diff --git a/lib/functions/compilation/distcc.sh b/lib/functions/compilation/distcc.sh
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f3c2e1a0d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/functions/compilation/distcc.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+# Config:
+# declare -A -g DISTCC_TARGETS_HOST_PORT=()
+# declare -A -g DISTCC_TARGETS_CORES=()
+# declare -a -g DISTCC_TARGETS_SPEED_ORDER=()
+# Vars:
+# declare -a -g DISTCC_CROSS_COMPILE_PREFIX=()
+# declare -a -g DISTCC_MAKE_J_PARALLEL=()
+function prepare_distcc_compilation_config() {
+	declare -a DISTCC_TARGETS_SEGMENTS=()
+
+	declare -i total_distcc_cores=0
+	# Loop over DISTCC_TARGETS_SPEED_ORDER, get the details from DISTCC_TARGETS_HOST_PORT, and add the targets to the DISTCC_TARGETS_SEGMENTS array.
+	for target in "${DISTCC_TARGETS_SPEED_ORDER[@]}"; do
+		local host_port="${DISTCC_TARGETS_HOST_PORT[$target]}"
+		declare -i cores="${DISTCC_TARGETS_CORES[$target]}"
+
+		# Check if host_port is not empty, otherwise continue.
+		if [[ -z "$host_port" ]]; then
+			display_alert "Skipping distcc target" "$target has no host_port defined in config" "wrn"
+			continue
+		fi
+		# Check if $cores is bigger than zero (0), otherwise continue.
+		if [[ $cores -lt 1 ]]; then
+			display_alert "Skipping distcc target" "$target has no cores defined in config" "wrn"
+			continue
+		fi
+		total_distcc_cores=$((total_distcc_cores + cores))
+		DISTCC_TARGETS_SEGMENTS+=("${host_port}/${cores},lzo")
+	done
+
+	# If DISTCC_TARGETS_SEGMENTS is not empty, add the localslots to it.
+	if [[ ${#DISTCC_TARGETS_SEGMENTS[@]} -gt 0 ]]; then
+		# Use the total number of distcc cores plus 2
+		DISTCC_TARGETS_SEGMENTS+=(--localslots=2 --localslots_cpp=$((total_distcc_cores + 2)))
+
+		DISTCC_EXTRA_ENVS=(
+			"HOME=\"${HOME}\""                               # Set the HOME, for distcc
+			"DISTCC_HOSTS=\"${DISTCC_TARGETS_SEGMENTS[*]}\"" # DistCC!
+		)
+
+		DISTCC_CROSS_COMPILE_PREFIX=("distcc")
+
+		DISTCC_MAKE_J_PARALLEL=("-j$((total_distcc_cores * 2))") # Use double the total distcc cores
+
+		display_alert "DISTCC_TARGETS_SEGMENTS" "${DISTCC_TARGETS_SEGMENTS[*]}" "warn"
+	else
+		# If not using distcc, just add "$CTHREADS" to the DISTCC_MAKE_J_PARALLEL array.
+		DISTCC_MAKE_J_PARALLEL=("${CTHREADS}")
+	fi
+
+	return 0
+}
diff --git a/lib/functions/compilation/kernel.sh b/lib/functions/compilation/kernel.sh
index d3ca75034..61649782e 100644
--- a/lib/functions/compilation/kernel.sh
+++ b/lib/functions/compilation/kernel.sh
@@ -4,23 +4,34 @@ function run_kernel_make_internal() {
 	set -e
 	declare -a common_make_params_quoted common_make_envs full_command
 
+	# Prepare distcc, if enabled.
+	declare -a -g DISTCC_EXTRA_ENVS=()
+	declare -a -g DISTCC_CROSS_COMPILE_PREFIX=()
+	declare -a -g DISTCC_MAKE_J_PARALLEL=()
+	prepare_distcc_compilation_config
+
+
 	common_make_envs=(
 		"CCACHE_BASEDIR=\"$(pwd)\""     # Base directory for ccache, for cache reuse # @TODO: experiment with this and the source path to maximize hit rate
 		"PATH=\"${toolchain}:${PATH}\"" # Insert the toolchain first into the PATH.
-		"DPKG_COLORS=always"            # Use colors for dpkg
+		"DPKG_COLORS=always"            # Use colors for dpkg @TODO no dpkg is done anymore, remove?
 		"XZ_OPT='--threads=0'"          # Use parallel XZ compression
 		"TERM='${TERM}'"                # Pass the terminal type, so that 'make menuconfig' can work.
 	)
 
+	# Add the distcc envs, if any.
+	common_make_envs+=("${DISTCC_EXTRA_ENVS[@]}")
+
 	common_make_params_quoted=(
 		# @TODO: introduce O=path/to/binaries, so sources and bins are not in the same dir.
-
-		"$CTHREADS"                    # Parallel compile, "-j X" for X cpus
+		
+		"${DISTCC_MAKE_J_PARALLEL[@]}" # Parallel compile, "-j X" for X cpus; determined by distcc, or is just "$CTHREADS" if distcc is not enabled.
+		
 		"ARCH=${ARCHITECTURE}"         # Key param. Everything depends on this.
 		"LOCALVERSION=-${LINUXFAMILY}" # Change the internal kernel version to include the family. Changing this causes recompiles # @TODO change to "localversion" file
 
-		"CROSS_COMPILE=${CCACHE} ${KERNEL_COMPILER}"                           # added as prefix to every compiler invocation by make
-		"KCFLAGS=-fdiagnostics-color=always -Wno-error=misleading-indentation" # Force GCC colored messages, downgrade misleading indentation to warning
+		"CROSS_COMPILE=${CCACHE} ${DISTCC_CROSS_COMPILE_PREFIX[@]} ${KERNEL_COMPILER}" # added as prefix to every compiler invocation by make
+		"KCFLAGS=-fdiagnostics-color=always -Wno-error=misleading-indentation"         # Force GCC colored messages, downgrade misleading indentation to warning
 
 		"SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH=${kernel_base_revision_ts}"        # https://reproducible-builds.org/docs/source-date-epoch/ and https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/kbuild/reproducible-builds.html
 		"KBUILD_BUILD_TIMESTAMP=${kernel_base_revision_date}" # https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/kbuild/kbuild.html#kbuild-build-timestamp
diff --git a/lib/library-functions.sh b/lib/library-functions.sh
index db388dd96..f5a4b4e2e 100644
--- a/lib/library-functions.sh
+++ b/lib/library-functions.sh
@@ -136,6 +136,15 @@ set -o errexit  ## set -e : exit the script if any statement returns a non-true
 # shellcheck source=lib/functions/compilation/debs.sh
 source "${SRC}"/lib/functions/compilation/debs.sh
 
+# no errors tolerated. invoked before each sourced file to make sure.
+#set -o pipefail  # trace ERR through pipes - will be enabled "soon"
+#set -o nounset   ## set -u : exit the script if you try to use an uninitialised variable - one day will be enabled
+set -o errtrace # trace ERR through - enabled
+set -o errexit  ## set -e : exit the script if any statement returns a non-true return value - enabled
+### lib/functions/compilation/distcc.sh
+# shellcheck source=lib/functions/compilation/distcc.sh
+source "${SRC}"/lib/functions/compilation/distcc.sh
+
 # no errors tolerated. invoked before each sourced file to make sure.
 #set -o pipefail  # trace ERR through pipes - will be enabled "soon"
 #set -o nounset   ## set -u : exit the script if you try to use an uninitialised variable - one day will be enabled