diff --git a/include/libtorrent/config.hpp b/include/libtorrent/config.hpp
index dd1157367eb..c354f29e7b5 100644
--- a/include/libtorrent/config.hpp
+++ b/include/libtorrent/config.hpp
@@ -616,6 +616,12 @@ POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
 #define __has_builtin(x) 0  // for non-clang compilers
 #endif
 
+#if __cplusplus >= 202002L
+#define TORRENT_RVO(x) x
+#else
+#define TORRENT_RVO(x) std::move(x)
+#endif
+
 #if (TORRENT_HAS_SSE && defined __GNUC__)
 #	define TORRENT_HAS_BUILTIN_CLZ 1
 #elif (TORRENT_HAS_ARM && defined __GNUC__ && !defined __clang__)
diff --git a/src/alert.cpp b/src/alert.cpp
index a848899ecb2..e0853ea9b3a 100644
--- a/src/alert.cpp
+++ b/src/alert.cpp
@@ -2579,7 +2579,7 @@ namespace {
 		for (int i = 0; i < m_v6_num_peers; i++)
 			peers.push_back(aux::read_v6_endpoint<tcp::endpoint>(v6_ptr));
 
-		return std::move(peers);
+		return TORRENT_RVO(peers);
 	}
 
 	dht_direct_response_alert::dht_direct_response_alert(
@@ -2819,7 +2819,7 @@ namespace {
 			nodes.emplace_back(ih, aux::read_v6_endpoint<udp::endpoint>(v6_ptr));
 		}
 
-		return std::move(nodes);
+		return TORRENT_RVO(nodes);
 	}
 	}
 
@@ -2931,7 +2931,7 @@ namespace {
 		char const* ptr = m_alloc.get().ptr(m_samples_idx);
 		std::memcpy(samples.data(), ptr, samples.size() * 20);
 
-		return std::move(samples);
+		return TORRENT_RVO(samples);
 	}
 
 	int dht_sample_infohashes_alert::num_nodes() const
diff --git a/src/session_stats.cpp b/src/session_stats.cpp
index 6bbe196b3a4..d31125b2bac 100644
--- a/src/session_stats.cpp
+++ b/src/session_stats.cpp
@@ -584,7 +584,7 @@ namespace {
 			stats[i].type = metrics[i].value_index >= counters::num_stats_counters
 				? metric_type_t::gauge : metric_type_t::counter;
 		}
-		return std::move(stats);
+		return TORRENT_RVO(stats);
 	}
 
 	int find_metric_idx(string_view name)
diff --git a/src/torrent_handle.cpp b/src/torrent_handle.cpp
index 6f7415128f8..c255e7a7282 100644
--- a/src/torrent_handle.cpp
+++ b/src/torrent_handle.cpp
@@ -484,7 +484,7 @@ namespace libtorrent {
 	{
 		aux::vector<std::int64_t, file_index_t> ret;
 		sync_call(&torrent::file_progress, std::ref(ret), flags);
-		return std::move(ret);
+		return TORRENT_RVO(ret);
 	}
 
 	void torrent_handle::post_file_progress(file_progress_flags_t const flags) const
@@ -542,7 +542,7 @@ namespace libtorrent {
 		aux::vector<download_priority_t, piece_index_t> ret;
 		auto retp = &ret;
 		sync_call(&torrent::piece_priorities, retp);
-		return std::move(ret);
+		return TORRENT_RVO(ret);
 	}
 
 #if TORRENT_ABI_VERSION == 1
@@ -598,7 +598,7 @@ namespace libtorrent {
 		aux::vector<download_priority_t, file_index_t> ret;
 		auto retp = &ret;
 		sync_call(&torrent::file_priorities, retp);
-		return std::move(ret);
+		return TORRENT_RVO(ret);
 	}
 
 #if TORRENT_ABI_VERSION == 1