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diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL
index ab676eb..33741b1 100644
--- a/INSTALL
+++ b/INSTALL
@@ -81,6 +81,17 @@ in the source code directory. After you have installed the package for
one architecture, use `make distclean' before reconfiguring for another
architecture.
+ On MacOS X systems, you can create libraries and executables that work
+on multiple system types - known as "fat" or "universal" binaries - by
+specifying multiple '-arch' options to the compiler but only a single
+'-arch' option to the preprocessor. Like this:
+
+ env CC="gcc -arch i386 -arch x86_64 -arch ppc -arch ppc64" \
+ CXX="g++ -arch i386 -arch x86_64 -arch ppc -arch ppc64" \
+ CPP="gcc -arch ppc -E" \
+ CXXCPP="g++ -arch ppc -E" \
+ ./configure
+
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