd9adee0 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -20,7 +20,8 @@ ARCH = $(shell uname -m)
 
 default:
 	$(MAKE) deps
-	$(MAKE) all
+	$(MAKE) snap
+	$(MAKE) plugins
 deps:
 	bash -c "./scripts/deps.sh"
 test:
@@ -33,10 +34,19 @@ test-medium:
 	bash -c "./scripts/test.sh medium"
 test-large:
 	bash -c "./scripts/test.sh large"
-check:
-	$(MAKE) test
-all:
+# NOTE:
+# By default compiles will use all cpu cores, use BUILD_JOBS to control number
+# of parallel builds: `BUILD_JOBS=2 make plugins`
+#
+# Build only snapd/snapctl
+snap:
 	bash -c "./scripts/build_snap.sh"
+# Build only plugins
+plugins:
+	bash -c "./scripts/build_plugins.sh"
+# Build snap and plugins for all platforms
+all:
+	bash -c "./scripts/build_all.sh"
 install:
 	cp build/$(OS)/$(ARCH)/snapd /usr/local/bin/
 	cp build/$(OS)/$(ARCH)/snapctl /usr/local/bin/
diff --git a/plugin/helper/helper.go b/plugin/helper/helper.go
index d73a1d2c9..30fd563aa 100644
--- a/plugin/helper/helper.go
+++ b/plugin/helper/helper.go
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ func PluginPath() string {
 		arch = runtime.GOARCH
 	}
 
-	fpath := path.Join(BuildPath, runtime.GOOS, arch)
+	fpath := path.Join(BuildPath, runtime.GOOS, arch, "plugins")
 	return fpath
 }
 
diff --git a/scripts/build_all.sh b/scripts/build_all.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..c82567f80
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/build_all.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+set -e
+set -u
+set -o pipefail
+
+__dir="$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" && pwd)"
+
+# shellcheck source=scripts/common.sh
+. "${__dir}/common.sh"
+
+export GOOS=linux
+export GOARCH=amd64
+"${__dir}/build_snap.sh" &
+"${__dir}/build_plugins.sh" &
+
+export GOOS=darwin
+export GOARCH=amd64
+"${__dir}/build_snap.sh" &
+"${__dir}/build_plugins.sh" &
+
+wait
diff --git a/scripts/build_plugin.sh b/scripts/build_plugin.sh
index 3195f6611..8ba0228ba 100755
--- a/scripts/build_plugin.sh
+++ b/scripts/build_plugin.sh
@@ -27,14 +27,17 @@ __proj_dir="$(dirname "$__dir")"
 # shellcheck source=scripts/common.sh
 . "${__dir}/common.sh"
 
-build_dir="${__proj_dir}/build"
-plugin_dir="${build_dir}/${GOOS}/x86_64"
+if [[ "${GOARCH}" == "amd64" ]]; then
+  build_dir="${__proj_dir}/build/${GOOS}/x86_64/plugins"
+else
+  build_dir="${__proj_dir}/build/${GOOS}/${GOARCH}/plugins"
+fi
 
 plugin_src_path=$1
 plugin_name=$(basename "${plugin_src_path}")
 go_build=(go build -a -ldflags "-w")
 
 _debug "plugin source: ${plugin_src_path}"
-_info "building ${plugin_name}"
+_info "building ${plugin_name} for ${GOOS}/${GOARCH}"
 
-(cd "${plugin_src_path}" && "${go_build[@]}" -o "${plugin_dir}/${plugin_name}" . || exit 1)
+(cd "${plugin_src_path}" && "${go_build[@]}" -o "${build_dir}/${plugin_name}" . || exit 1)
diff --git a/scripts/build_plugins.sh b/scripts/build_plugins.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..fed44c801
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/build_plugins.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+#http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.txt
+#
+#
+#Copyright 2015 Intel Corporation
+#
+#Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+#you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+#You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+#Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+#distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+#WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+#See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+#limitations under the License.
+
+set -e
+set -u
+set -o pipefail
+
+__dir="$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" && pwd)"
+__proj_dir="$(dirname "$__dir")"
+
+# shellcheck source=scripts/common.sh
+. "${__dir}/common.sh"
+
+_info "project path: ${__proj_dir}"
+
+git_version=$(_git_version)
+go_build=(go build -ldflags "-w -X main.gitversion=${git_version}")
+
+_info "git commit: $(git log --pretty=format:"%H" -1)"
+
+# Disable CGO for builds.
+export CGO_ENABLED=0
+
+# rebuild binaries:
+export GOOS=${GOOS:-$(uname -s | tr '[:upper:]' '[:lower:]')}
+export GOARCH=${GOARCH:-"amd64"}
+
+OS=$(uname -s)
+if [[ "${OS}" == "Darwin" ]]; then
+  p=$(type -p sysctl > /dev/null && sysctl -n hw.ncpu || echo "1")
+elif [[ "${OS}" == "Linux" ]]; then
+  p=$(type -p nproc > /dev/null && nproc || echo "1")
+else
+  p="1"
+fi
+p=${BUILD_JOBS:-"${p}"}
+
+if [[ "${GOARCH}" == "amd64" ]]; then
+  build_path="${__proj_dir}/build/${GOOS}/x86_64"
+else
+  build_path="${__proj_dir}/build/${GOOS}/${GOARCH}"
+fi
+
+mkdir -p "${build_path}/plugins"
+_info "building plugins for ${GOOS}/${GOARCH} in ${p} parallels"
+find "${__proj_dir}/plugin/" -type d -iname "snap-*" -print0 | xargs -0 -n 1 -P $p -I{} "${__dir}/build_plugin.sh" {}
diff --git a/scripts/build_snap.sh b/scripts/build_snap.sh
index 2bbcc9f32..c93f6abf9 100755
--- a/scripts/build_snap.sh
+++ b/scripts/build_snap.sh
@@ -17,11 +17,6 @@
 #See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 #limitations under the License.
 
