diff --git a/zstd/build.sh b/zstd/build.sh
index 7d9dc14..f13dc11 100755
--- a/zstd/build.sh
+++ b/zstd/build.sh
@@ -28,5 +28,9 @@ cd zstd-$version
 prefix=$build_dir/prefix
 mkdir $prefix
 
-make -j $CPU_COUNT -C lib libzstd.a-release libzstd.pc PREFIX=$prefix
+# prevents this error when linking to the zstd static library built for 32-bit x86:
+# ld.lld: error: relocation R_386_PC32 cannot be used
+# against symbol 'HUF_writeCTable_wksp'; recompile with -fPIC
+CFLAGS+=" -fPIC"
+make -j $CPU_COUNT -C lib libzstd.a-release libzstd.pc PREFIX=$prefix VERBOSE=1
 make -C lib install-static install-pc install-includes PREFIX=$prefix