diff --git a/policycoreutils/setfiles/Makefile b/policycoreutils/setfiles/Makefile
index 63d81850..d7670a8f 100644
--- a/policycoreutils/setfiles/Makefile
+++ b/policycoreutils/setfiles/Makefile
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ MANDIR = $(PREFIX)/share/man
 AUDITH ?= $(shell test -f /usr/include/libaudit.h && echo y)
 
 CFLAGS ?= -g -Werror -Wall -W
-override LDLIBS += -lselinux -lsepol
+override LDLIBS += -lselinux -lsepol -lpthread
 
 ifeq ($(AUDITH), y)
 	override CFLAGS += -DUSE_AUDIT
diff --git a/policycoreutils/setfiles/restore.c b/policycoreutils/setfiles/restore.c
index 9d688c60..74d48bb3 100644
--- a/policycoreutils/setfiles/restore.c
+++ b/policycoreutils/setfiles/restore.c
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ void restore_finish(void)
 	}
 }
 
-int process_glob(char *name, struct restore_opts *opts)
+int process_glob(char *name, struct restore_opts *opts, size_t nthreads)
 {
 	glob_t globbuf;
 	size_t i = 0;
@@ -91,8 +91,9 @@ int process_glob(char *name, struct restore_opts *opts)
 			continue;
 		if (len > 0 && strcmp(&globbuf.gl_pathv[i][len], "/..") == 0)
 			continue;
-		rc = selinux_restorecon(globbuf.gl_pathv[i],
-					opts->restorecon_flags);
+		rc = selinux_restorecon_parallel(globbuf.gl_pathv[i],
+						 opts->restorecon_flags,
+						 nthreads);
 		if (rc < 0)
 			errors = rc;
 	}
diff --git a/policycoreutils/setfiles/restore.h b/policycoreutils/setfiles/restore.h
index ac6ad680..bb35a1db 100644
--- a/policycoreutils/setfiles/restore.h
+++ b/policycoreutils/setfiles/restore.h
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ struct restore_opts {
 void restore_init(struct restore_opts *opts);
 void restore_finish(void);
 void add_exclude(const char *directory);
-int process_glob(char *name, struct restore_opts *opts);
+int process_glob(char *name, struct restore_opts *opts, size_t nthreads);
 extern char **exclude_list;
 
 #endif
diff --git a/policycoreutils/setfiles/restorecon.8 b/policycoreutils/setfiles/restorecon.8
index 668486f6..e07db2c8 100644
--- a/policycoreutils/setfiles/restorecon.8
+++ b/policycoreutils/setfiles/restorecon.8
@@ -33,6 +33,8 @@ restorecon \- restore file(s) default SELinux security contexts.
 .RB [ \-W ]
 .RB [ \-I | \-D ]
 .RB [ \-x ]
+.RB [ \-T
+.IR nthreads ]
 
 .SH "DESCRIPTION"
 This manual page describes the
@@ -160,6 +162,13 @@ prevent
 .B restorecon
 from crossing file system boundaries.
 .TP
+.BI \-T \ nthreads
+use up to
+.I nthreads
+threads.  Specify 0 to create as many threads as there are available
+CPU cores; 1 to use only a single thread (default); or any positive
+number to use the given number of threads (if possible).
+.TP
 .SH "ARGUMENTS"
 .IR pathname \ ...
 The pathname for the file(s) to be relabeled.
diff --git a/policycoreutils/setfiles/setfiles.8 b/policycoreutils/setfiles/setfiles.8
index 4d28bc9a..15f939d1 100644
--- a/policycoreutils/setfiles/setfiles.8
+++ b/policycoreutils/setfiles/setfiles.8
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@ setfiles \- set SELinux file security contexts.
 .RB [ \-W ]
 .RB [ \-F ]
 .RB [ \-I | \-D ]
+.RB [ \-T
+.IR nthreads ]
 .I spec_file
 .IR pathname \ ...
 
