diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 1472b796..d275cfab 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -134,11 +134,13 @@ AM_CONDITIONAL([HAVE_UNKNOWN_WARNING_OPTION], [test "${have_unknown_warning_opti
 
 AC_ARG_ENABLE(
 	[fuzzing],
-	[AS_HELP_STRING([--enable-fuzzing],[enable compile of fuzzing tests @<:@disabled@:>@, note that CFLAGS should be set accoringly, e.g. to something like "-fsanitize=address,fuzzer"])],
+	[AS_HELP_STRING([--enable-fuzzing],[enable compile of fuzzing tests @<:@disabled@:>@, note that CFLAGS and FUZZING_LIBS should be set accoringly, e.g. to something like CFLAGS="-fsanitize=address,fuzzer" FUZZING_LIBS="-fsanitize=fuzzer"])],
 	,
 	[enable_fuzzing="no"]
 )
 
+AC_ARG_VAR([FUZZING_LIBS], [linker flags for fuzzing])
+
 AC_ARG_ENABLE(
 	[strict],
 	[AS_HELP_STRING([--disable-strict],[disable strict compile mode @<:@enabled@:>@])],
@@ -1180,6 +1182,7 @@ PCSC_CFLAGS:             ${PCSC_CFLAGS}
 CRYPTOTOKENKIT_CFLAGS:   ${CRYPTOTOKENKIT_CFLAGS}
 GIO2_CFLAGS:             ${GIO2_CFLAGS}
 GIO2_LIBS:               ${GIO2_LIBS}
+FUZZING_LIBS:            ${FUZZING_LIBS}
 
 EOF
 
diff --git a/src/tests/fuzzing/Makefile.am b/src/tests/fuzzing/Makefile.am
index 41776a2f..509e672d 100644
--- a/src/tests/fuzzing/Makefile.am
+++ b/src/tests/fuzzing/Makefile.am
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 AM_CPPFLAGS = -I$(top_srcdir)/src
 AM_CFLAGS = -g -O0 $(OPTIONAL_OPENSSL_CFLAGS) $(OPTIONAL_READLINE_CFLAGS) $(PTHREAD_CFLAGS)
-LIBS = \
+LIBS = $(FUZZING_LIBS) \
 	$(top_builddir)/src/libopensc/libopensc.la \
 	$(top_builddir)/src/common/libscdl.la \
 	$(top_builddir)/src/common/libcompat.la