diff --git a/docs/INSTALL.rst b/docs/INSTALL.rst
index 7f291d0..3266666 100644
--- a/docs/INSTALL.rst
+++ b/docs/INSTALL.rst
@@ -109,6 +109,8 @@
        sudo yum install doxygen graphviz python-sphinx
        sudo pip install sphinxcontrib-doxylink sphinxcontrib-googleanalytics
 
+.. _build:
+
 Build
 -----
 
@@ -123,9 +125,51 @@
     ./waf
     sudo ./waf install
 
+By default, only the static version of ndn-cxx library is built.  To build the shared library,
+use ``--enable-shared`` option for ``./waf configure`` command.  For example::
+
+    ./waf configure --enable-shared
+
+To disable build of the static library and build only the shared library, use additional
+``--disable-static`` option.  Note that at least one version of the library needs to be
+enabled.
+
+::
+
+    ./waf configure --enable-shared --disable-static
+
+
+After shared library is built and installed, some systems require additional actions.
+
+  - on Linux::
+
+      sudo ldconfig
+
+  - on FreeBSD::
+
+      sudo ldconfig -m
+
+  .. note::
+     When library is installed in a non-standard path (in general: not in ``/usr/lib`` or
+     ``/usr/local/lib``; on some Linux distros including Fedora: not in ``/usr/lib``),
+     additional actions may be necessary.
+
+     The installation path should be added to ``/etc/ld.so.conf`` (or in
+     ``/etc/ld.so.conf.d``) **before** running ``sudo ldconfig``. For example::
+
+         echo /usr/local/lib | sudo tee /etc/ld.so.conf.d/ndn-cxx.conf
+
+     Alternatively, ``LD_LIBRARY_PATH`` environment variable should be set to the location of
+     the library::
+
+         export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/local/lib
+
 This builds and installs the following items:
 
--  ``<LIBPATH>/libndn-cxx.a``: static NDN C++ library
+-  ``<LIBPATH>/libndn-cxx.a``: static NDN C++ library (if enabled)
+-  ``<LIBPATH>/libndn-cxx.so``, ``<LIBPATH>/libndn-cxx.so.<VERSION>`` (on Linux),
+   ``<LIBPATH>/libndn-cxx.dylib``, ``<LIBPATH>/libndn-cxx.<VERSION>.dylib`` (on OS X):
+   shared NDN C++ library (if enabled)
 -  ``<LIBPATH>/pkgconfig/libndn-cxx.pc``: pkgconfig file storing all
    neccessary flags to build against the library. For example, if
    pkgconfig or pkgconf package is installed and ``PKG_CONFIG_PATH`` is
@@ -162,6 +206,17 @@
 
     ./waf configure --with-examples
     ./waf
+    sudo ./waf install
+
+:ref:`Additional step <build>`:
+
+  - on Linux::
+
+      sudo ldconfig
+
+  - on FreeBSD::
+
+      sudo ldconfig -m
 
 To run examples:
 
@@ -183,6 +238,7 @@
 
     cp examples/consumer.cpp examples/my-new-consumer-app.cpp
     ./waf
+    sudo ./waf install
     ./build/examples/my-new-consumer-app
 
 
@@ -201,6 +257,16 @@
     ./waf
     sudo ./waf install
 
+:ref:`Additional step <build>`:
+
+  - on Linux::
+
+      sudo ldconfig
+
+  - on FreeBSD::
+
+      sudo ldconfig -m
+
 Documentation
 -------------
 
@@ -239,6 +305,16 @@
     ./waf
     sudo ./waf install
 
+:ref:`Additional step <build>`:
+
+  - on Linux::
+
+      sudo ldconfig
+
+  - on FreeBSD::
+
+      sudo ldconfig -m
+
 In the development build all compiler optimizations are disabled by
 default and all warnings are treated as error. The default behavior can
 be overridden by setting ``CXXFLAGS`` environment variable before