diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index d848996..e1d820d 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -2,6 +2,12 @@
 # It is not intended for manual editing.
 version = 3
 
+[[package]]
+name = "autocfg"
+version = "1.1.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "d468802bab17cbc0cc575e9b053f41e72aa36bfa6b7f55e3529ffa43161b97fa"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "block-buffer"
 version = "0.10.4"
@@ -26,6 +32,49 @@ dependencies = [
  "libc",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "crossbeam-channel"
+version = "0.5.8"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "a33c2bf77f2df06183c3aa30d1e96c0695a313d4f9c453cc3762a6db39f99200"
+dependencies = [
+ "cfg-if",
+ "crossbeam-utils",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "crossbeam-deque"
+version = "0.8.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "ce6fd6f855243022dcecf8702fef0c297d4338e226845fe067f6341ad9fa0cef"
+dependencies = [
+ "cfg-if",
+ "crossbeam-epoch",
+ "crossbeam-utils",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "crossbeam-epoch"
+version = "0.9.15"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "ae211234986c545741a7dc064309f67ee1e5ad243d0e48335adc0484d960bcc7"
+dependencies = [
+ "autocfg",
+ "cfg-if",
+ "crossbeam-utils",
+ "memoffset",
+ "scopeguard",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "crossbeam-utils"
+version = "0.8.16"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "5a22b2d63d4d1dc0b7f1b6b2747dd0088008a9be28b6ddf0b1e7d335e3037294"
+dependencies = [
+ "cfg-if",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "crypto-common"
 version = "0.1.6"
@@ -46,6 +95,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "crypto-common",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "either"
+version = "1.8.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "7fcaabb2fef8c910e7f4c7ce9f67a1283a1715879a7c230ca9d6d1ae31f16d91"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "generic-array"
 version = "0.14.7"
@@ -62,10 +117,17 @@ version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
  "libc",
  "md-5",
+ "rayon",
  "sha1",
  "sha2",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "hermit-abi"
+version = "0.3.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "443144c8cdadd93ebf52ddb4056d257f5b52c04d3c804e657d19eb73fc33668b"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "libc"
 version = "0.2.147"
@@ -81,6 +143,53 @@ dependencies = [
  "digest",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "memoffset"
+version = "0.9.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "5a634b1c61a95585bd15607c6ab0c4e5b226e695ff2800ba0cdccddf208c406c"
+dependencies = [
+ "autocfg",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "num_cpus"
+version = "1.16.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "4161fcb6d602d4d2081af7c3a45852d875a03dd337a6bfdd6e06407b61342a43"
+dependencies = [
+ "hermit-abi",
+ "libc",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "rayon"
+version = "1.7.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "1d2df5196e37bcc87abebc0053e20787d73847bb33134a69841207dd0a47f03b"
+dependencies = [
+ "either",
+ "rayon-core",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "rayon-core"
+version = "1.11.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "4b8f95bd6966f5c87776639160a66bd8ab9895d9d4ab01ddba9fc60661aebe8d"
+dependencies = [
+ "crossbeam-channel",
+ "crossbeam-deque",
+ "crossbeam-utils",
+ "num_cpus",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "scopeguard"
+version = "1.1.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "d29ab0c6d3fc0ee92fe66e2d99f700eab17a8d57d1c1d3b748380fb20baa78cd"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "sha1"
 version = "0.10.5"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index bab079e..4570671 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -5,9 +5,11 @@ edition = "2021"
 
 # See more keys and their definitions at https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/reference/manifest.html
 [features]
+parallel = ["dep:rayon"]
 
 [dependencies]
 libc = "0.2"
 md-5 = "0.10"
+rayon = { version = "1.7", optional = true }
 sha1 = "0.10"
 sha2 = "0.10"
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index 527f65a..0fd93ea 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 #![doc = include_str!("../README.md")]
-use std::{fs, collections::HashMap, io::BufWriter, sync::Mutex};
+#[cfg(feature = "parallel")]
+use rayon::prelude::{IntoParallelRefIterator, ParallelIterator};
+use std::{collections::HashMap, fs, io::BufWriter, sync::Mutex};
 
 mod checksum;
 mod error;
@@ -11,7 +13,12 @@ mod special;
 mod stream;
 
 pub use {
-    checksum::{Algorithm, Checksum}, error::Error, file::File, filetype::FileType, node::Node, special::Special,
+    checksum::{Algorithm, Checksum},
+    error::Error,
+    file::File,
+    filetype::FileType,
+    node::Node,
+    special::Special,
     stream::Stream,
 };
 
@@ -21,10 +28,34 @@ pub fn create_archive(path: &str, files: Vec<&str>, algorithm: Algorithm) -> Res
         .truncate(true)
         .open(path)?;
     let mut writer = BufWriter::new(fd);
-    let mut links = Mutex::new(HashMap::new());
+    let links = Mutex::new(HashMap::new());
     for f in files.iter() {
-        let node = Node::from_path(f, algorithm, &mut links)?;
+        let node = Node::from_path(f, algorithm, &links)?;
         node.write(&mut writer)?;
     }
     Ok(())
 }
+
+#[cfg(feature = "parallel")]
+pub fn par_create_archive(
+    path: &str,
+    files: Vec<String>,
+    algorithm: Algorithm,
+) -> Result<(), Error> {
+    let links = Mutex::new(HashMap::<u64, String>::new());
+    {
+        let _fd = fs::File::create(path)?;
+    }
+    files.par_iter().try_for_each(|f| {
+        let node = Node::from_path(f, algorithm, &links)?;
+        let fd = fs::OpenOptions::new()
+            .create(false)
+            .truncate(false)
+            .append(true)
+            .open(path)?;
+        let mut writer = BufWriter::new(fd);
+        node.write(&mut writer)?;
+        Ok::<(), Error>(())
+    })?;
+    Ok(())
+}