diff --git a/play-json/jvm/src/test/scala-3/play/api/libs/json/JsonMemoryFootprintSpec.scala b/play-json/jvm/src/test/scala-3/play/api/libs/json/JsonMemoryFootprintSpec.scala
index c9166b7a..f5c259b5 100644
--- a/play-json/jvm/src/test/scala-3/play/api/libs/json/JsonMemoryFootprintSpec.scala
+++ b/play-json/jvm/src/test/scala-3/play/api/libs/json/JsonMemoryFootprintSpec.scala
@@ -55,6 +55,17 @@ class JsonMemoryFootprintSpec extends AnyFreeSpec {
     }
   }
 
+  "Json.newBuilder" - {
+    "takes the same memory as JsObject(fields)" in {
+      1.to(20).foreach { n =>
+        val fields = 0.until(n).map(i => s"$i" -> JsTrue)
+        val built  = footprint(fields.foldLeft(Json.newBuilder)((b, f) => b += (f._1 -> f._2)).result())
+        val oneGo  = footprint(JsObject(fields))
+        withClue(s"$n fields:")(assert(built > 0 && built === oneGo))
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
   // By-name: each layout is diffed against a second instance, so shared singletons don't count.
   private def footprint(a: => JsValue): Long =
     GraphLayout.parseInstance(a).subtract(GraphLayout.parseInstance(a)).totalSize()
diff --git a/play-json/shared/src/main/scala-2.13+/play/api/libs/json/ImmutableLinkedHashMap.scala b/play-json/shared/src/main/scala-2.13+/play/api/libs/json/ImmutableLinkedHashMap.scala
index 78477326..a04ac2e6 100644
--- a/play-json/shared/src/main/scala-2.13+/play/api/libs/json/ImmutableLinkedHashMap.scala
+++ b/play-json/shared/src/main/scala-2.13+/play/api/libs/json/ImmutableLinkedHashMap.scala
@@ -79,16 +79,34 @@ private[json] object ImmutableLinkedHashMap extends MapFactory[Map] {
   override def newBuilder[A, B]: mutable.Builder[(A, B), Map[A, B]] = new mutable.Builder[(A, B), Map[A, B]] {
     private var lhm = new JLinkedHashMap[A, B](0)
 
-    override def clear(): Unit = lhm.clear()
+    // Whether lhm backs a map returned by result(), so it must be copied before any change.
+    private var aliased = false
+
+    override def clear(): Unit = {
+      if (aliased) {
+        lhm = new JLinkedHashMap[A, B](0)
+        aliased = false
+      } else lhm.clear()
+    }
 
     override def sizeHint(size: Int): Unit = if (size > 0 && lhm.isEmpty) lhm = new JLinkedHashMap[A, B](size)
 
+    override def knownSize: Int = lhm.size()
+
     override def result(): Map[A, B] = {
       if (lhm.isEmpty) empty
-      else new ImmutableLinkedHashMap(lhm)
+      else {
+        aliased = true
+        new ImmutableLinkedHashMap(lhm)
+      }
     }
 
     override def addOne(elem: (A, B)): this.type = {
+      if (aliased) {
+        lhm = new JLinkedHashMap[A, B](lhm)
+        aliased = false
+      }
+
       lhm.put(elem._1, elem._2)
       this
     }
diff --git a/play-json/shared/src/main/scala-2.13+/play/api/libs/json/JsObjectBuilder.scala b/play-json/shared/src/main/scala-2.13+/play/api/libs/json/JsObjectBuilder.scala
index a6e98437..769500ef 100644
--- a/play-json/shared/src/main/scala-2.13+/play/api/libs/json/JsObjectBuilder.scala
+++ b/play-json/shared/src/main/scala-2.13+/play/api/libs/json/JsObjectBuilder.scala
@@ -8,12 +8,14 @@ import scala.collection.mutable.{ Builder => MBuilder }
 
 private[json] final class JsObjectBuilder extends MBuilder[(String, Json.JsValueWrapper), JsObject] {
 
-  private val fs = Map.newBuilder[String, JsValue]
+  // Keeps the fields in insertion order, as JsObject.apply does.
+  private val fs = ImmutableLinkedHashMap.newBuilder[String, JsValue]
 
