diff --git a/cache/Dockerfile-save b/cache/Dockerfile-save
index 5bf8e668e..c9f5e4dcc 100644
--- a/cache/Dockerfile-save
+++ b/cache/Dockerfile-save
@@ -1,4 +1,9 @@
 ARG project_id
 FROM gcr.io/${project_id}/cache
 
-ENTRYPOINT ["save_cache"]
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+RUN    apt-get update \
+    && apt-get install -y pigz \
+    && apt-get clean \
+    && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
+
+ENTRYPOINT ["save_cache"]
diff --git a/cache/save_cache b/cache/save_cache
index 2c5381786..14c632315 100755
--- a/cache/save_cache
+++ b/cache/save_cache
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ if [ "$NO_CLOBBER" = true ];then
 fi
 
 echo "Compressing cache to ${CACHE_FILE}..."
-tar cpzf "$CACHE_FILE" ${PATHS[@]} -P
+tar --use-compress-program="pigz -k " -cpf "$CACHE_FILE" ${PATHS[@]} -P
 
 if [ -n "$BUCKET" ];then
   echo "Uploading cache to Google Cloud Storage..."