diff --git a/docs/COMPILE-NIX.md b/docs/COMPILE-NIX.md
index c56e9c45..d924c336 100644
--- a/docs/COMPILE-NIX.md
+++ b/docs/COMPILE-NIX.md
@@ -74,7 +74,12 @@ To build Unicorn on *nix (such as MacOSX, Linux, *BSD, Solaris):
 
         $ UNICORN_QEMU_FLAGS="--python=/path/to/python2" ./make.sh
 
-- To cross-compile Unicorn on 64-bit Linux to target 32-bit binary, run:
+- To cross-compile Unicorn on 64-bit Linux to target 32-bit binary, install
+  libglib2.0-dev for i386. On Ubuntu, this can be done with:
+
+        $ sudo apt-get install libglib2.0-dev:i386
+
+  Then cross-compile to 32-bit with:
 
         $ ./make.sh linux32