diff --git a/webkit2gtk3.changes b/webkit2gtk3.changes
index f53a587..e6c16d4 100644
--- a/webkit2gtk3.changes
+++ b/webkit2gtk3.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Mon Nov 23 20:40:17 UTC 2015 - zaitor@opensuse.org
+
+- Add binutils-gold BuildRequires: Use the gold linker for build
+  and remove --reduce-memory-overheads from RPMOPT flags since
+  gold-linker does not know it.
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Wed Nov 11 10:36:11 UTC 2015 - zaitor@opensuse.org
 
diff --git a/webkit2gtk3.spec b/webkit2gtk3.spec
index b80b37f..0012e33 100644
--- a/webkit2gtk3.spec
+++ b/webkit2gtk3.spec
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ Source:         http://webkitgtk.org/releases/%{_name}-%{version}.tar.xz
 Source1:        baselibs.conf
 # PATCH-FIX-OPENSUSE webkitgtk-typelib-sharelib-link.patch dimstar@opensuse.org -- Fixup the .gir file to contain the full library name for libjavascriptcore.
 Patch0:         webkitgtk-typelib-sharelib-link.patch
+BuildRequires:  binutils-gold
 BuildRequires:  bison >= 2.3
 BuildRequires:  cmake
 BuildRequires:  gcc-c++ >= 4.9
@@ -211,7 +212,7 @@ more.
 
 %build
 # Use linker flags to reduce memory consumption
-%global optflags %(echo %{optflags} -Wl,--no-keep-memory -Wl,--reduce-memory-overheads| sed 's/-g /-g1 /')
+%global optflags %(echo %{optflags} -Wl,--no-keep-memory | sed 's/-g /-g1 /')
 %ifarch ppc ppc64 ppc64le
 %global optflags %{optflags} -DENABLE_YARR_JIT=0
 %endif