diff --git a/scripts/bootstrap.sh b/scripts/bootstrap.sh
index 3f5bd85aa0..1a17bbfbbe 100644
--- a/scripts/bootstrap.sh
+++ b/scripts/bootstrap.sh
@@ -299,8 +299,13 @@ echo "Building vcpkg-tool..."
 rm -rf "$baseBuildDir"
 mkdir -p "$buildDir"
 vcpkgExtractArchive "$tarballPath" "$srcBaseDir"
+cmakeConfigOptions="-DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release -G 'Ninja' -DCMAKE_MAKE_PROGRAM='$ninjaExe'"
 
-(cd "$buildDir" && CXX="$CXX" "$cmakeExe" "$srcDir" -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release -G "Ninja" "-DCMAKE_MAKE_PROGRAM=$ninjaExe" "-DBUILD_TESTING=$vcpkgBuildTests" "-DVCPKG_DEVELOPMENT_WARNINGS=OFF" "-DVCPKG_ALLOW_APPLE_CLANG=$vcpkgAllowAppleClang") || exit 1
+if [ "${VCPKG_MAX_CONCURRENCY}" != "" ] ; then
+    cmakeConfigOptions=" $cmakeConfigOptions '-DCMAKE_JOB_POOL_COMPILE:STRING=compile' '-DCMAKE_JOB_POOL_LINK:STRING=link' '-DCMAKE_JOB_POOLS:STRING=compile=$VCPKG_MAX_CONCURRENCY;link=$VCPKG_MAX_CONCURRENCY' "
+fi
+
+(cd "$buildDir" && eval CXX="$CXX" "$cmakeExe" "$srcDir" $cmakeConfigOptions "-DBUILD_TESTING=$vcpkgBuildTests" "-DVCPKG_DEVELOPMENT_WARNINGS=OFF" "-DVCPKG_ALLOW_APPLE_CLANG=$vcpkgAllowAppleClang") || exit 1
 (cd "$buildDir" && "$cmakeExe" --build .) || exit 1
 
 rm -rf "$vcpkgRootDir/vcpkg"