-  def addOne(elem: (String, Json.JsValueWrapper)): this.type = {
-    val (name, wrapped) = elem
+  def addOne(elem: (String, Json.JsValueWrapper)): this.type = append(elem._1, elem._2)
 
-    fs += (name -> Json.unwrap(wrapped))
+  // Adds a field without the caller allocating a tuple.
+  def append(key: String, value: Json.JsValueWrapper): this.type = {
+    fs += (key -> Json.unwrap(value))
 
     this
   }
diff --git a/play-json/shared/src/main/scala-2.13-/play/api/libs/json/JsObjectBuilder.scala b/play-json/shared/src/main/scala-2.13-/play/api/libs/json/JsObjectBuilder.scala
index 70c41d61..342273e0 100644
--- a/play-json/shared/src/main/scala-2.13-/play/api/libs/json/JsObjectBuilder.scala
+++ b/play-json/shared/src/main/scala-2.13-/play/api/libs/json/JsObjectBuilder.scala
@@ -8,12 +8,14 @@ import scala.collection.mutable.{ Builder => MBuilder }
 
 private[json] final class JsObjectBuilder extends MBuilder[(String, Json.JsValueWrapper), JsObject] {
 
-  private val fs = Map.newBuilder[String, JsValue]
+  // Keeps the fields in insertion order, as JsObject.apply does.
+  private val fs = ImmutableLinkedHashMap.newBuilder[String, JsValue]
 
-  def +=(elem: (String, Json.JsValueWrapper)): this.type = {
-    val (name, wrapped) = elem
+  def +=(elem: (String, Json.JsValueWrapper)): this.type = append(elem._1, elem._2)
 
-    fs += (name -> Json.unwrap(wrapped))
+  // Adds a field without the caller allocating a tuple.
+  def append(key: String, value: Json.JsValueWrapper): this.type = {
+    fs += (key -> Json.unwrap(value))
 
     this
   }
diff --git a/play-json/shared/src/test/scala/play/api/libs/json/JsonSharedSpec.scala b/play-json/shared/src/test/scala/play/api/libs/json/JsonSharedSpec.scala
index 62cb66be..05ee3a04 100644
--- a/play-json/shared/src/test/scala/play/api/libs/json/JsonSharedSpec.scala
+++ b/play-json/shared/src/test/scala/play/api/libs/json/JsonSharedSpec.scala
@@ -174,6 +174,54 @@ class JsonSharedSpec
       )
     }
 
+    "create object using builder, keeping the field order" in {
+      // more fields than the specialised small immutable Maps hold
+      val fields  = 1.to(20).map(i => s"f$i" -> JsNumber(i))
+      val builder = Json.newBuilder
+
+      fields.foreach { case (k, v) => builder += (k -> v) }
+      builder += ("f3" -> 30)
+
+      val expected = JsObject(fields.updated(2, "f3" -> JsNumber(30)))
+
+      Json.stringify(builder.result()).mustEqual(Json.stringify(expected))
+    }
+
+    "not change a built object when the builder is reused" in {
+      val builder = Json.newBuilder
+
+      builder += ("a" -> 1)
+      builder += ("b" -> 2)
+
+      val first = builder.result()
+
+      builder += ("c" -> 3)
+
+      val second = builder.result()
+
+      builder.clear()
+      builder += ("d" -> 4)
+
+      Json.stringify(first).mustEqual("""{"a":1,"b":2}""")
+      Json.stringify(second).mustEqual("""{"a":1,"b":2,"c":3}""")
+      Json.stringify(builder.result()).mustEqual("""{"d":4}""")
+    }
+
+    "create object using builder append, mixed with +=" in {
+      val builder = new JsObjectBuilder()
+
+      builder.append("a", 1)
+      builder += ("b" -> "two")
+      builder.append("c", Json.arr(3))
+
+      val first = builder.result()
+
+      builder.append("a", 10)
+
+      Json.stringify(first).mustEqual("""{"a":1,"b":"two","c":[3]}""")
+      Json.stringify(builder.result()).mustEqual("""{"a":10,"b":"two","c":[3]}""")
+    }
+
     "convert to a byte array containing the UTF-8 representation" in json { js =>
       val json = js.parse("""
                             |{