diff --git a/packer/Cargo.lock b/packer/Cargo.lock
index 25cee9a5e..726e04781 100644
--- a/packer/Cargo.lock
+++ b/packer/Cargo.lock
@@ -121,12 +121,65 @@ dependencies = [
  "vec_map",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "console"
+version = "0.11.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "dea0f3e2e8d7dba335e913b97f9e1992c86c4399d54f8be1d31c8727d0652064"
+dependencies = [
+ "encode_unicode",
+ "lazy_static",
+ "libc",
+ "regex",
+ "terminal_size",
+ "termios",
+ "unicode-width",
+ "winapi",
+ "winapi-util",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "constant_time_eq"
 version = "0.1.5"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "245097e9a4535ee1e3e3931fcfcd55a796a44c643e8596ff6566d68f09b87bbc"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "crossbeam-deque"
+version = "0.7.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "9f02af974daeee82218205558e51ec8768b48cf524bd01d550abe5573a608285"
+dependencies = [
+ "crossbeam-epoch",
+ "crossbeam-utils",
+ "maybe-uninit",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "crossbeam-epoch"
+version = "0.8.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "058ed274caafc1f60c4997b5fc07bf7dc7cca454af7c6e81edffe5f33f70dace"
+dependencies = [
+ "autocfg",
+ "cfg-if",
+ "crossbeam-utils",
+ "lazy_static",
+ "maybe-uninit",
+ "memoffset",
+ "scopeguard",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "crossbeam-queue"
+version = "0.2.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "c695eeca1e7173472a32221542ae469b3e9aac3a4fc81f7696bcad82029493db"
+dependencies = [
+ "cfg-if",
+ "crossbeam-utils",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "crossbeam-utils"
 version = "0.7.2"
@@ -181,6 +234,18 @@ version = "0.4.5"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "4358a9e11b9a09cf52383b451b49a169e8d797b68aa02301ff586d70d9661ea3"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "either"
+version = "1.5.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "bb1f6b1ce1c140482ea30ddd3335fc0024ac7ee112895426e0a629a6c20adfe3"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "encode_unicode"
+version = "0.3.6"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "a357d28ed41a50f9c765dbfe56cbc04a64e53e5fc58ba79fbc34c10ef3df831f"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "fake-simd"
 version = "0.1.2"
@@ -206,6 +271,8 @@ dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "clap",
  "data-encoding",
+ "indicatif",
+ "rayon",
  "serde",
  "serde_json",
  "serde_yaml",
@@ -250,6 +317,18 @@ dependencies = [
  "libc",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "indicatif"
+version = "0.14.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "49a68371cf417889c9d7f98235b7102ea7c54fc59bcbd22f3dea785be9d27e40"
+dependencies = [
+ "console",
+ "lazy_static",
+ "number_prefix",
+ "regex",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "itoa"
 version = "0.4.5"
@@ -274,6 +353,37 @@ version = "0.5.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "ae91b68aebc4ddb91978b11a1b02ddd8602a05ec19002801c5666000e05e0f83"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "maybe-uninit"
+version = "2.0.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "60302e4db3a61da70c0cb7991976248362f30319e88850c487b9b95bbf059e00"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "memoffset"
+version = "0.5.4"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "b4fc2c02a7e374099d4ee95a193111f72d2110197fe200272371758f6c3643d8"
+dependencies = [
+ "autocfg",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "num_cpus"
+version = "1.13.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "05499f3756671c15885fee9034446956fff3f243d6077b91e5767df161f766b3"
+dependencies = [
+ "hermit-abi",
+ "libc",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "number_prefix"
+version = "0.3.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "17b02fc0ff9a9e4b35b3342880f48e896ebf69f2967921fe8646bf5b7125956a"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "opaque-debug"
 version = "0.2.3"
@@ -326,6 +436,30 @@ version = "0.4.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "9c33a3c44ca05fa6f1807d8e6743f3824e8509beca625669633be0acbdf509dc"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "rayon"
