diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 05f5eb0..9fa0e00 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -43,6 +43,12 @@ $config->setFinder(
 return $config;
 ```
 
+> [!TIP]
+> You can configure a parallel run of PHP CS Fixer by calling:
+> ```php
+> $factory->runInParallel();
+> ```
+
 ### Ibexa packages
 
 Create a `.php-cs-fixer.php` file in your project root directory with the following content:
diff --git a/src/lib/PhpCsFixer/InternalConfigFactory.php b/src/lib/PhpCsFixer/InternalConfigFactory.php
index 2035fd9..4ed924d 100644
--- a/src/lib/PhpCsFixer/InternalConfigFactory.php
+++ b/src/lib/PhpCsFixer/InternalConfigFactory.php
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@
 use Composer\InstalledVersions;
 use Ibexa\CodeStyle\PhpCsFixer\Sets\RuleSetInterface;
 use PhpCsFixer\ConfigInterface;
+use PhpCsFixer\ParallelAwareConfigInterface;
+use PhpCsFixer\Runner\Parallel\ParallelConfigFactory;
 
 /**
  * Factory for Config instance that should be used for all internal Ibexa packages.
@@ -24,6 +26,8 @@ final class InternalConfigFactory
 
     private RuleSetInterface $ruleSet;
 
+    private bool $runInParallel = false;
+
     /**
      * @param array<string, mixed> $rules
      */
@@ -46,6 +50,13 @@ public function getRuleSet(): RuleSetInterface
         return $this->ruleSet ??= $this->createRuleSetFromPackage(InstalledVersions::getRootPackage());
     }
 
+    public function runInParallel(bool $runInParallel = true): self
+    {
+        $this->runInParallel = $runInParallel;
+
+        return $this;
+    }
+
     /**
      * @param array{name: string, version: string, pretty_version?: string} $package
      */
@@ -78,6 +89,10 @@ public function buildConfig(): ConfigInterface
             $this->customRules,
         ));
 
+        if ($this->runInParallel && $config instanceof ParallelAwareConfigInterface) {
+            $config->setParallelConfig(ParallelConfigFactory::detect());
+        }
+
         return $config;
     }
 
diff --git a/tests/lib/PhpCsFixer/InternalConfigFactoryTest.php b/tests/lib/PhpCsFixer/InternalConfigFactoryTest.php
index e85f80c..be2d4a9 100644
--- a/tests/lib/PhpCsFixer/InternalConfigFactoryTest.php
+++ b/tests/lib/PhpCsFixer/InternalConfigFactoryTest.php
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 use Ibexa\CodeStyle\PhpCsFixer\InternalConfigFactory;
 use Ibexa\CodeStyle\PhpCsFixer\Sets\Ibexa46RuleSet;
 use Ibexa\CodeStyle\PhpCsFixer\Sets\Ibexa50RuleSet;
+use PhpCsFixer\ParallelAwareConfigInterface;
 use PHPUnit\Framework\TestCase;
 use ReflectionClass;
 use ReflectionMethod;
@@ -40,6 +41,8 @@ protected function setUp(): void
      *
      * @param array{name: string, version: string, pretty_version?: string} $package
      * @param class-string $expectedRuleSetClass
+     *
+     * @throws \ReflectionException
      */
     public function testVersionBasedRuleSetSelection(
         array $package,
@@ -98,4 +101,25 @@ public function testWithRuleSet(): void
 
         self::assertSame($customRuleSet, $this->factory->getRuleSet());
     }
+
+    public function testRunInParallel(): void
+    {
+        // Note: sequential test instead of separate test cases on purpose
+
+        // sanity check
+        /** @var ParallelAwareConfigInterface $config */
+        $config = $this->factory->buildConfig();
+        self::assertSame(1, $config->getParallelConfig()->getMaxProcesses());
+
+        $this->factory->runInParallel();
+        /** @var ParallelAwareConfigInterface $config */
+        $config = $this->factory->buildConfig();
+        self::assertGreaterThan(1, $config->getParallelConfig()->getMaxProcesses());
+
+        // reset test
+        $this->factory->runInParallel(false);
+        /** @var ParallelAwareConfigInterface $config */
+        $config = $this->factory->buildConfig();
+        self::assertSame(1, $config->getParallelConfig()->getMaxProcesses());
+    }
 }