Add section on linking to satisfy #67
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index dd9c661..30f48b3 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -6,7 +6,8 @@
Discussion group: https://groups.google.com/d/forum/benchmark-discuss
-Example usage:
+Example usage
+-------------
Define a function that executes the code to be measured a
specified number of times:
@@ -158,3 +159,7 @@
}
BENCHMARK(BM_MultiThreaded)->Threads(2);
```
+
+Linking against the library
+---------------------------
+When using gcc, it is necessary to link against pthread to avoid runtime exceptions. This is due to how gcc implements std::thread. See [issue #67](https://github.com/google/benchmark/issues/67) for more details.
