diff --git a/CMakePresets.json b/CMakePresets.json
index a1189ba2c5..5773f91d59 100644
--- a/CMakePresets.json
+++ b/CMakePresets.json
@@ -14,6 +14,14 @@
             "type": "BOOL",
             "value": "ON"
           },
+          "CMAKE_JOB_POOL_COMPILE": {
+            "type": "STRING",
+            "value": "compile_jobs"
+          },
+          "CMAKE_JOB_POOL_LINK": {
+            "type": "STRING",
+            "value": "link_jobs"
+          },
           "CMAKE_POLICY_VERSION_MINIMUM": {
             "type": "STRING",
             "value": "3.5"
diff --git a/cMake/FreeCAD_Helpers/CompilerChecksAndSetups.cmake b/cMake/FreeCAD_Helpers/CompilerChecksAndSetups.cmake
index 7dda6ad4d7..89e239a9b2 100644
--- a/cMake/FreeCAD_Helpers/CompilerChecksAndSetups.cmake
+++ b/cMake/FreeCAD_Helpers/CompilerChecksAndSetups.cmake
@@ -9,6 +9,13 @@ macro(CompilerChecksAndSetups)
 
     # ================================================================================
 
+    # Use a heuristic of 1 GiB of RAM needed per compiler job and limit to
+    # a single link job. Modern linkers are multithreaded and running them concurrently
+    # can exhaust resources.
+    cmake_host_system_information(RESULT avail_mem_MiB QUERY TOTAL_PHYSICAL_MEMORY)
+    math(EXPR max_compile_procs "${avail_mem_MiB} / 1024")
+    set_property(GLOBAL PROPERTY JOB_POOLS compile_jobs=${max_compile_procs} link_jobs=1)
+
     # Allow developers to use Boost < 1.74
     if (NOT BOOST_MIN_VERSION)
         set(BOOST_MIN_VERSION 1.74)