diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 00c9d99..9a2c871 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ You can easily (cross) compile mox if you have a recent Go toolchain installed
 (see "go version", it must be >= 1.19; otherwise, see https://go.dev/dl/ or
 https://go.dev/doc/manage-install and $HOME/go/bin):
 
-	GOBIN=$PWD go install github.com/mjl-/mox@latest
+	GOBIN=$PWD CGO_ENABLED=0 go install github.com/mjl-/mox@latest
 
 Or you can download a binary built with the latest Go toolchain from
 https://beta.gobuilds.org/github.com/mjl-/mox, and symlink or rename it to