From bb8c0f62be5ec927a2437d63988e4157fff2e829 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: moneromooo-monero <moneromooo-monero@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sun, 29 Apr 2018 20:05:09 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] README.md: mention building deps with -fPIC for static builds

---
 README.md | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index db1daf4c3..9964cc4a7 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -239,6 +239,8 @@ invokes cmake commands as needed.
 
          make release-static
 
+Dependencies need to be built with -fPIC. Static libraries usually aren't, so you may have to build them yourself with -fPIC. Refer to their documentation for how to build them.
+
 * **Optional**: build documentation in `doc/html` (omit `HAVE_DOT=YES` if `graphviz` is not installed):
 
         HAVE_DOT=YES doxygen Doxyfile