diff --git a/mk/qemu.mk b/mk/qemu.mk
index bd8423e..0f491b8 100644
--- a/mk/qemu.mk
+++ b/mk/qemu.mk
@@ -3,8 +3,7 @@ ifeq ($(ARCH),i686)
 	QEMU_ARCH=i386
 	QEMU_MACHINE=q35
 	QEMU_CPU=pentium2
-	#TODO: support higher CPU counts
-	QEMUFLAGS=-smp 1 -m 2048
+	QEMUFLAGS=-smp 4 -m 2048
 else ifeq ($(ARCH),x86_64)
 	QEMU_ARCH=x86_64
 	QEMU_MACHINE=q35