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 -DCMAKE_C_COMPILER_LAUNCHER=ccache -DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_LAUNCHER=ccache
 ```
 
+To enable parallelization with OpenMP runtime, add the following flag to the command above:
+
+```shell
+-DLLVM_ENABLE_RUNTIMES=openmp
+```
+
 Run the following to ensure the MPACT compiler builds and runs correctly.
 
 ```shell