diff --git a/scrimage-webp/src/main/java/com/sksamuel/scrimage/webp/CWebpHandler.java b/scrimage-webp/src/main/java/com/sksamuel/scrimage/webp/CWebpHandler.java
index cebf7b39..f13b89b6 100644
--- a/scrimage-webp/src/main/java/com/sksamuel/scrimage/webp/CWebpHandler.java
+++ b/scrimage-webp/src/main/java/com/sksamuel/scrimage/webp/CWebpHandler.java
@@ -47,12 +47,13 @@ public byte[] convert(byte[] bytes,
                          int q,
                          int z,
                          boolean lossless,
-                         boolean withoutAlpha) throws IOException {
+                         boolean withoutAlpha,
+                         boolean multiThread) throws IOException {
       Path input = Files.createTempFile("input", "webp").toAbsolutePath();
       Path output = Files.createTempFile("to_webp", "webp").toAbsolutePath();
       try {
          Files.write(input, bytes, StandardOpenOption.CREATE);
-         convert(input, output, m, q, z, lossless, withoutAlpha);
+         convert(input, output, m, q, z, lossless, withoutAlpha, multiThread);
          return Files.readAllBytes(output);
       } finally {
          try {
@@ -72,8 +73,8 @@ private void convert(Path input,
                         int q,
                         int z,
                         boolean lossless,
-                        boolean withoutAlpha) throws IOException {
-
+                        boolean withoutAlpha,
+                        boolean multiThread) throws IOException {
       Path stdout = Files.createTempFile("stdout", "webp");
       List<String> commands = new ArrayList<>();
       commands.add(binary.toAbsolutePath().toString());
@@ -95,6 +96,9 @@ private void convert(Path input,
       if (withoutAlpha) {
          commands.add("-noalpha");
       }
+      if (multiThread) {
+         commands.add("-mt");
+      }
       commands.add(input.toAbsolutePath().toString());
       commands.add("-o");
       commands.add(target.toAbsolutePath().toString());
diff --git a/scrimage-webp/src/main/java/com/sksamuel/scrimage/webp/WebpWriter.java b/scrimage-webp/src/main/java/com/sksamuel/scrimage/webp/WebpWriter.java
index 9091fb42..9d3031a6 100644
--- a/scrimage-webp/src/main/java/com/sksamuel/scrimage/webp/WebpWriter.java
+++ b/scrimage-webp/src/main/java/com/sksamuel/scrimage/webp/WebpWriter.java
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ public class WebpWriter implements ImageWriter {
    private final int m;
    private final boolean lossless;
    private final boolean noAlpha;
+   private final boolean multiThread;
 
    public WebpWriter() {
       z = -1;
@@ -27,6 +28,7 @@ public WebpWriter() {
       m = -1;
       lossless = false;
       noAlpha = false;
+      multiThread = false;
    }
 
    public WebpWriter(int z, int q, int m, boolean lossless) {
@@ -35,6 +37,7 @@ public WebpWriter(int z, int q, int m, boolean lossless) {
       this.m = m;
       this.lossless = lossless;
       this.noAlpha = false;
+      this.multiThread = false;
    }
 
    public WebpWriter(int z, int q, int m, boolean lossless, boolean noAlpha) {
@@ -43,6 +46,16 @@ public WebpWriter(int z, int q, int m, boolean lossless, boolean noAlpha) {
       this.m = m;
       this.lossless = lossless;
       this.noAlpha = noAlpha;
+      this.multiThread = false;
+   }
+
+   public WebpWriter(int z, int q, int m, boolean lossless, boolean noAlpha, boolean multiThread) {
+      this.z = z;
+      this.q = q;
+      this.m = m;
+      this.lossless = lossless;
+      this.noAlpha = noAlpha;
+      this.multiThread = multiThread;
    }
 
    public WebpWriter withLossless() {
@@ -53,6 +66,10 @@ public WebpWriter withoutAlpha() {
       return new WebpWriter(z, q, m, lossless, true);
    }
 
+   public WebpWriter withMultiThread() {
+      return new WebpWriter(z, q, m, lossless, noAlpha, multiThread);
+   }
+
    public WebpWriter withQ(int q) {
       if (q < 0) throw new IllegalArgumentException("q must be between 0 and 100");
       if (q > 100) throw new IllegalArgumentException("q must be between 0 and 100");
@@ -73,7 +90,7 @@ public WebpWriter withZ(int z) {
 
    @Override
    public void write(AwtImage image, ImageMetadata metadata, OutputStream out) throws IOException {
-      byte[] bytes = handler.convert(image.bytes(PngWriter.NoCompression), m, q, z, lossless, noAlpha);
+      byte[] bytes = handler.convert(image.bytes(PngWriter.NoCompression), m, q, z, lossless, noAlpha, multiThread);
       out.write(bytes);
    }
 }
diff --git a/scrimage-webp/src/test/kotlin/com/sksamuel/scrimage/webp/WebpTest.kt b/scrimage-webp/src/test/kotlin/com/sksamuel/scrimage/webp/WebpTest.kt
index ec95d456..f15ccdf4 100644
--- a/scrimage-webp/src/test/kotlin/com/sksamuel/scrimage/webp/WebpTest.kt
+++ b/scrimage-webp/src/test/kotlin/com/sksamuel/scrimage/webp/WebpTest.kt
@@ -30,6 +30,13 @@ class WebpTest : FunSpec() {
             javaClass.getResourceAsStream("/noAlpha.webp").readBytes()
       }
 
+      test("render with multi thread") {
+         val webpWriter = WebpWriter.MAX_LOSSLESS_COMPRESSION.withMultiThread()
+         ImmutableImage.loader().fromResource("/spacedock.jpg").scale(0.5)
+            .bytes(webpWriter) shouldBe
+            javaClass.getResourceAsStream("/spacedock.webp").readBytes()
+      }
+
       test("dwebp should capture error on failure") {
          val dwebpPath = WebpHandler.getBinaryPaths("dwebp")[2]