diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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@@ -28,13 +28,15 @@ To build just the Native or ARM version, you must access the approriate subproje
 ./gradlew :native:build # Builds just the native version of ntcore
 ```
 
-If you do not have the arm toolchain installed on your computer, you will run into build issues. To disable the arm platform entirely, run with the flag `-PskipArm`, and it will be entirely skipped.
+If you are building the native version on a 64 bit Linux computer, use a GCC installation which has multilib support enabled (it can compile both 32 and 64 bit programs). The package providing that support on most Linux distributions is called `gcc-multilib`.
+
+If you do not have the ARM toolchain installed on your computer, you will run into build issues. To disable the ARM platform entirely, run with the flag `-PskipArm`, and it will be entirely skipped.
 
 ```bash
-./gradlew build -PskipArm # Builds native, disables the arm project
+./gradlew build -PskipArm # Builds native, disables the ARM project
 ```
 
-The native version of ntcore will run tests on build. The arm version will not, as the current platform likely does not allow running of an ARM binary.
+The native version of ntcore will run tests on build. The ARM version will not, as the current platform likely does not allow running of an ARM binary.
 
 
 ### Custom Cross Compilers