diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 8aa8fcef..a5340e22 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ popd
 wget https://tls.mbed.org/download/mbedtls-$MBEDTLS_VER-gpl.tgz
 tar xvf mbedtls-$MBEDTLS_VER-gpl.tgz
 pushd mbedtls-$MBEDTLS_VER
-make SHARED=1
+make SHARED=1 CFLAGS=-fPIC
 sudo make install
 popd
 ```