diff --git a/icu.spec b/icu.spec
index e951475..3689ded 100644
--- a/icu.spec
+++ b/icu.spec
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Name:      icu
 Version:   49.1.1
-Release:   2%{?dist}
+Release:   3%{?dist}
 Summary:   International Components for Unicode
 Group:     Development/Tools
 License:   MIT and UCD and Public Domain
@@ -76,14 +76,13 @@ sed -i 's| \$(docfilesdir)/installdox||' Makefile
 # There is no source/doc/html/search/ directory
 sed -i '/^\s\+\$(INSTALL_DATA) \$(docsrchfiles) \$(DESTDIR)\$(docdir)\/\$(docsubsrchdir)\s*$/d' Makefile
 
-
-make # %{?_smp_mflags} # -j(X>1) may "break" man pages as of 3.2, b.f.u #2357
-make doc
+make %{?_smp_mflags}
+make %{?_smp_mflags} doc
 
 %install
 rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT source/__docs
-make -C source install DESTDIR=$RPM_BUILD_ROOT
-make -C source install-doc docdir=__docs
+make %{?_smp_mflags} -C source install DESTDIR=$RPM_BUILD_ROOT
+make %{?_smp_mflags} -C source install-doc docdir=__docs
 chmod +x $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_libdir}/*.so.*
 (
  cd $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_bindir}
@@ -92,7 +91,11 @@ chmod +x $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_libdir}/*.so.*
 install -p -m755 -D %{SOURCE1} $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_bindir}/icu-config
 
 %check
-make -C source check
+# test to ensure that -j(X>1) didn't "break" man pages. b.f.u #2357
+if grep -q @VERSION@ source/tools/*/*.8 source/tools/*/*.1 source/config/*.1; then
+    exit 1
+fi
+make %{?_smp_mflags} -C source check
 
 %post -n lib%{name} -p /sbin/ldconfig
 
@@ -148,6 +151,9 @@ make -C source check
 %doc source/__docs/%{name}/html/*
 
 %changelog
+* Fri Jun 15 2012 Caolán McNamara <caolanm@redhat.com> - 49.1.1-3
+- probably parallel-build safe by now. Add a check for original breakage
+
 * Fri Jun 15 2012 Caolán McNamara <caolanm@redhat.com> - 49.1.1-2
 - Resolves: rhbz#804313 multi-lib pain