diff --git a/scripts/travis/before_install b/scripts/travis/before_install
index 0bccb15..0d9c65a 100755
--- a/scripts/travis/before_install
+++ b/scripts/travis/before_install
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ if [ "${TRAVIS_OS_NAME}" == "linux" ]; then
 fi
 if [ "${TRAVIS_OS_NAME}" == "osx" ]; then
     bash support/osx/install-deps
+    brew install ninja
 fi
 echo "export GIT_COMMIT_DATE=\"$(git show -s --format='%cd' --date=short | tr -d '-')\"" > ${TRAVIS_BUILD_DIR}/git_commit_date.sh
 cat ${TRAVIS_BUILD_DIR}/git_commit_date.sh
diff --git a/scripts/travis/ci-build b/scripts/travis/ci-build
index a5cd206..2b233ec 100755
--- a/scripts/travis/ci-build
+++ b/scripts/travis/ci-build
@@ -10,15 +10,15 @@ fi
 
 if [ "${TRAVIS_OS_NAME}" == "linux" ]; then
     docker run --privileged -v $TRAVIS_BUILD_DIR:/code -v $TRAVIS_BUILD_DIR/build:/build --entrypoint ${CMAKE_BINARY} --name "planetary_imager_cmake" ${DOCKER_IMAGE} \
-        -DPACKAGE_VERSION_SUFFIX="_${GIT_COMMIT_DATE}_ci${TRAVIS_BUILD_NUMBER}" -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Debug -DENABLE_PLANETARYIMAGER_TESTING=${ENABLE_PLANETARYIMAGER_TESTING} /code 
+        -G Ninja -DPACKAGE_VERSION_SUFFIX="_${GIT_COMMIT_DATE}_ci${TRAVIS_BUILD_NUMBER}" -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Debug -DENABLE_PLANETARYIMAGER_TESTING=${ENABLE_PLANETARYIMAGER_TESTING} /code 
 fi
 
 if [ "${TRAVIS_OS_NAME}" == "osx" ]; then
     mkdir "$TRAVIS_BUILD_DIR/build"
     cd "$TRAVIS_BUILD_DIR/build"
     bash "$TRAVIS_BUILD_DIR/support/osx/cmake" -DCPACK_GENERATOR=DragNDrop -DPACKAGE_SYSTEM_NAME=MacOSX \
-        -DPACKAGE_VERSION_SUFFIX="_${GIT_COMMIT_DATE}_ci${TRAVIS_BUILD_NUMBER}" -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=RelWithDebInfo -DENABLE_PLANETARYIMAGER_TESTING=${ENABLE_PLANETARYIMAGER_TESTING} \
+        -G Ninja -DPACKAGE_VERSION_SUFFIX="_${GIT_COMMIT_DATE}_ci${TRAVIS_BUILD_NUMBER}" -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=RelWithDebInfo -DENABLE_PLANETARYIMAGER_TESTING=${ENABLE_PLANETARYIMAGER_TESTING} \
         "$TRAVIS_BUILD_DIR"
-    make -j4
+    ninja
 fi
 
diff --git a/scripts/travis/package b/scripts/travis/package
index 4988cd3..a94067d 100755
--- a/scripts/travis/package
+++ b/scripts/travis/package
@@ -6,11 +6,11 @@ mkdir -p "$TRAVIS_BUILD_DIR/packages"
 if [ "${TRAVIS_OS_NAME}" == "linux" ]; then
     source ~/virtualenv/python3.6/bin/activate
     pip install pyaml
-    ./support/docker/docker.py package -j 4 -d "${TRAVIS_BUILD_DIR}/packages" --stderr -D PACKAGE_VERSION_SUFFIX="_${GIT_COMMIT_DATE}_ci${TRAVIS_BUILD_NUMBER}" --privileged -i ${DOCKER_IMAGE}
+    ./support/docker/docker.py package -d "${TRAVIS_BUILD_DIR}/packages" --stderr -D PACKAGE_VERSION_SUFFIX="_${GIT_COMMIT_DATE}_ci${TRAVIS_BUILD_NUMBER}" --privileged -i ${DOCKER_IMAGE}
 fi
 
 if [ "${TRAVIS_OS_NAME}" == "osx" ]; then
     cd "$TRAVIS_BUILD_DIR/build"
-    make package -j4
+    ninja package
     cp -av *.dmg "$TRAVIS_BUILD_DIR/packages"
 fi
diff --git a/scripts/travis/tests b/scripts/travis/tests
index b816362..7630c7b 100755
--- a/scripts/travis/tests
+++ b/scripts/travis/tests
@@ -3,14 +3,14 @@ set -e
 
 if [ "${TRAVIS_OS_NAME}" == "${BUILD_OS_FAMILY}" ] && [ "${SKIP_TESTS}" == "0" ]; then
     if [ "$TRAVIS_OS_NAME" == 'linux' ]; then
-        docker run --privileged -v $TRAVIS_BUILD_DIR:/code -v $TRAVIS_BUILD_DIR/build:/build --entrypoint make --name "planetary_imager_build" ${DOCKER_IMAGE} build_tests -j4
-        docker run --privileged -v $TRAVIS_BUILD_DIR:/code -v $TRAVIS_BUILD_DIR/build:/build --entrypoint make --name "planetary_imager_tests" ${DOCKER_IMAGE} test CTEST_OUTPUT_ON_FAILURE=1 GTEST_OUTPUT=xml:/build/tests_result/
+        docker run --privileged -v $TRAVIS_BUILD_DIR:/code -v $TRAVIS_BUILD_DIR/build:/build --entrypoint ninja --name "planetary_imager_build" ${DOCKER_IMAGE} build_tests
+        docker run --privileged -v $TRAVIS_BUILD_DIR:/code -v $TRAVIS_BUILD_DIR/build:/build --entrypoint ninja --name "planetary_imager_tests" -e GTEST_OUTPUT=xml:/build/tests_result -e CTEST_OUTPUT_ON_FAILURE=1 ${DOCKER_IMAGE} test
     fi
 
