diff --git a/meta/classes-recipe/cmake.bbclass b/meta/classes-recipe/cmake.bbclass
index 3d3781ef33..e8aca0db8b 100644
--- a/meta/classes-recipe/cmake.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes-recipe/cmake.bbclass
@@ -67,6 +67,8 @@ EXTRA_OECMAKE:append = " ${PACKAGECONFIG_CONFARGS}"
 export CMAKE_BUILD_PARALLEL_LEVEL
 CMAKE_BUILD_PARALLEL_LEVEL:task-compile = "${@oe.utils.parallel_make(d, False)}"
 CMAKE_BUILD_PARALLEL_LEVEL:task-install = "${@oe.utils.parallel_make(d, True)}"
+CMAKE_BUILD_PARALLEL_LEVEL:task-compile-ptest-base = "${@oe.utils.parallel_make(d, False)}"
+CMAKE_BUILD_PARALLEL_LEVEL:task-install-ptest-base = "${@oe.utils.parallel_make(d, True)}"
 
 OECMAKE_TARGET_COMPILE ?= "all"
 OECMAKE_TARGET_INSTALL ?= "install"