diff --git a/ethcore/src/snapshot/mod.rs b/ethcore/src/snapshot/mod.rs
index 307015812..9e85b9a3e 100644
--- a/ethcore/src/snapshot/mod.rs
+++ b/ethcore/src/snapshot/mod.rs
@@ -34,6 +34,8 @@ use util::rlp::{DecoderError, RlpStream, Stream, UntrustedRlp, View};
 use self::account::Account;
 use self::block::AbridgedBlock;
 
+use crossbeam::{scope, ScopedJoinHandle};
+
 mod account;
 mod block;
 
@@ -292,23 +294,41 @@ impl StateRebuilder {
 	pub fn feed(&mut self, compressed: &[u8]) -> Result<(), Error> {
 		let len = try!(snappy::decompress_into(compressed, &mut self.snappy_buffer));
 		let rlp = UntrustedRlp::new(&self.snappy_buffer[..len]);
+		let account_fat_rlps: Vec<_> = rlp.iter().map(|r| r.as_raw()).collect();
 		let mut pairs = Vec::with_capacity(rlp.item_count());
 
-		for account_pair in rlp.iter() {
-			let hash: H256 = try!(account_pair.val_at(0));
-			let fat_rlp = try!(account_pair.at(1));
-
-			let thin_rlp = {
-				let mut acct_db = AccountDBMut::from_hash(self.db.as_hashdb_mut(), hash);
-
-				// fill out the storage trie and code while decoding.
-				let acc = try!(Account::from_fat_rlp(&mut acct_db, fat_rlp));
-				acc.to_thin_rlp()
-			};
-
-			pairs.push((hash, thin_rlp));
+		// initialize the pairs vector with empty values so we have slots to write into.
+		for _ in 0..rlp.item_count() {
+			pairs.push((H256::new(), Vec::new()));
 		}
 
+		let chunk_size = account_fat_rlps.len() / ::num_cpus::get();
+
+		// build account tries in parallel.
+		try!(scope(|scope| {
+			let mut handles = Vec::new();
+			for (account_chunk, out_pairs_chunk) in account_fat_rlps.chunks(chunk_size).zip(pairs.chunks_mut(chunk_size)) {
+				let mut db = self.db.boxed_clone();
+				let handle: ScopedJoinHandle<Result<(), Error>> = scope.spawn(move || {
+					try!(rebuild_account_trie(db.as_hashdb_mut(), account_chunk, out_pairs_chunk));
+
+					// commit the db changes we made in this thread.
+					try!(db.commit(0, &H256::zero(), None));
+
+					Ok(())
+				});
+
+				handles.push(handle);
+			}
+
+			// see if we got any errors.
+			for handle in handles {
+				try!(handle.join());
+			}
+
+			Ok::<_, Error>(())
+		}));
+
 		// batch trie writes
 		{
 			let mut account_trie = if self.state_root != H256::zero() {
@@ -328,4 +348,25 @@ impl StateRebuilder {
 
 	/// Get the state root of the rebuilder.
 	pub fn state_root(&self) -> H256 { self.state_root }
+}
+
+fn rebuild_account_trie(db: &mut HashDB, account_chunk: &[&[u8]], out_chunk: &mut [(H256, Bytes)]) -> Result<(), Error> {
+	for (account_pair, out) in account_chunk.into_iter().zip(out_chunk) {
+		let account_rlp = UntrustedRlp::new(account_pair);
+
+		let hash: H256 = try!(account_rlp.val_at(0));
+		let fat_rlp = try!(account_rlp.at(1));
+
+		let thin_rlp = {
+			let mut acct_db = AccountDBMut::from_hash(db.as_hashdb_mut(), hash);
+
+			// fill out the storage trie and code while decoding.
+			let acc = try!(Account::from_fat_rlp(&mut acct_db, fat_rlp));
+
+			acc.to_thin_rlp()
+		};
+
+		*out = (hash, thin_rlp);
+	}
+	Ok(())
 }
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