diff --git a/fuzzing/CMakeLists.txt b/fuzzing/CMakeLists.txt
index fdd7126..84278e8 100644
--- a/fuzzing/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/fuzzing/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -26,3 +26,8 @@ if (ENABLE_FUZZING)
 
 
 endif()
+
+if(ENABLE_CJSON_TEST)
+    ADD_EXECUTABLE(fuzz_main fuzz_main.c)
+    TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES(fuzz_main cjson)
+endif()
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/fuzzing/cjson_read_fuzzer.cc b/fuzzing/cjson_read_fuzzer.cc
index 3b76894..4ec4322 100644
--- a/fuzzing/cjson_read_fuzzer.cc
+++ b/fuzzing/cjson_read_fuzzer.cc
@@ -4,9 +4,17 @@
 
 #include "../cJSON.h"
 
-extern "C" int LLVMFuzzerTestOneInput(const uint8_t* data, size_t size)
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+extern "C"
+#endif
+int LLVMFuzzerTestOneInput(const uint8_t* data, size_t size)
 {
+    cJSON *json;
     size_t offset = 4;
+    unsigned char *copied;
+    char *printed_json = NULL;
+    int minify, require_termination, formatted, buffered;
+
 
     if(size <= offset) return 0;
     if(data[0] != '1' && data[0] != '0') return 0;
@@ -14,18 +22,18 @@ extern "C" int LLVMFuzzerTestOneInput(const uint8_t* data, size_t size)
     if(data[2] != '1' && data[2] != '0') return 0;
     if(data[3] != '1' && data[3] != '0') return 0;
 
-    int minify              = data[0] == '1' ? 1 : 0;
-    int require_termination = data[1] == '1' ? 1 : 0;
-    int formatted           = data[2] == '1' ? 1 : 0;
-    int buffered            = data[3] == '1' ? 1 : 0;
+    minify              = data[0] == '1' ? 1 : 0;
+    require_termination = data[1] == '1' ? 1 : 0;
+    formatted           = data[2] == '1' ? 1 : 0;
+    buffered            = data[3] == '1' ? 1 : 0;
 
-    unsigned char *copied = (unsigned char*)malloc(size);
+    copied = (unsigned char*)malloc(size);
     if(copied == NULL) return 0;
 
     memcpy(copied, data, size);
     copied[size-1] = '\0';
 
-    cJSON *json = cJSON_ParseWithOpts((const char*)copied + offset, NULL, require_termination);
+    json = cJSON_ParseWithOpts((const char*)copied + offset, NULL, require_termination);
 
     if(json == NULL)
     {
@@ -33,8 +41,6 @@ extern "C" int LLVMFuzzerTestOneInput(const uint8_t* data, size_t size)
         return 0;
     }
 
-    char *printed_json = NULL;
-
     if(buffered)
     {
         printed_json = cJSON_PrintBuffered(json, 1, formatted);
diff --git a/fuzzing/fuzz_main.c b/fuzzing/fuzz_main.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e004115
--- /dev/null
+++ b/fuzzing/fuzz_main.c
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+#include <stdint.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+
+int LLVMFuzzerTestOneInput(const uint8_t* data, size_t size); /* required by C90 */
+
+#include "cjson_read_fuzzer.cc"
+
+/* fuzz target entry point, works without libFuzzer */
+
+int main(int argc, char **argv)
+{
+    FILE *f;
+    char *buf = NULL;
+    long siz_buf;
+
+    if(argc < 2)
+    {
+        fprintf(stderr, "no input file\n");
+        goto err;
+    }
+
+    f = fopen(argv[1], "rb");
+    if(f == NULL)
+    {
+        fprintf(stderr, "error opening input file %s\n", argv[1]);
+        goto err;
+    }
+
+    fseek(f, 0, SEEK_END);
+
+    siz_buf = ftell(f);
+    rewind(f);
+
+    if(siz_buf < 1) goto err;
+
+    buf = (char*)malloc((size_t)siz_buf);
+    if(buf == NULL)
+    {
+        fprintf(stderr, "malloc() failed\n");
+        goto err;
+    }
+
+    if(fread(buf, (size_t)siz_buf, 1, f) != 1)
+    {
+        fprintf(stderr, "fread() failed\n");
+        goto err;
+    }
+
+    (void)LLVMFuzzerTestOneInput((uint8_t*)buf, (size_t)siz_buf);
+
+err:
+    free(buf);
+
+    return 0;
+}