diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 1552302..a129872 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@ once_cell = "1"
 cc = { version = "1.0", features = ["parallel"] }
 
 [features]
+default = ["link_libfuzzer"]
+link_libfuzzer = []
 arbitrary-derive = ["arbitrary/derive"]
 
 [workspace]
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 8bdba6e..db6f7f5 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -61,6 +61,29 @@ And finally, run the fuzzer:
 $ ./target/debug/fuzzed
 ```
 
+### Linking to a local libfuzzer
+
+When using `libfuzzer-sys`, you can provide your own `libfuzzer` runtime in two ways.
+
+If you are developing a fuzzer, you can set the `CUSTOM_LIBFUZZER_PATH` environment variable to the path of your local
+`libfuzzer` runtime, which will then be linked instead of building libfuzzer as part of the build stage of `libfuzzer-sys`.
+For an example, to link to a prebuilt LLVM 16 `libfuzzer`, you could use:
+
+```bash
+$ export CUSTOM_LIBFUZZER_PATH=/usr/lib64/clang/16/lib/libclang_rt.fuzzer-x86_64.a
+$ cargo fuzz run ...
+```
+
+Alternatively, you may also disable the default `link_libfuzzer` feature:
+
+In `Cargo.toml`:
+```toml
+[dependencies]
+libfuzzer-sys = { path = "../../libfuzzer", default-features = false }
+```
+
+Then link to your own runtime in your `build.rs`.
+
 ## Updating libfuzzer from upstream
 
 ```
diff --git a/build.rs b/build.rs
index ab1bbc5..e549e3f 100644
--- a/build.rs
+++ b/build.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-fn main() {
+fn build_and_link_libfuzzer() {
     println!("cargo:rerun-if-env-changed=CUSTOM_LIBFUZZER_PATH");
     if let Ok(custom) = ::std::env::var("CUSTOM_LIBFUZZER_PATH") {
         println!("cargo:rerun-if-changed={custom}");
@@ -38,3 +38,9 @@ fn main() {
         build.compile("libfuzzer.a");
     }
 }
+
+fn main() {
+    if cfg!(feature = "link_libfuzzer") {
+        build_and_link_libfuzzer();
+    }
+}