diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 5d1dc0b9..341e8e66 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -48,6 +48,12 @@ add_subdirectory(tools)
 add_subdirectory(tests)
 add_subdirectory(benchmark)
 
+# for fuzzing, read the comments in the fuzz/CMakeLists.txt file
+option(ENABLE_FUZZING "enable fuzzing (experimental, requires clang)" OFF)
+if(ENABLE_FUZZING)
+add_subdirectory(fuzz)
+endif()
+
 set(CPACK_PACKAGE_VENDOR "Daniel Lemire")
 set(CPACK_PACKAGE_CONTACT "lemire@gmail.com")
 set(CPACK_PACKAGE_DESCRIPTION_SUMMARY "Parsing gigabytes of JSON per second")
@@ -62,3 +68,5 @@ set(CPACK_RPM_PACKAGE_LICENSE "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/LICENSE")
 set(CPACK_SOURCE_GENERATOR "TGZ;ZIP")
 
 include(CPack)
+
+
diff --git a/fuzz/CMakeLists.txt b/fuzz/CMakeLists.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..57143b0d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/fuzz/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+# First attempt at a fuzzer, using libFuzzer.
+#
+# compile like this:
+# mkdir build-fuzzer
+# cd build-fuzzer
+# export LDFLAGS="-fsanitize=address,undefined"
+# export CXXFLAGS="-fsanitize=fuzzer-no-link,address,undefined"
+# export CFLAGS="-fsanitize=fuzzer-no-link,address,undefined"
+# export CXX=clang++
+# export CC=clang++
+# cmake .. -GNinja -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Debug -DENABLE_FUZZING=On
+# ninja
+
+if (CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID MATCHES "Clang")
+ add_executable(fuzz_parser fuzz_parser.cpp)
+ target_link_libraries(fuzz_parser PRIVATE  ${SIMDJSON_LIB_NAME} )
+ target_link_libraries(fuzz_parser PRIVATE "-fsanitize=fuzzer")
+
+ add_executable(fuzz_minify fuzz_minify.cpp)
+ target_link_libraries(fuzz_minify PRIVATE  ${SIMDJSON_LIB_NAME} )
+ target_link_libraries(fuzz_minify PRIVATE "-fsanitize=fuzzer")
+
+ add_executable(fuzz_dump fuzz_dump.cpp)
+ target_link_libraries(fuzz_dump PRIVATE  ${SIMDJSON_LIB_NAME} )
+ target_link_libraries(fuzz_dump PRIVATE "-fsanitize=fuzzer")
+endif()
+
diff --git a/fuzz/fuzz_dump.cpp b/fuzz/fuzz_dump.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e842c43c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/fuzz/fuzz_dump.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,72 @@
+#include "simdjson/jsonparser.h"
+#include <cstddef>
+#include <cstdint>
+#include <iostream>
+#include <string>
+
+// from https://stackoverflow.com/a/8244052
+class NulStreambuf : public std::streambuf {
+  char dummyBuffer[64];
+
+protected:
+  virtual int overflow(int c) {
+    setp(dummyBuffer, dummyBuffer + sizeof(dummyBuffer));
+    return (c == traits_type::eof()) ? '\0' : c;
+  }
+};
+
+class NulOStream : private NulStreambuf, public std::ostream {
+public:
+  NulOStream() : std::ostream(this) {}
+  NulStreambuf *rdbuf() { return this; }
+};
+
+// from the README on the front page
+void compute_dump(simdjson::ParsedJson::Iterator &pjh) {
+  NulOStream os;
+
+  if (pjh.is_object()) {
+    os << "{";
+    if (pjh.down()) {
+      pjh.print(os); // must be a string
+      os << ":";
+      pjh.next();
+      compute_dump(pjh); // let us recurse
+      while (pjh.next()) {
+        os << ",";
+        pjh.print(os);
+        os << ":";
+        pjh.next();
+        compute_dump(pjh); // let us recurse
+      }
+      pjh.up();
+    }
+    os << "}";
+  } else if (pjh.is_array()) {
+    os << "[";
+    if (pjh.down()) {
+      compute_dump(pjh); // let us recurse
+      while (pjh.next()) {
+        os << ",";
+        compute_dump(pjh); // let us recurse
+      }
+      pjh.up();
+    }
+    os << "]";
+  } else {
+    pjh.print(os); // just print the lone value
+  }
+}
+
+extern "C" int LLVMFuzzerTestOneInput(const uint8_t *Data, size_t Size) {
+
+  try {
+    auto pj = simdjson::build_parsed_json(Data, Size);
+    simdjson::ParsedJson::Iterator pjh(pj);
+    if (pjh.is_ok()) {
+      compute_dump(pjh);
+    }
+  } catch (...) {
+  }
+  return 0;
+}
diff --git a/fuzz/fuzz_minify.cpp b/fuzz/fuzz_minify.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ab6bc165
--- /dev/null
+++ b/fuzz/fuzz_minify.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+#include "simdjson/jsonminifier.h"
+#include "simdjson/jsonparser.h"
+#include <cstddef>
+#include <cstdint>
+#include <string>
+extern "C" int LLVMFuzzerTestOneInput(const uint8_t *Data, size_t Size) {
+
+  auto begin = (const char *)Data;
+  auto end = begin + Size;
+
+  std::string str(begin, end);
+
+  simdjson::json_minify(str.data(), str.size(), str.data());
+  return 0;
+}
diff --git a/fuzz/fuzz_parser.cpp b/fuzz/fuzz_parser.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c1b11b7e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/fuzz/fuzz_parser.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+#include "simdjson/jsonparser.h"
+#include <cstddef>
+#include <cstdint>
+#include <string>
+extern "C" int LLVMFuzzerTestOneInput(const uint8_t *Data, size_t Size) {
+
+  auto ignored = simdjson::build_parsed_json(Data, Size);
+
+  return 0;
+}
diff --git a/tools/cmake/FindOptions.cmake b/tools/cmake/FindOptions.cmake
index 281b5258..f9854c1c 100644
--- a/tools/cmake/FindOptions.cmake
+++ b/tools/cmake/FindOptions.cmake
@@ -46,13 +46,13 @@ set(CMAKE_C_FLAGS_DEBUG "-ggdb")
 set(CMAKE_C_FLAGS_RELEASE "-O3")
 endif()
 
-set(CMAKE_C_FLAGS "${STD_FLAGS} ${OPT_FLAGS} ${INCLUDE_FLAGS} ${WARNING_FLAGS} ${SIMDJSON_SANITIZE_FLAGS} ")
+set(CMAKE_C_FLAGS "${CMAKE_C_FLAGS} ${STD_FLAGS} ${OPT_FLAGS} ${INCLUDE_FLAGS} ${WARNING_FLAGS} ${SIMDJSON_SANITIZE_FLAGS} ")
 
 if(NOT MSVC)
 set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_DEBUG "-ggdb")
 set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_RELEASE "-O3")
 endif()
-set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CXXSTD_FLAGS} ${OPT_FLAGS} ${INCLUDE_FLAGS} ${WARNING_FLAGS} ${SIMDJSON_SANITIZE_FLAGS} ")
+set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} ${CXXSTD_FLAGS} ${OPT_FLAGS} ${INCLUDE_FLAGS} ${WARNING_FLAGS} ${SIMDJSON_SANITIZE_FLAGS} ")
 
 if(MSVC)
 add_definitions( "${OPT_FLAGS} /W3 /D_CRT_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS /wd4005 /wd4996 /wd4267 /wd4244  /wd4113 /nologo")