-git_branch=$(git symbolic-ref HEAD 2> /dev/null | cut -b 12-)
-git_branch="${git_branch:-test}"
-git_sha=$(git log --pretty=format:"%h" -1)
-git_version=$(git describe --always --exact-match 2> /dev/null || echo "${git_branch}-${git_sha}")
-
 set -e
 set -u
 set -o pipefail
@@ -34,7 +29,7 @@ __proj_dir="$(dirname "$__dir")"
 
 _info "project path: ${__proj_dir}"
 
-build_path="${__proj_dir}/build"
+git_version=$(_git_version)
 go_build=(go build -ldflags "-w -X main.gitversion=${git_version}")
 
 _info "snap build version: ${git_version}"
@@ -44,24 +39,16 @@ _info "git commit: $(git log --pretty=format:"%H" -1)"
 export CGO_ENABLED=0
 
 # rebuild binaries:
-export GOOS=linux
-export GOARCH=amd64
-bin_path="${build_path}/${GOOS}/x86_64"
-mkdir -p "${bin_path}"
-_info "building snapd/snapctl for ${GOOS}/${GOARCH}"
-"${go_build[@]}" -o "${bin_path}/snapd" . || exit 1
-(cd "${__proj_dir}/cmd/snapctl" && "${go_build[@]}" -o "${bin_path}/snapctl" . || exit 1)
+export GOOS=${GOOS:-$(uname -s | tr '[:upper:]' '[:lower:]')}
+export GOARCH=${GOARCH:-"amd64"}
 
-_info "building plugins for ${GOOS}/${GOARCH}"
-find "${__proj_dir}/plugin/" -type d -iname "snap-*" -print0 | xargs -0 -n 1 -I{} "${__dir}/build_plugin.sh" {}
+if [[ "${GOARCH}" == "amd64" ]]; then
+  build_path="${__proj_dir}/build/${GOOS}/x86_64"
+else
+  build_path="${__proj_dir}/build/${GOOS}/${GOARCH}"
+fi
 
-export GOOS=darwin
-export GOARCH=amd64
-bin_path="${build_path}/${GOOS}/x86_64"
-mkdir -p "${bin_path}"
+mkdir -p "${build_path}"
 _info "building snapd/snapctl for ${GOOS}/${GOARCH}"
-"${go_build[@]}" -o "${bin_path}/snapd" . || exit 1
-(cd "${__proj_dir}/cmd/snapctl" && "${go_build[@]}" -o "${bin_path}/snapctl" . || exit 1)
-
-_info "building plugins for ${GOOS}/${GOARCH}"
-find "${__proj_dir}/plugin/" -type d -iname "snap-*" -print0 | xargs -0 -n 1 -I{} "${__dir}/build_plugin.sh" {}
+"${go_build[@]}" -o "${build_path}/snapd" . || exit 1
+(cd "${__proj_dir}/cmd/snapctl" && "${go_build[@]}" -o "${build_path}/snapctl" . || exit 1)
diff --git a/scripts/common.sh b/scripts/common.sh
index 75c0c9248..d989a1be1 100644
--- a/scripts/common.sh
+++ b/scripts/common.sh
@@ -122,3 +122,11 @@ _go_test() {
 _go_cover() {
   go tool cover -func "profile-${TEST_TYPE}.cov"
 }
+
+_git_version() {
+  git_branch=$(git symbolic-ref HEAD 2> /dev/null | cut -b 12-)
+  git_branch="${git_branch:-test}"
+  git_sha=$(git log --pretty=format:"%h" -1)
+  git_version=$(git describe --always --exact-match 2> /dev/null || echo "${git_branch}-${git_sha}")
+  echo "${git_version}"
+}