diff --git a/_multibuild b/_multibuild
index b9ee536..735a855 100644
--- a/_multibuild
+++ b/_multibuild
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
   <flavor>spu</flavor>
   <flavor>avr</flavor>
   <flavor>pru</flavor>
+  <flavor>loongarch64</flavor>
   <flavor>mips</flavor>
   <flavor>m68k</flavor>
   <flavor>epiphany</flavor>
diff --git a/binutils.changes b/binutils.changes
index c1a5f03..824fa59 100644
--- a/binutils.changes
+++ b/binutils.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,18 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Thu Feb 13 09:39:06 UTC 2025 - Richard Biener <rguenther@suse.com>
+
+- Do not build binutils-gold for openSUSE Factory or SLFO. 
+
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Fri Jan 10 08:54:55 UTC 2025 - JS <obs.coke518@passinbox.com>
+
+- Enable multitarget build on loongarch64
+
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Tue Dec 17 14:09:54 UTC 2024 - Andreas Schwab <schwab@suse.de>
+
+- Unset SUSE_ZNOW while running testsuite, many tests cannot cope
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Mon Dec  9 14:49:46 UTC 2024 - Michael Matz <matz@suse.com>
 
diff --git a/binutils.spec b/binutils.spec
index b099b61..21d9e03 100644
--- a/binutils.spec
+++ b/binutils.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #
 # spec file for package binutils
 #
-# Copyright (c) 2024 SUSE LLC
+# Copyright (c) 2025 SUSE LLC
 #
 # All modifications and additions to the file contributed by third parties
 # remain the property of their copyright owners, unless otherwise agreed
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ Release:        0
 %define	make_check_handling	false
 %endif
 # handle all binary object formats supported by SUSE (and a few more)
-%ifarch %ix86 %arm aarch64 ia64 ppc ppc64 ppc64le riscv64 s390 s390x x86_64 %x86_64
+%ifarch %ix86 %arm aarch64 ia64 ppc ppc64 ppc64le riscv64 s390 s390x x86_64 %x86_64 loongarch64
 %define build_multitarget 1
 %else
 %define build_multitarget 0
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ Requires:       alts
 %else
 PreReq:         update-alternatives
 %endif
-%if 0%{!?cross:1} && 0%{?suse_version} >= 1310
+%if 0%{!?cross:1} && 0%{?suse_version} < 1600
 %define gold_archs %ix86 aarch64 %arm x86_64 %x86_64 ppc ppc64 ppc64le s390x %sparc
 %endif
 
@@ -494,7 +494,7 @@ make -C gas-nesc %{?make_output_sync} %{?_smp_mflags}
 %endif
 
 %check
-unset SUSE_ASNEEDED
+unset SUSE_ASNEEDED SUSE_ZNOW
 # newer distros set this envvar (e.g. to get deterministic archives by default)
 # but of course that breaks tests that precisely are
 # designed for checking file replacement in archives based on mtime.