diff --git a/doc/platform.texi b/doc/platform.texi
index 356ee2f747198307c157c8263ee24719978f2421..3ada146e792c13571ced49ca81fb2735b8959630 100644
--- a/doc/platform.texi
+++ b/doc/platform.texi
@@ -24,6 +24,17 @@ If not, then you should install a different compiler that has no
 hard-coded path to gas. In the worst case pass @code{--disable-asm}
 to configure.
 
+@section Advanced linking configuration
+
+If you compiled Libav libraries statically and you want to use them to
+build your own shared library, you may need to force PIC support (with
+@code{--enable-pic} during Libav configure) and add the following option
+to your project LDFLAGS:
+
+@example
+-Wl,-Bsymbolic
+@end example
+
 @section BSD
 
 BSD make will not build Libav, you need to install and use GNU Make