diff --git a/glfw/glfw.py b/glfw/glfw.py
index 41d0e1a53..3f6f31ee6 100755
--- a/glfw/glfw.py
+++ b/glfw/glfw.py
@@ -84,7 +84,8 @@ def init_env(env, pkg_config, at_least_version, test_compile, module='x11'):
     return ans
 
 
-def build_wayland_protocols(env, run_tool, emphasis, newer, dest_dir):
+def build_wayland_protocols(env, Command, parallel_run, emphasis, newer, dest_dir):
+    items = []
     for protocol in env.wayland_protocols:
         src = os.path.join(env.wayland_packagedir, protocol)
         if not os.path.exists(src):
@@ -94,8 +95,12 @@ def build_wayland_protocols(env, run_tool, emphasis, newer, dest_dir):
             dest = os.path.join(dest_dir, dest)
             if newer(dest, src):
                 q = 'client-header' if ext == 'h' else env.wayland_scanner_code
-                run_tool([env.wayland_scanner, q, src, dest],
-                         desc='Generating {} ...'.format(emphasis(os.path.basename(dest))))
+                items.append(Command(
+                    'Generating {} ...'.format(emphasis(os.path.basename(dest))),
+                    [env.wayland_scanner, q, src, dest],
+                    lambda: True, None, None, None))
+    if items:
+        parallel_run(items)
 
 
 class Arg:
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 0f79f004e..d1c8504e9 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -403,7 +403,7 @@ def parallel_run(items):
     while len(workers):
         wait()
     if not verbose:
-        print()
+        print(' done')
     if failed:
         print(failed.desc)
         run_tool(failed.cmd)
@@ -552,7 +552,7 @@ def compile_glfw(compilation_database):
         all_headers = [os.path.join('glfw', x) for x in genv.all_headers]
         if module == 'wayland':
             try:
-                glfw.build_wayland_protocols(genv, run_tool, emphasis, newer, os.path.join(base, 'glfw'))
+                glfw.build_wayland_protocols(genv, Command, parallel_run, emphasis, newer, os.path.join(base, 'glfw'))
             except SystemExit as err:
                 print(err, file=sys.stderr)
                 print(error('Disabling building of wayland backend'), file=sys.stderr)