--- /usr/portage/eclass/db.eclass	2006-08-15 20:05:54.000000000 +0000
+++ /usr/portage/eclass/db.eclass	2008-12-31 23:32:40.000000000 +0000
@@ -121,10 +121,17 @@ 
 			einfo "Running sys-libs/db testsuite"
 			ewarn "This can take 6+ hours on modern machines"
 			cd ${S}
-			echo 'source ../test/test.tcl' >testrunner.tcl
-			echo 'run_std' >>testrunner.tcl
+			echo 'source ../test/test.tcl' > testrunner.tcl
+			testJobs=`echo "${MAKEOPTS}" | \
+					sed -e "s/.*-j\([0-9]\+\).*/\1/"`
+			if [[ ${testJobs} =~ [[:digit:]]+ ]]; then
+				echo "run_parallel ${testJobs} run_std" >> testrunner.tcl
+			else 
+				echo 'run_std' >>testrunner.tcl
+			fi
+
 			tclsh testrunner.tcl
-			egrep -qs '^FAIL' ALL.OUT && die "Some tests failed, please see ${S}/ALL.OUT"
+			egrep -qs '^FAIL' ALL.OUT* && die "Some tests failed, please see ${S}/ALL.OUT*"
 		else
 			eerror "You must have USE=tcl to run the sys-libs/db testsuite."
 		fi