diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL
index 339fedb9..9a3dd9cc 100644
--- a/INSTALL
+++ b/INSTALL
@@ -68,6 +68,10 @@ XZ Utils Installation
     the -O2 optimization flag ("make check" fails). Using -O1 should
     work.
 
+    A problem has been reported when using shared liblzma. Passing
+    --disable-shared to configure works around this. Alternatively,
+    putting "-64" to CFLAGS to build a 64-bit version might help too.
+
 
 1.2.2. MINIX 3