diff --git a/fuzzers/CMakeLists.txt b/fuzzers/CMakeLists.txt
index 5e9c715c6..38d705f74 100644
--- a/fuzzers/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/fuzzers/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -23,7 +23,9 @@ foreach(fuzz_target_src ${SRC_FUZZERS})
 	target_include_directories(${fuzz_target_name} SYSTEM PRIVATE ${LIBGIT2_SYSTEM_INCLUDES})
 
 	target_link_libraries(${fuzz_target_name} ${LIBGIT2_SYSTEM_LIBS})
-	target_link_options(${fuzz_target_name} PRIVATE "-fsanitize=fuzzer")
+	if(NOT USE_STANDALONE_FUZZERS)
+		target_link_options(${fuzz_target_name} PRIVATE "-fsanitize=fuzzer")
+	endif()
 
 	add_test(${fuzz_target_name} "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/${fuzz_target_name}" "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/corpora/${fuzz_name}")
 endforeach()