--- a/hotspot/src/share/tools/ProjectCreator/WinGammaPlatformVC8.java	Tue Dec 14 15:10:52 2010 -0500
+++ b/hotspot/src/share/tools/ProjectCreator/WinGammaPlatformVC8.java	Wed Dec 15 07:11:31 2010 -0800
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
  *
  */
 
-import java.util.*;
+import java.util.Vector;
 
 public class WinGammaPlatformVC8 extends WinGammaPlatformVC7 {
 
@@ -41,6 +41,9 @@
         // Set /EHsc- option. 0 is cppExceptionHandlingNo
         addAttr(rv, "ExceptionHandling", "0");
 
+        // enable multi process builds
+        extAttr(rv, "AdditionalOptions", "/MP");
+
         return rv;
     }