diff --git a/bitcoin.changes b/bitcoin.changes
index 69f631e..84aba3d 100644
--- a/bitcoin.changes
+++ b/bitcoin.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Sun Sep 18 10:16:30 UTC 2016 - mpluskal@suse.com
+
+- Speedup build/reduce it's memory consumption by using gold linker
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Wed Aug 24 14:35:06 UTC 2016 - mpluskal@suse.com
 
diff --git a/bitcoin.spec b/bitcoin.spec
index 3f6f860..3dcde8e 100644
--- a/bitcoin.spec
+++ b/bitcoin.spec
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ Source2:        %{base}d.firewall
 Source3:        %{base}d.conf
 BuildRequires:  autoconf
 BuildRequires:  automake
+BuildRequires:  binutils-gold
 BuildRequires:  boost-devel
 BuildRequires:  gcc-c++
 BuildRequires:  git
@@ -175,7 +176,7 @@ sed -i s/128// contrib/debian/%{name}-qt.desktop
 autoreconf -fiv
 export CXXFLAGS="%{optflags} -fPIE -fPIC"
 export CFLAGS="%{optflags} -fPIE -fPIC"
-export LDFLAGS="-Wl,--as-needed -Wl,--no-undefined -Wl,-z,relro,-z,now -pie"
+export LDFLAGS="-Wl,--no-undefined -Wl,-z,now -Wl,-fuse-ld=gold -pie"
 %configure \
   --with-cli=yes \
   --with-daemon=yes \