diff --git a/builder.py b/builder.py
index 530bcc7e..d527388e 100644
--- a/builder.py
+++ b/builder.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import io
 import glob
+import ninja
 import os
 import platform
 import re
@@ -10,7 +11,6 @@ from distutils.version import LooseVersion
 from distutils.dir_util import copy_tree, remove_tree
 from distutils.sysconfig import get_python_inc
 from distutils import sysconfig
-from find_libpython import find_libpython
 from typing import Any, Dict
 
 from setuptools.command.build_ext import build_ext
@@ -56,6 +56,9 @@ class ExtensionBuilder(build_ext):
         extdir = os.path.abspath(os.path.dirname(self.get_ext_fullpath(ext.name)))
         cmake_args = []
 
+        ninja_executable_path = os.path.join(ninja.BIN_DIR, "ninja")
+        cmake_args += ["-GNinja","-DCMAKE_MAKE_PROGRAM:FILEPATH=" + ninja_executable_path]
+
         cfg = "Debug" if self.debug else "Release"
         # cfg = 'Debug'
         build_args = ["--config", cfg]
@@ -65,9 +68,6 @@ class ExtensionBuilder(build_ext):
         if platform.system() == "Windows":
             if sys.maxsize > 2 ** 32:
                 cmake_args += ["-A", "x64"]
-            build_args += ["--", "/m"]
-        else:
-            build_args += ["--", "-j4", "VERBOSE=1"]
 
         env = os.environ.copy()
         env["CXXFLAGS"] = '{} -DVERSION_INFO=\\"{}\\"'.format(env.get("CXXFLAGS", ""), self.distribution.get_version())
diff --git a/poetry.lock b/poetry.lock
index eadf4b85..efa10893 100644
--- a/poetry.lock
+++ b/poetry.lock
@@ -41,7 +41,36 @@ files = [
     {file = "find_libpython-0.3.0.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:6e7fe5d9af7fad6dc066cb5515a0e9c90a71f1feb2bb2f8e4cdbb4f83276e9e5"},
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "ninja"
+version = "1.11.1"
+description = "Ninja is a small build system with a focus on speed"
+category = "dev"
+optional = false
+python-versions = "*"
+files = [
+    {file = "ninja-1.11.1-py2.py3-none-macosx_10_9_universal2.macosx_10_9_x86_64.macosx_11_0_arm64.macosx_11_0_universal2.whl", hash = "sha256:f48c3c6eea204062f6bbf089dfc63e1ad41a08640e1da46ef2b30fa426f7ce23"},
+    {file = "ninja-1.11.1-py2.py3-none-manylinux_2_12_i686.manylinux2010_i686.whl", hash = "sha256:edec1053e141253076b2df7ec03a246ff581e9270aa1ca9759397b21e2760e57"},
+    {file = "ninja-1.11.1-py2.py3-none-manylinux_2_12_x86_64.manylinux2010_x86_64.whl", hash = "sha256:817e2aee2a4d28a708a67bcfba1817ae502c32c6d8ef80e50d63b0f23adf3a08"},
+    {file = "ninja-1.11.1-py2.py3-none-manylinux_2_17_aarch64.manylinux2014_aarch64.whl", hash = "sha256:df11b8afea0501883e33faeb1c43d2ef67f466d5f4bd85f9c376e9a93a43a277"},
+    {file = "ninja-1.11.1-py2.py3-none-manylinux_2_17_ppc64le.manylinux2014_ppc64le.whl", hash = "sha256:a7a564fe755ddfbdbccb07b0b758e3f8460e5f8ba1adaab40a5eaa2f8c01ce68"},
+    {file = "ninja-1.11.1-py2.py3-none-manylinux_2_17_s390x.manylinux2014_s390x.whl", hash = "sha256:1c474326e11fba3f8c2582715d79216292e327d3335367c0e87e9647a002cc4a"},
+    {file = "ninja-1.11.1-py2.py3-none-manylinux_2_5_i686.manylinux1_i686.whl", hash = "sha256:6f6465a7efe6473a2a34edab83633594de19d59406a727316e1367ebcc528908"},
+    {file = "ninja-1.11.1-py2.py3-none-manylinux_2_5_x86_64.manylinux1_x86_64.whl", hash = "sha256:642cb64d859276998f14972724850e0c5b7febbc1bce3d2065b7e0cb7d3a0b79"},
+    {file = "ninja-1.11.1-py2.py3-none-musllinux_1_1_aarch64.whl", hash = "sha256:60179bb4f22c88279c53a5402bb5fe81c97c627a28d93c737d1fa067d892115d"},
+    {file = "ninja-1.11.1-py2.py3-none-musllinux_1_1_i686.whl", hash = "sha256:34753459493543782d87267e4cad63dd4639b07f8394ffe6d4417e9eda05c8a8"},
+    {file = "ninja-1.11.1-py2.py3-none-musllinux_1_1_ppc64le.whl", hash = "sha256:779f228e407c54a8b6e4cbf8f835489998dd250f67bf1b9bd7b8a8ab6bdcdc7b"},
+    {file = "ninja-1.11.1-py2.py3-none-musllinux_1_1_s390x.whl", hash = "sha256:ba50a32424912e5f3ee40d791b506a160dc0eeda7de5ad8faebe7aa8006244dc"},
+    {file = "ninja-1.11.1-py2.py3-none-musllinux_1_1_x86_64.whl", hash = "sha256:3b28b595ed580752240ade7821b6cb7a5a4c6a604c865dc474bd38f06e2eb7f5"},
+    {file = "ninja-1.11.1-py2.py3-none-win32.whl", hash = "sha256:3329b4b7c1694730772522a3ba0ba40fd15c012476ed3e1c9f0fd9e76190394e"},
+    {file = "ninja-1.11.1-py2.py3-none-win_amd64.whl", hash = "sha256:4e547bc759c570773d83d110c41fd5ca9a94c0a9a8388f5a3ea37bdf97d002b0"},
+    {file = "ninja-1.11.1.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:c833a47d39b2d1eee3f9ca886fa1581efd5be6068b82734ac229961ee8748f90"},
+]
+
+[package.extras]
+test = ["codecov (>=2.0.5)", "coverage (>=4.2)", "flake8 (>=3.0.4)", "pytest (>=4.5.0)", "pytest-cov (>=2.7.1)", "pytest-runner (>=5.1)", "pytest-virtualenv (>=1.7.0)", "virtualenv (>=15.0.3)"]
+
 [metadata]
 lock-version = "2.0"
 python-versions = "^3.8"
-content-hash = "abbc1ba1fde22ac8e6b5fc0fe7430c18cad5c97aea6a80ea9283c0b11099c71d"
+content-hash = "9435910787871e20dc257e6f7a54a88e17e99e52b0b0c42903efe80b67ff1d93"
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 498127b0..31cc57ff 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ find-libpython = "^0.3.0"
 
 [tool.poetry.dev-dependencies]
 cmake = ">=3"
+ninja = "^1.11.1"
 
 [tool.poetry.scripts]
 blif2vst =  'Coriolis:blif2vst'
@@ -22,7 +23,7 @@ unittests = 'Coriolis:unittests'
 yosys_coriolis = 'Coriolis:yosys_coriolis'
 
 [build-system]
-requires = ["poetry-core", "setuptools", "cmake", "patchelf", "find-libpython"]
+requires = ["poetry-core", "setuptools", "cmake", "ninja", "patchelf"]
 build-backend = "poetry.core.masonry.api"
 
 [tool.cibuildwheel.linux]