diff --git a/gradle.properties b/gradle.properties
index 2c26b34d6..704b342a4 100644
--- a/gradle.properties
+++ b/gradle.properties
@@ -25,3 +25,6 @@ coreVersion = 1.8.1
 
 # Silences a build-time warning because we are bundling our own kotlin library
 kotlin.stdlib.default.dependency = false
+
+org.gradle.parallel=true
+org.gradle.caching=true