diff --git a/LICENSING.rst b/LICENSING.rst
index a7f0f37..0308b47 100644
--- a/LICENSING.rst
+++ b/LICENSING.rst
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 Licensing
 ---------
 
-wolfSSL’s software is available under two distinct licensing models:
+wolfSSL's software is available under two distinct licensing models:
 open source and standard commercial licensing. Please see the relevant
 section below for information on each type of license.
 
diff --git a/src/wolfcrypt/_build_wolfssl.py b/src/wolfcrypt/_build_wolfssl.py
index 8d428eb..81984e7 100644
--- a/src/wolfcrypt/_build_wolfssl.py
+++ b/src/wolfcrypt/_build_wolfssl.py
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 import os
 import subprocess
 from contextlib import contextmanager
+from distutils.util import get_platform
 
 
 def local_path(path):
@@ -105,8 +106,8 @@ def make_flags(prefix):
     """
     flags = []
 
-    # extra CC flags
-    flags.append("CFLAGS=-fpic")
+    if get_platform() in ["linux-x86_64", "linux-i686"]:
+        flags.append("CFLAGS=-fpic")
 
     # install location
     flags.append("--prefix={}".format(prefix))