@@ -161,6 +163,13 @@ quote marks or backslashes.  The
 option of GNU
 .B find
 produces input suitable for this mode.
+.TP
+.BI \-T \ nthreads
+use up to
+.I nthreads
+threads.  Specify 0 to create as many threads as there are available
+CPU cores; 1 to use only a single thread (default); or any positive
+number to use the given number of threads (if possible).
 
 .SH "ARGUMENTS"
 .TP
diff --git a/policycoreutils/setfiles/setfiles.c b/policycoreutils/setfiles/setfiles.c
index fedb93a1..44cab46d 100644
--- a/policycoreutils/setfiles/setfiles.c
+++ b/policycoreutils/setfiles/setfiles.c
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 #include "restore.h"
+#include <stdlib.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
 #include <fcntl.h>
 #include <stdio_ext.h>
@@ -34,14 +35,14 @@ static __attribute__((__noreturn__)) void usage(const char *const name)
 {
 	if (iamrestorecon) {
 		fprintf(stderr,
-			"usage:  %s [-iIDFmnprRv0x] [-e excludedir] pathname...\n"
-			"usage:  %s [-iIDFmnprRv0x] [-e excludedir] -f filename\n",
+			"usage:  %s [-iIDFmnprRv0xT] [-e excludedir] pathname...\n"
+			"usage:  %s [-iIDFmnprRv0xT] [-e excludedir] -f filename\n",
 			name, name);
 	} else {
 		fprintf(stderr,
-			"usage:  %s [-diIDlmnpqvEFW] [-e excludedir] [-r alt_root_path] [-c policyfile] spec_file pathname...\n"
-			"usage:  %s [-diIDlmnpqvEFW] [-e excludedir] [-r alt_root_path] [-c policyfile] spec_file -f filename\n"
-			"usage:  %s -s [-diIDlmnpqvFW] spec_file\n",
+			"usage:  %s [-diIDlmnpqvEFWT] [-e excludedir] [-r alt_root_path] [-c policyfile] spec_file pathname...\n"
+			"usage:  %s [-diIDlmnpqvEFWT] [-e excludedir] [-r alt_root_path] [-c policyfile] spec_file -f filename\n"
+			"usage:  %s -s [-diIDlmnpqvFWT] spec_file\n",
 			name, name, name);
 	}
 	exit(-1);
@@ -144,12 +145,12 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 	int opt, i = 0;
 	const char *input_filename = NULL;
 	int use_input_file = 0;
-	char *buf = NULL;
-	size_t buf_len;
+	char *buf = NULL, *endptr;
+	size_t buf_len, nthreads = 1;
 	const char *base;
 	int errors = 0;
-	const char *ropts = "e:f:hiIDlmno:pqrsvFRW0x";
-	const char *sopts = "c:de:f:hiIDlmno:pqr:svEFR:W0";
+	const char *ropts = "e:f:hiIDlmno:pqrsvFRW0xT:";
+	const char *sopts = "c:de:f:hiIDlmno:pqr:svEFR:W0T:";
 	const char *opts;
 	union selinux_callback cb;
 
@@ -370,6 +371,11 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 				usage(argv[0]);
                         }
                         break;
+		case 'T':
+			nthreads = strtoull(optarg, &endptr, 10);
+			if (*optarg == '\0' || *endptr != '\0')
+				usage(argv[0]);
+			break;
 		case 'h':
 		case '?':
 			usage(argv[0]);
@@ -448,13 +454,13 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 			buf[len - 1] = 0;
 			if (!strcmp(buf, "/"))
 				r_opts.mass_relabel = SELINUX_RESTORECON_MASS_RELABEL;
-			errors |= process_glob(buf, &r_opts) < 0;
+			errors |= process_glob(buf, &r_opts, nthreads) < 0;
 		}
 		if (strcmp(input_filename, "-") != 0)
 			fclose(f);
 	} else {
 		for (i = optind; i < argc; i++)
-			errors |= process_glob(argv[i], &r_opts) < 0;
+			errors |= process_glob(argv[i], &r_opts, nthreads) < 0;
 	}
 
 	maybe_audit_mass_relabel(r_opts.mass_relabel, errors);