     if [ "$TRAVIS_OS_NAME" == 'osx' ]; then
         cd "$TRAVIS_BUILD_DIR/build"
-        make build_tests -j4
-        make test GTEST_OUTPUT=xml:$TRAVIS_BUILD_DIR/build/tests_result/  CTEST_OUTPUT_ON_FAILURE=1
+        ninja build_tests
+        GTEST_OUTPUT=xml:$TRAVIS_BUILD_DIR/build/tests_result/  CTEST_OUTPUT_ON_FAILURE=1 ninja test
     fi
 fi
 
diff --git a/support/docker/docker.py b/support/docker/docker.py
index 74e683e..203cd40 100755
--- a/support/docker/docker.py
+++ b/support/docker/docker.py
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ def generate_travis(args):
 parser_package.add_argument('-d', '--dest', required=True, help='Destination directory (i.e. where to put packages). Use `none` if you want to skip exporting packages.')
 parser_package.add_argument('-b', '--build-directory', required=False, help='Bind build directory on docker')
 parser_package.add_argument('--cmake-build-type', default='RelWithDebInfo', help='CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE')
-parser_package.add_argument('-j', '--make-jobs', default=1, help='Make parallel jobs')
+parser_package.add_argument('-j', '--make-jobs', help='Make parallel jobs')
 parser_package.add_argument('-D', '--cmake-define', action='append', default=[], help='CMake definitions to be passed to docker container (use multiple times if necessary)')
 parser_package.add_argument('-i', '--images-filter', action='append', default=[], help='Filter images by name (use multiple times if necessary)')
 parser_package.add_argument('-c', '--clean-logs', action='store_true', default=False, help='Clean logs directory')
diff --git a/support/docker/dockerfile.py b/support/docker/dockerfile.py
index cc4adab..3151f9f 100644
--- a/support/docker/dockerfile.py
+++ b/support/docker/dockerfile.py
@@ -61,14 +61,12 @@ def package(self, code_path, destination_path, make_jobs, cmake_defines, stderr=
         '--rm',
         '-v',
         '{}:/code'.format(os.path.abspath(code_path)),
-        '-e',
-        'MAKE_OPTS=-j{}'.format(make_jobs),
       ]
+      if make_jobs:
+          cmdline.extend(['-e', 'MAKE_OPTS=-j{}'.format(make_jobs)])
+
       if destination_path:
-        cmdline.extend([
-          '-v',
-          '{}:/dest'.format(os.path.abspath(destination_path)),
-      ])
+        cmdline.extend(['-v', '{}:/dest'.format(os.path.abspath(destination_path))])
       if privileged:
         cmdline.append('--privileged')
       if build_directory:
diff --git a/support/docker/files/entrypoint b/support/docker/files/entrypoint
index 39a56d9..4b244b9 100644
--- a/support/docker/files/entrypoint
+++ b/support/docker/files/entrypoint
@@ -1,14 +1,15 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
 CMAKE_BIN="${CMAKE_BIN:-cmake}"
-PACKAGE_COMMAND="${PACKAGE_COMMAND:-make package}"
+PACKAGE_COMMAND="${PACKAGE_COMMAND:-ninja package}"
 
 set -e
 ${CMAKE_BIN} \
+          -G Ninja \
           -DCMAKE_PREFIX_PATH=${CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH} \
           "$@" \
           /code 
-make ${MAKE_OPTS} && $PACKAGE_COMMAND
+ninja ${MAKE_OPTS} && $PACKAGE_COMMAND
 
 if [ -r package_name.cfg ]; then
     . package_name.cfg
diff --git a/support/docker/snippets/debian.in b/support/docker/snippets/debian.in
index a0e7624..8788c8a 100644
--- a/support/docker/snippets/debian.in
+++ b/support/docker/snippets/debian.in
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ COPY qemu-arm-static /usr/bin
 ENV DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive
 RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y \
     autoconf \
+    ninja-build \
     qtbase5-dev \
     qtdeclarative5-dev \
     build-essential \
diff --git a/support/docker/snippets/fedora.in b/support/docker/snippets/fedora.in
index 77f3c01..e1e97fb 100644
--- a/support/docker/snippets/fedora.in
+++ b/support/docker/snippets/fedora.in
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ RUN yum install -y \
     autoconf \
     automake \
     make \
+    ninja-build \
     qt5-qtbase-devel \
     qt5-qtdeclarative-devel \
     gcc-c++ \
diff --git a/support/docker/snippets/windows.in b/support/docker/snippets/windows.in
index dad6a80..25c0499 100644
--- a/support/docker/snippets/windows.in
+++ b/support/docker/snippets/windows.in
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y \
     cmake \
     git \
     wget \
+    ninja-build \
     autopoint autoconf automake bash bison bzip2 flex \
     libgdk-pixbuf2.0-dev gettext git gperf intltool make \
     sed libffi-dev libtool p7zip-full patch lzip \