diff --git a/src/lib/cpp/include/general.hh b/src/lib/cpp/include/general.hh
index a4990e4..ee1accd 100644
--- a/src/lib/cpp/include/general.hh
+++ b/src/lib/cpp/include/general.hh
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@
 #include "datatypes.hh"
 #include "boilerplate.hh"
 
+#include <omp.h>
+
 namespace NS {
 
     /**
@@ -21,15 +23,37 @@ namespace NS {
      *
      * @param src The input array containing the non-negative integers.
      * @param dst The output array containing the counts.
+     * @tparam T The datatype of the input array.
      */
-    inline void bincount(const input_ndarray<uint64_t> &src, output_ndarray<uint64_t> &dst) {
+    template <typename T, typename U>
+    inline void bincount(const input_ndarray<T> &src, output_ndarray<U> &dst) {
         UNPACK_NUMPY(src);
         UNPACK_NUMPY(dst);
 
-        PRAGMA(PARALLEL_TERM)
-        for (int64_t flat_index = 0; flat_index < src_length; flat_index++) {
-            ATOMIC()
-            dst.data[src.data[flat_index]]++;
+        const T *src_data = src.data;
+        U *dst_data = dst.data;
+
+        U *local_dsts[omp_get_max_threads()];
+
+        #pragma omp parallel
+        {
+            U *local_dst = (U *) calloc(dst_length, sizeof(U));
+            local_dsts[omp_get_thread_num()] = local_dst;
+
+            #pragma omp for schedule(static)
+            for (int64_t flat_index = 0; flat_index < src_length; flat_index++) {
+                local_dst[src_data[flat_index]]++;
+            }
+        }
+
+        for (int64_t i = 0; i < dst_length; i++) {
+            for (int64_t j = 0; j < omp_get_max_threads(); j++) {
+                dst_data[i] += local_dsts[j][i];
+            }
+        }
+
+        for (int64_t i = 0; i < omp_get_max_threads(); i++) {
+            free(local_dsts[i]);
         }
     }