diff --git a/gensim/summarization/bm25.py b/gensim/summarization/bm25.py
index 3a2bf5bbf6..50019c32fe 100644
--- a/gensim/summarization/bm25.py
+++ b/gensim/summarization/bm25.py
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 ...     ["cat", "outer", "space"],
 ...     ["wag", "dog"]
 ... ]
->>> result = get_bm25_weights(corpus)
+>>> result = get_bm25_weights(corpus, n_jobs=-1)
 
 
 Data:
@@ -37,7 +37,9 @@
 import math
 from six import iteritems
 from six.moves import xrange
-
+from functools import partial
+from multiprocessing import Pool
+from ..utils import effective_n_jobs
 
 PARAM_K1 = 1.5
 PARAM_B = 0.75
@@ -152,7 +154,33 @@ def get_scores(self, document, average_idf):
         return scores
 
 
-def get_bm25_weights(corpus):
+def _get_scores(bm25, document, average_idf):
+    """Helper function for retrieving bm25 scores of given `document` in parallel
+    in relation to every item in corpus.
+
+    Parameters
+    ----------
+    bm25 : BM25 object
+        BM25 object fitted on the corpus where documents are retrieved.
+    document : list of str
+        Document to be scored.
+    average_idf : float
+        Average idf in corpus.
+
+    Returns
+    -------
+    list of float
+        BM25 scores.
+
+    """
+    scores = []
+    for index in xrange(bm25.corpus_size):
+        score = bm25.get_score(document, index, average_idf)
+        scores.append(score)
+    return scores
+
+
+def get_bm25_weights(corpus, n_jobs=1):
     """Returns BM25 scores (weights) of documents in corpus.
     Each document has to be weighted with every document in given corpus.
 
@@ -160,6 +188,8 @@ def get_bm25_weights(corpus):
     ----------
     corpus : list of list of str
         Corpus of documents.
+    n_jobs : int
+        The number of processes to use for computing bm25.
 
     Returns
     -------
@@ -174,15 +204,21 @@ def get_bm25_weights(corpus):
     ...     ["cat", "outer", "space"],
     ...     ["wag", "dog"]
     ... ]
-    >>> result = get_bm25_weights(corpus)
+    >>> result = get_bm25_weights(corpus, n_jobs=-1)
 
     """
     bm25 = BM25(corpus)
     average_idf = sum(float(val) for val in bm25.idf.values()) / len(bm25.idf)
 
-    weights = []
-    for doc in corpus:
-        scores = bm25.get_scores(doc, average_idf)
-        weights.append(scores)
+    n_processes = effective_n_jobs(n_jobs)
+    if n_processes == 1:
+        weights = [bm25.get_scores(doc, average_idf) for doc in corpus]
+        return weights
+
+    get_score = partial(_get_scores, bm25, average_idf=average_idf)
+    pool = Pool(n_processes)
+    weights = pool.map(get_score, corpus)
+    pool.close()
+    pool.join()
 
     return weights
diff --git a/gensim/test/test_BM25.py b/gensim/test/test_BM25.py
index a96302e8c9..e37efc2920 100644
--- a/gensim/test/test_BM25.py
+++ b/gensim/test/test_BM25.py
@@ -44,6 +44,15 @@ def test_disjoint_docs_if_weight_zero(self):
         self.assertAlmostEqual(weights[0][1], 0)
         self.assertAlmostEqual(weights[1][0], 0)
 
+    def test_multiprocessing(self):
+        """ Result should be the same using different processes """
+        weights1 = get_bm25_weights(common_texts)
+        weights2 = get_bm25_weights(common_texts, n_jobs=2)
+        weights3 = get_bm25_weights(common_texts, n_jobs=-1)
+        self.assertAlmostEqual(weights1, weights2)
+        self.assertAlmostEqual(weights1, weights3)
+        self.assertAlmostEqual(weights2, weights3)
+
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     logging.basicConfig(level=logging.DEBUG)
diff --git a/gensim/utils.py b/gensim/utils.py
index ec02cf4bb2..35abc203d8 100644
--- a/gensim/utils.py
+++ b/gensim/utils.py
@@ -44,6 +44,8 @@
 
 from smart_open import smart_open
 
+from multiprocessing import cpu_count
+
 if sys.version_info[0] >= 3:
     unicode = str
 
@@ -2025,3 +2027,29 @@ def lazy_flatten(nested_list):
                 yield sub
         else:
             yield el
+
+
+def effective_n_jobs(n_jobs):
+    """Determines the number of jobs can run in parallel.
+
+    Just like in sklearn, passing n_jobs=-1 means using all available
+    CPU cores.
+
+    Parameters
+    ----------
+    n_jobs : int
+        Number of workers requested by caller.
+
+    Returns
+    -------
+    int
+        Number of effective jobs.
+
+    """
+    if n_jobs == 0:
+        raise ValueError('n_jobs == 0 in Parallel has no meaning')
+    elif n_jobs is None:
+        return 1
+    elif n_jobs < 0:
+        n_jobs = max(cpu_count() + 1 + n_jobs, 1)
+    return n_jobs