+version = "1.3.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "db6ce3297f9c85e16621bb8cca38a06779ffc31bb8184e1be4bed2be4678a098"
+dependencies = [
+ "crossbeam-deque",
+ "either",
+ "rayon-core",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "rayon-core"
+version = "1.7.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "08a89b46efaf957e52b18062fb2f4660f8b8a4dde1807ca002690868ef2c85a9"
+dependencies = [
+ "crossbeam-deque",
+ "crossbeam-queue",
+ "crossbeam-utils",
+ "lazy_static",
+ "num_cpus",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "rdrand"
 version = "0.4.0"
@@ -352,6 +486,21 @@ dependencies = [
  "rust-argon2",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "regex"
+version = "1.3.7"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "a6020f034922e3194c711b82a627453881bc4682166cabb07134a10c26ba7692"
+dependencies = [
+ "regex-syntax",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "regex-syntax"
+version = "0.6.17"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "7fe5bd57d1d7414c6b5ed48563a2c855d995ff777729dcd91c369ec7fea395ae"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "remove_dir_all"
 version = "0.5.2"
@@ -379,6 +528,12 @@ version = "1.0.4"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "ed3d612bc64430efeb3f7ee6ef26d590dce0c43249217bddc62112540c7941e1"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "scopeguard"
+version = "1.1.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "d29ab0c6d3fc0ee92fe66e2d99f700eab17a8d57d1c1d3b748380fb20baa78cd"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "serde"
 version = "1.0.106"
@@ -482,6 +637,25 @@ dependencies = [
  "remove_dir_all",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "terminal_size"
+version = "0.1.12"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "8038f95fc7a6f351163f4b964af631bd26c9e828f7db085f2a84aca56f70d13b"
+dependencies = [
+ "libc",
+ "winapi",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "termios"
+version = "0.3.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "6f0fcee7b24a25675de40d5bb4de6e41b0df07bc9856295e7e2b3a3600c400c2"
+dependencies = [
+ "libc",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "textwrap"
 version = "0.11.0"
@@ -537,6 +711,15 @@ version = "0.4.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "ac3b87c63620426dd9b991e5ce0329eff545bccbbb34f3be09ff6fb6ab51b7b6"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "winapi-util"
+version = "0.1.5"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "70ec6ce85bb158151cae5e5c87f95a8e97d2c0c4b001223f33a334e3ce5de178"
+dependencies = [
+ "winapi",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "winapi-x86_64-pc-windows-gnu"
 version = "0.4.0"
diff --git a/packer/Cargo.toml b/packer/Cargo.toml
index 592dcc0ad..475f8c2bb 100644
--- a/packer/Cargo.toml
+++ b/packer/Cargo.toml
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ anyhow = "1.0.28"
 sha2 = "0.8.1"
 data-encoding = "2.2.0"
 serde_json = "1.0.52"
+rayon = "1.3.0"
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 tempdir = "0.3.7"
diff --git a/packer/src/main.rs b/packer/src/main.rs
index ab69e2b37..542e59fa0 100644
--- a/packer/src/main.rs
+++ b/packer/src/main.rs
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ mod types;
 
 use anyhow::{bail, Context, Result};
 use clap::value_t_or_exit;
+use rayon::prelude::{IntoParallelIterator, ParallelIterator};
 use std::collections::BTreeMap;
 use std::fs::File;
 use std::io::{stdout, BufReader, Read, Write};
@@ -42,7 +43,7 @@ fn pack(
         .get(platform)
         .ok_or_else(|| error::Error::MissingPlatformDefinition(platform.clone()))?;
     packtype_paths
-        .into_iter()
+        .into_par_iter()
         .map(|(pack_type, pack_files)| {
             print!(
                 "Packing for platform {:?} type {:?} ... ",
@@ -193,7 +194,7 @@ fn gen_manifest_files(
     archive_paths: &[(PackType, path::PathBuf)],
 ) -> Result<BTreeMap<PackType, HashSum>> {
     let res = archive_paths
-        .into_iter()
+        .into_par_iter()
         .map(|(pack_type, path)| {
             let reader = BufReader::new(File::open(path)?);
             let hash = sha256_digest(reader)?;