From a18702e89277e2833294f8de41f4a794d2a63711 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Steven Allen <steven@stebalien.com>
Date: Tue, 8 Oct 2019 12:54:03 +0900
Subject: [PATCH] doc(README): call out the CGO build error

fixes #6704
---
 README.md | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 6cecd707923..2f137e8b7ff 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -181,6 +181,8 @@ $ make install
 
 Alternatively, you can run `make build` to build the go-ipfs binary (storing it in `cmd/ipfs/ipfs`) without installing it.
 
+**NOTE:** If you get an error along the lines of "fatal error: stdlib.h: No such file or directory", you're missing a C compiler. Either re-run `make` with `CGO_ENABLED=0` or install GCC.
+
 #### Troubleshooting
 
 - Separate [instructions are available for building on Windows](docs/windows.md).