diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index d39943e..606686e 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -369,6 +369,16 @@ dependencies = [
  "autocfg",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "num_cpus"
+version = "1.16.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "4161fcb6d602d4d2081af7c3a45852d875a03dd337a6bfdd6e06407b61342a43"
+dependencies = [
+ "hermit-abi",
+ "libc",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "omnilinter"
 version = "0.2.0"
@@ -377,10 +387,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "clap",
  "criterion",
  "glob",
+ "num_cpus",
  "pest",
  "pest_derive",
  "regex",
  "rstest",
+ "scoped_threadpool",
  "serde",
  "serde_json",
  "tempdir",
@@ -622,6 +634,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "winapi-util",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "scoped_threadpool"
+version = "0.1.9"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "1d51f5df5af43ab3f1360b429fa5e0152ac5ce8c0bd6485cae490332e96846a8"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "semver"
 version = "1.0.22"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index c8cd843..06c1833 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -20,9 +20,11 @@ harness = false
 assert_cmd = "2.0.13"
 clap = { version = "4.5.0", features = ["derive"] }
 glob = "0.3.1"
+num_cpus = "1.16.0"
 pest = "2.7.7"
 pest_derive = "2.7.7"
 regex = { version = "1.10.3", default-features = false, features = ["std", "unicode-perl"] }
+scoped_threadpool = "0.1.9"
 serde = { version = "1.0.196", features = ["derive"] }
 serde_json = "1.0.113"
 tempdir = "0.3.7"
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 4199464..261530b 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -16,8 +16,10 @@ use crate::formatters::json as format_json;
 use crate::formatters::text as format_text;
 use crate::r#match::MatchResult;
 use clap::{Parser, ValueEnum};
+use scoped_threadpool::Pool as ThreadPool;
 use std::collections::HashSet;
 use std::path::PathBuf;
+use std::sync::{Arc, Mutex};
 
 const CONFIG_FILE_NAME: &str = "omnilinter.conf";
 
@@ -60,6 +62,10 @@ struct Args {
     #[arg(long, value_name = "EXITCODE")]
     error_exitcode: Option<i32>,
 
+    /// If any matches are found, exit with given code
+    #[arg(short = 'j', long = "jobs", value_name = "COUNT")]
+    num_threads: Option<usize>,
+
     /// Directories to operate on
     #[arg(value_name = "TARGET_DIR")]
     roots: Vec<PathBuf>,
@@ -105,11 +111,23 @@ fn main() {
 
     let ruleset = config.ruleset.compile();
 
-    let mut result = MatchResult::new();
+    let result = Arc::new(Mutex::new(MatchResult::new()));
 
-    for root in &roots {
-        result.append(apply_ruleset(&ruleset, &root));
-    }
+    let num_threads = args.num_threads.unwrap_or_else(|| num_cpus::get());
+    let mut pool = ThreadPool::new(num_threads.try_into().unwrap_or(1));
+
+    pool.scoped(|scope| {
+        let ruleset = &ruleset;
+        for root in &roots {
+            let result = result.clone();
+            scope.execute(move || {
+                let res = apply_ruleset(&ruleset, &root);
+                result.lock().unwrap().append(res);
+            });
+        }
+    });
+
+    let result = Arc::into_inner(result).unwrap().into_inner().unwrap();
 
     match args.output_format {
         OutputFormat::ByRoot => {
diff --git a/src/match.rs b/src/match.rs
index cf55146..df7a854 100644
--- a/src/match.rs
+++ b/src/match.rs
@@ -24,6 +24,11 @@ impl<'a> MatchResult<'a> {
     }
 }
 
+// Although MatchResult contains Rc<> in individual matches, it is safe
+// to transfer across thread boundaries as a whole, because Rc's are only
+// shared inside of it
+unsafe impl Send for MatchResult<'_> {}
+
 pub struct Match<'a> {
     pub rule: &'a Rule,
     pub root: &'a Path,