diff --git a/Changes b/Changes
index 160b90632..1ebbc3f19 100644
--- a/Changes
+++ b/Changes
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ Verilator 5.011 devel
 * Support get_randstate/set_randstate class method function.
 * Add creating __inputs.vpp file with --debug (#4177). [Tudor Timi]
 * Optimize VPI callValueCbs (#4155). [Hennadii Chernyshchyk]
+* Configure for faster C++ linking using 'mold', if it is installed.
 * Fix crash on duplicate imported modules (#3231). [Robert Balas]
 * Fix false WIDTHEXPAND on array declarations (#3959). [JOTEGO]
 * Fix marking overridden methods as coroutines (#4120) (#4169). [Krzysztof Bieganski, Antmicro Ltd]
diff --git a/ci/ci-install.bash b/ci/ci-install.bash
index d3372a798..648620c81 100755
--- a/ci/ci-install.bash
+++ b/ci/ci-install.bash
@@ -63,8 +63,8 @@ if [ "$CI_BUILD_STAGE_NAME" = "build" ]; then
     sudo apt-get install ccache help2man libfl-dev
     if [ "$CI_RUNS_ON" != "ubuntu-22.04" ]; then
       # Some conflict of libunwind verison on 22.04, can live without it for now
-      sudo apt-get install libgoogle-perftools-dev ||
-      sudo apt-get install libgoogle-perftools-dev
+      sudo apt-get install libgoogle-perftools-dev mold ||
+      sudo apt-get install libgoogle-perftools-dev mold
     fi
     if [ "$CI_RUNS_ON" = "ubuntu-20.04" ] || [ "$CI_RUNS_ON" = "ubuntu-22.04" ]; then
       sudo apt-get install libsystemc libsystemc-dev ||
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 43bd263f1..3b8977d34 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -470,6 +470,10 @@ m4_foreach([ldflag], [
 AC_SUBST(CFG_LDLIBS_THREADS)
 AC_SUBST(CFG_LDFLAGS_THREADS_CMAKE)
 
+# If 'mold' is installed, use it to link for faster buildtimes
+_MY_LDLIBS_CHECK_OPT(CFG_LDFLAGS_SRC, -fuse-ld=mold)
+_MY_LDLIBS_CHECK_OPT(CFG_LDFLAGS_VERILATED, -fuse-ld=mold)
+
 # When linking partially statically
 if test "$CFG_ENABLE_PARTIAL_STATIC" = "yes"; then
   _MY_LDLIBS_CHECK_OPT(CFG_LDFLAGS_SRC, -static-libgcc)
@@ -480,6 +484,7 @@ else
   LTCMALLOC=-ltcmalloc_minimal
 fi
 AC_SUBST(CFG_LDFLAGS_SRC)
+AC_SUBST(CFG_LDFLAGS_VERILATED)
 
 # The pthread library is required by tcmalloc, so add it if it exists. If it
 # does not, the tcmalloc check below will fail anyway, and linking against
diff --git a/docs/guide/install.rst b/docs/guide/install.rst
index 594773ae6..a862b4abb 100644
--- a/docs/guide/install.rst
+++ b/docs/guide/install.rst
@@ -104,6 +104,7 @@ for good performance:
 ::
 
    sudo apt-get install ccache  # If present at build, needed for run
+   sudo apt-get install mold  # If present at build, needed for run
    sudo apt-get install libgoogle-perftools-dev numactl
 
 The following is optional but is recommended for nicely rendered command line
@@ -124,7 +125,7 @@ Those developing Verilator itself may also want these (see internals.rst):
 
 ::
 
-   sudo apt-get install gdb graphviz cmake clang clang-format-14 gprof lcov
+   sudo apt-get install clang clang-format-14 cmake gdb gprof graphviz lcov
    sudo apt-get install libclang-dev yapf3
    sudo pip3 install clang sphinx sphinx_rtd_theme sphinxcontrib-spelling breathe ruff
    cpan install Pod::Perldoc
diff --git a/include/verilated.mk.in b/include/verilated.mk.in
index 7a2d51ff6..4f138288b 100644
--- a/include/verilated.mk.in
+++ b/include/verilated.mk.in
@@ -31,6 +31,8 @@ CFG_CXXFLAGS_NO_UNUSED = @CFG_CXXFLAGS_NO_UNUSED@
 CFG_CXXFLAGS_WEXTRA = @CFG_CXXFLAGS_WEXTRA@
 # Compiler flags that enable coroutine support
 CFG_CXXFLAGS_COROUTINES = @CFG_CXXFLAGS_COROUTINES@
+# Linker flags
+CFG_LDFLAGS_VERILATED = @CFG_LDFLAGS_VERILATED@
 # Linker libraries for multithreading
 CFG_LDLIBS_THREADS = @CFG_LDLIBS_THREADS@
 
@@ -77,6 +79,8 @@ VPATH += ..
 VPATH += $(VERILATOR_ROOT)/include
 VPATH += $(VERILATOR_ROOT)/include/vltstd
 
+LDFLAGS  += $(CFG_LDFLAGS_VERILATED)
+
 #OPT = -ggdb -DPRINTINITSTR -DDETECTCHANGE
 #OPT = -ggdb -DPRINTINITSTR
 CPPFLAGS += $(OPT)