diff --git a/scripts/pkgmeek b/scripts/pkgmeek
index 1972c02..91512e8 100755
--- a/scripts/pkgmeek
+++ b/scripts/pkgmeek
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 
 main() {
 ######################## main routine ################################
-local pkg_dir src_dir work _local_ here url u pkg_utd f DIR TARGET
+local N pkg_dir src_dir work _local_ here url u pkg_utd f DIR TARGET
 local errDL=0; local errUZ=0; local BSDTAR="/usr/bin/bsdtar --format=gnutar"
 declare -A ZFLAG=([xz]="-J" [bz2]="-j" [gz]="-z" [lz4]="--lz4" [zstd]="--zstd")
 parse_options "$@"
@@ -149,15 +149,17 @@ if [ "$pkg_utd" = 0 ] || [[ "$PKGMK_FORCE $PKGMK_EXTRACT_ONLY" =~ yes ]]; then
 		|| { error "Unsuccessful build!"; cleanup_work; exit "$E_BUILD"; }
 
 	# Strip binaries
+	N=$(nproc)
 	[ -n "$ns_filter" ] || [ ! -f "$PKGMK_ROOT/.nostrip" ] \
 			|| ns_filter="| grep -v -f $PKGMK_ROOT/.nostrip"
-	{ while read -r f; do
-		case $(file -b "$f") in
-		*ELF*executable*not\ stripped*)     strip --strip-all      "$f" ;;
-		*ELF*shared\ object*not\ stripped*) strip --strip-unneeded "$f" ;;
-		current\ ar\ archive)               strip --strip-debug    "$f" ;;
-		esac
-	done } < <(eval find pkg -type f $ns_filter)
+	ns_filter+="| xargs -r -L10 -P$N file --no-buffer --separator '>'"
+	ns_filter+=" -e apptype -e text -e encoding -e cdf -e compress -e tar"
+
+	< <(eval find pkg -type f -printf "%P\n" $ns_filter) awk 'BEGIN { FS=">[ ]+" }
+		$0 ~ /ELF.*executable.*not stripped/ { print "--strip-all \"" $1 "\"" }
+		$0 ~ /ELF.*shared object.*not stripped/ { print "--strip-unneeded \"" $1 "\"" }
+		$2 == "current ar archive" { print "--strip-debug \"" $1 "\"" }' \
+		| xargs -r -L1 -P$N strip
 
 	# Compress anything under /man that does not appear to be gzipped
 	find pkg -type f -path "*/man/man*/*" \! -iname '*.gz' \