diff --git a/chapter01/changelog.xml b/chapter01/changelog.xml
index 756e9d5fc..de94d85d9 100644
--- a/chapter01/changelog.xml
+++ b/chapter01/changelog.xml
@@ -43,6 +43,11 @@
     <listitem>
       <para>2023-12-31</para>
       <itemizedlist>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>[xry111] - Add --enable-default-hash-style=gnu configuring
+          binutils.  Fixes
+          <ulink url='&lfs-ticket-root;5401'>#5401</ulink>.</para>
+        </listitem>
         <listitem>
           <para>[xry111] - Fix CVE-2023-7008 for systemd-255.  Fixes
           <ulink url='&lfs-ticket-root;5405'>#5405</ulink>.</para>
diff --git a/chapter05/binutils-pass1.xml b/chapter05/binutils-pass1.xml
index 65e8dd2ae..c3bf1f117 100644
--- a/chapter05/binutils-pass1.xml
+++ b/chapter05/binutils-pass1.xml
@@ -75,7 +75,8 @@ cd       build</userinput></screen>
              --target=$LFS_TGT   \
              --disable-nls       \
              --enable-gprofng=no \
-             --disable-werror</userinput></screen>
+             --disable-werror    \
+             --enable-default-hash-style=gnu</userinput></screen>
 
     <variablelist>
       <title>The meaning of the configure options:</title>
@@ -132,6 +133,22 @@ cd       build</userinput></screen>
         </listitem>
       </varlistentry>
 
+      <varlistentry>
+        <term><parameter>--enable-default-hash-style=gnu</parameter></term>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>By default, the linker would generate both the GNU-style
+          hash table and the classic ELF hash table for shared libraries and
+          dynamically linked executables.  The hash tables are only intended
+          for a dynamic linker to perform symbol lookup.  On LFS the dynamic
+          linker (provided by the Glibc package) will always use the
+          GNU-style hash table which is faster to query.  So the classic
+          ELF hash table is completely useless.  This makes the the linker
+          only generate the GNU-style hash table by default, so we can avoid
+          wasting time to generate the classic ELF hash table when we build
+          the packages, or wasting disk space to store it.</para>
+        </listitem>
+      </varlistentry>
+
     </variablelist>
 
     <para>Continue with compiling the package:</para>
diff --git a/chapter06/binutils-pass2.xml b/chapter06/binutils-pass2.xml
index 983aaee2f..15582f937 100644
--- a/chapter06/binutils-pass2.xml
+++ b/chapter06/binutils-pass2.xml
@@ -72,7 +72,8 @@ cd       build</userinput></screen>
     --enable-shared            \
     --enable-gprofng=no        \
     --disable-werror           \
-    --enable-64-bit-bfd</userinput></screen>
+    --enable-64-bit-bfd        \
+    --enable-default-hash-style=gnu</userinput></screen>
 
     <variablelist>
       <title>The meaning of the new configure options:</title>
diff --git a/chapter08/binutils.xml b/chapter08/binutils.xml
index 1fd436bd1..9e93e55f0 100644
--- a/chapter08/binutils.xml
+++ b/chapter08/binutils.xml
@@ -57,9 +57,11 @@ cd       build</userinput></screen>
              --enable-shared     \
              --disable-werror    \
              --enable-64-bit-bfd \
-             --with-system-zlib</userinput></screen>
+             --with-system-zlib  \
+             --enable-default-hash-style=gnu</userinput></screen>
+
     <variablelist>
-      <title>The meaning of the configure parameters:</title>
+      <title>The meaning of the new configure parameters:</title>
 
       <varlistentry>
         <term><parameter>--enable-gold</parameter></term>
@@ -84,14 +86,6 @@ cd       build</userinput></screen>
         </listitem>
       </varlistentry>
 
-      <varlistentry>
-        <term><parameter>--enable-64-bit-bfd</parameter></term>
-        <listitem>
-           <para>Enables 64-bit support (on hosts with narrower word sizes).
-           May not be needed on 64-bit systems, but does no harm.</para>
-        </listitem>
-      </varlistentry>
-
       <varlistentry>
         <term><parameter>--with-system-zlib</parameter></term>
         <listitem>