diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 4bb0508cc8a798c85feab4aaa68a1c343ef50a11..c9727f3d6b4a351215a6d1e499412327905df023 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -57,6 +57,9 @@ if (NOT GIT_HASH)
   set(GIT_HASH 0)
 endif()
 
+# Disable GLIBCXX assertions to avoid libstdc++ dependency
+add_compile_definitions(_GLIBCXX_NO_ASSERTIONS)
+
 if (WIN32)
   # Disable _CRT_SECURE and _CRT_NONSTDC for portability. We want to continue
   # using fopen, getpid, etc. on WIN32.
@@ -96,4 +99,4 @@ endif()
 option(BUILD_DOCS "Build documentation" OFF)
 IF(BUILD_DOCS)
     add_subdirectory(docs)
-endif()
\ No newline at end of file
+endif()
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index da0bf10a24ae4dbe68a8ba227867fc98f6f505da..ded9d4f15734d1cc84a9fd376178ed7a7704ed94 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -34,9 +34,11 @@ to contribute to the development of OpenRNG, please see the
 
 ## Download, build and install OpenRNG
 
-In this section, we assume that you have already installed the necessary build
-tools. The steps below use CMake to configure the project and `make` to build
-it.
+Building OpenRNG requires either GCC >=11 or Clang >=16. The steps below use
+CMake to configure the project and `make` to build it. To configure the project
+with a compiler other than your system's default compiler, see the
+[CMAKE_LANG_COMPILER](https://cmake.org/cmake/help/latest/variable/CMAKE_LANG_COMPILER.html)
+documentation.
 
 Clone the OpenRNG repository:
 
diff --git a/examples/Makefile b/examples/Makefile
index 578e48d4c0647f91b3201613230463b59c3c704a..c12e80abeb57b1c0ad63f41e39090b795242a6a6 100644
--- a/examples/Makefile
+++ b/examples/Makefile
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ endif
 
 CFLAGS=-O3 -I${OPENRNG_ROOT}/include
 CXXFLAGS=${CFLAGS}
-LDFLAGS=-L${OPENRNG_ROOT}/lib -lopenrng -lm
+LDFLAGS=-L${OPENRNG_ROOT}/lib -L${OPENRNG_ROOT}/lib64 -lopenrng -lm
 
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