diff --git a/.cargo/config.toml b/.cargo/config.toml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..cc2c47df9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.cargo/config.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+# The default ld from glibc is impossibly slow and consumes huge amounts of
+# memory. We use lld by default which often is twice as fast for significantly
+# less ram consumption.
+
+[target.x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu]
+linker = "clang"
+rustflags = ["-C", "link-arg=-fuse-ld=lld", "-Ctarget-cpu=native"]
+
+[target.aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu]
+linker = "clang"
+rustflags = ["-C", "link-arg=-fuse-ld=lld", "-Ctarget-cpu=native"]
diff --git a/book/src/developers/readme.md b/book/src/developers/readme.md
index b628fb825..1c4273a9d 100644
--- a/book/src/developers/readme.md
+++ b/book/src/developers/readme.md
@@ -100,21 +100,16 @@ You will need [rustup](https://rustup.rs/) to install a Rust toolchain.
 
 ### SUSE / OpenSUSE
 
+> NOTE: clang and lld are required to build Kanidm due to performance issues with GCC/ld
+
 You will need to install rustup and our build dependencies with:
 
 ```bash
-zypper in rustup git libudev-devel sqlite3-devel libopenssl-3-devel libselinux-devel pam-devel systemd-devel tpm2-0-tss-devel
+zypper in rustup git libudev-devel sqlite3-devel libopenssl-3-devel libselinux-devel \
+    pam-devel systemd-devel tpm2-0-tss-devel clang lld make sccache
 ```
-
 You can then use rustup to complete the setup of the toolchain.
 
-In some cases you may need to build other vendored components, or use an alternate linker. In these
-cases we advise you to also install.
-
-```bash
-zypper in clang lld make sccache
-```
-
 You should also adjust your environment with:
 
 ```bash
@@ -123,25 +118,16 @@ export CC="sccache /usr/bin/clang"
 export CXX="sccache /usr/bin/clang++"
 ```
 
-And add the following to a cargo config of your choice (such as ~/.cargo/config), adjusting for cpu
-arch
-
-```toml
-[target.aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu]
-linker = "clang"
-rustflags = [
-    "-C", "link-arg=-fuse-ld=lld",
-]
-```
-
 ### Fedora
 
+> NOTE: clang and lld are required to build Kanidm due to performance issues with GCC/ld
+
 You will need [rustup](https://rustup.rs/) to install a Rust toolchain.
 
 You will also need some system libraries to build this:
 
 ```text
-systemd-devel sqlite-devel openssl-devel pam-devel
+systemd-devel sqlite-devel openssl-devel pam-devel clang lld
 ```
 
 Building the Web UI requires additional packages:
@@ -152,12 +138,14 @@ perl-FindBin perl-File-Compare
 
 ### Ubuntu
 
+> NOTE: clang and lld are required to build Kanidm due to performance issues with GCC/ld
+
 You need [rustup](https://rustup.rs/) to install a Rust toolchain.
 
 You will also need some system libraries to build this, which can be installed by running:
 
 ```bash
-sudo apt-get install libudev-dev libssl-dev libsystemd-dev pkg-config libpam0g-dev
+sudo apt-get install libudev-dev libssl-dev libsystemd-dev pkg-config libpam0g-dev clang lld
 ```
 
 Tested with Ubuntu 20.04 and 22.04.