diff --git a/macros.qt6 b/macros.qt6
index f648bc2bc0ab5eaa38d2e5c7651a96e8c22422ff..7a91a3042e64ce65e9005877565c74c5d47de593 100644
--- a/macros.qt6
+++ b/macros.qt6
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 %_qt6_build_type RelWithDebInfo
 %_qt6_build_tool ninja
+%_qt6_build_ld mold
 
 %_qt6_prefix %{_prefix}
 %_qt6_archdatadir %{_libdir}/qt6
@@ -32,7 +33,7 @@
 
 %_qt6_cflags %{nil}@@QT6_CFLAGS@@
 %_qt6_cxxflags %{nil}@@QT6_CXXFLAGS@@
-%_qt6_ldflags %{nil}%{?__global_ldflags} @@QT6_RPM_LD_FLAGS@@
+%_qt6_ldflags %{nil}%{?__global_ldflags} %{?_qt6_build_ld:-fuse-ld=%{_qt6_build_ld}} @@QT6_RPM_LD_FLAGS@@
 %_qt6_optflags %{optflags} @@QT6_RPM_OPT_FLAGS@@
 
 %_qt6_qmake_flags \\\
@@ -49,6 +50,7 @@
 %qmake_qt6_wrapper @@QMAKE_QT6_WRAPPER@@
 
 %cmake_qt6 \
+ %{?_qt6_build_ld:export LDFLAGS="%{_qt6_ldflags}"; } \
  %cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=%{_qt6_build_type} \\\
         -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=%{_qt6_prefix} \\\
 %if "%_qt6_build_tool" == "ninja" \
diff --git a/qt6.spec b/qt6.spec
index 2637137753fbee18e2af77626a96b5d218be1c08..ba7e2a0bd1dd84514a7a545db8edee96578ec72c 100644
--- a/qt6.spec
+++ b/qt6.spec
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Name:      qt6
 Version:   6.8.2
-Release:   1
+Release:   2
 Summary:   Qt6 meta package
 License:   GPL-3.0-only
 Source0:   macros.qt6
@@ -82,6 +82,7 @@ Requires:  qt6-rpm-macros
 %package rpm-macros
 Summary:   RPM macros for building Qt6 and KDE Frameworks 5 packages
 Requires:  cmake >= 3
+Requires:  mold
 Requires:  gcc-c++
 Buildarch: noarch
 %description rpm-macros
@@ -204,6 +205,9 @@ echo "- Qt6 devel meta package" > %{buildroot}%{_docdir}/qt6-devel/README
 %dir %{_datadir}/qt6/translations
 
 %changelog
+* Fri Mar 21 2025 Funda Wang <fundawang@yeah.net> - 6.8.2-2
+- default to mold
+
 * Fri Jan 31 2025 Funda Wang <fundawang@yeah.net> - 6.8.2-1
 - update to 6.8.2
 - auto-generate qt6qml() virtual provides