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@@ -654,6 +654,8 @@ The typical dependencies for cpptrace are:
 
 Note: Newer libdwarf requires `-lzstd`, older libdwarf does not.
 
+If you are linking statically, you will additionally need to specify `-DCPPTRACE_STATIC_DEFINE`.
+
 Dependencies may differ if different back-ends are manually selected.
 
 ## Installation Without Package Managers or FetchContent