diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 8ea1145..bfb200c 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
-# next
-  - add `--help` flag to `qbpm config`
+# 2.3
+  - new profiles will have a symlink to `$XDG_DATA_HOME/qutebrowser/qtwebengine_dictionaries` and thus have access to any spellchecking dictionaries have been installed for the main qutebrowser profile
+  - `qbpm config` now has a `--help` flag
 
 # ~2.1~ 2.2
   - `config.toml` supports `application_name` for generated XDG desktop files
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 97e42ed..25a03e7 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [project]
 name = "qbpm"
-version = "2.2"
+version = "2.3"
 description = "qutebrowser profile manager"
 license = "GPL-3.0-or-later"
 license-files = ["LICENSE"]
diff --git a/src/qbpm/profiles.py b/src/qbpm/profiles.py
index 1316ace..26084a0 100644
--- a/src/qbpm/profiles.py
+++ b/src/qbpm/profiles.py
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ from . import Profile
 from .config import Config, find_qutebrowser_config_dir
 from .desktop import create_desktop_file
 from .log import error, info
+from .paths import qutebrowser_data_dir
 
 MIME_TYPES = [
     "text/html",
@@ -76,6 +77,19 @@ def link_autoconfig(
     dest.symlink_to(source)
 
 
+def link_dictionaries(profile: Profile, overwrite: bool) -> None:
+    if not hasattr(Path, "symlink_to"):
+        return
+    source = qutebrowser_data_dir() / "qtwebengine_dictionaries"
+    dest = profile.root / "data" / "qtwebengine_dictionaries"
+    dest.parent.mkdir(exist_ok=True)
+    if dest.resolve() == source.resolve():
+        return
+    if overwrite and dest.exists():
+        back_up(dest)
+    dest.symlink_to(source, target_is_directory=True)
+
+
 def back_up(dest: Path) -> None:
     backup = Path(str(dest) + ".bak")
     info(f"backing up existing {dest.name} to {backup}")
@@ -126,6 +140,7 @@ def new_profile(
             create_desktop_file(
                 profile, config.desktop_file_directory, config.application_name
             )
+        link_dictionaries(profile, overwrite)
         print(profile.root)
         return True
     return False
diff --git a/tests/test_profiles.py b/tests/test_profiles.py
index cc10a61..244be73 100644
--- a/tests/test_profiles.py
+++ b/tests/test_profiles.py
@@ -21,8 +21,13 @@ def check_empty_profile(profile: Profile | None):
 def check_new_profile(profile: Profile):
     assert profile
     config_dir = profile.root / "config"
-    assert list(profile.root.iterdir()) == [config_dir]
-    assert list(config_dir.iterdir()) == [config_dir / "config.py"]
+    data_dir = profile.root / "data"
+    assert set(profile.root.iterdir()) == {config_dir, data_dir}
+    assert set(config_dir.iterdir()) == {config_dir / "config.py"}
+    dicts_dir = data_dir / "qtwebengine_dictionaries"
+    assert set(data_dir.iterdir()) == {dicts_dir}
+    assert dicts_dir.is_symlink()
+    assert dicts_dir.resolve().name == "qtwebengine_dictionaries"
 
 
 def test_set_profile(tmp_path: Path):