diff --git a/.github/BUILDING.md b/.github/BUILDING.md
index 5197dd0ba..d6bf878ef 100644
--- a/.github/BUILDING.md
+++ b/.github/BUILDING.md
@@ -26,5 +26,11 @@ git clone --recursive https://github.com/RPCSX/rpcsx && cd rpcsx
 ## How to compile the emulator
    
 ```
-cmake -B build && cmake --build build -j$(nproc)
+cmake -B build -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release -DCMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_INIT="-march=native" && cmake --build build -j$(nproc)
+```
+
+For Ubuntu 24.04 you need to manually specify compiler version:
+
+```
+cmake -B build -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release -DCMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_INIT="-march=native" -DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER=g++-14 && cmake --build build -j$(nproc)
 ```