diff --git a/boringssl/build.sh b/boringssl/build.sh
index 0fa94eef8..e9cbfe3a1 100755
--- a/boringssl/build.sh
+++ b/boringssl/build.sh
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ for F in $fuzzerFiles; do
   fuzzerName=$(basename $F .cc)
   echo "Building fuzzer $fuzzerName"
   $CXX $CXXFLAGS $FUZZER_LDFLAGS -std=c++11 \
-      -o /out/openssl_${fuzzerName} /work/libfuzzer/*.o $F \
+      -o /out/openssl_${fuzzerName} -lfuzzer $F \
       -I /src/boringssl/include ./ssl/libssl.a  ./crypto/libcrypto.a
 done
 
diff --git a/curl/build.sh b/curl/build.sh
index c393e4cfc..d83c38851 100755
--- a/curl/build.sh
+++ b/curl/build.sh
@@ -19,4 +19,4 @@ cd /src/curl
 ./buildconf
 ./configure --disable-shared --enable-debug --enable-maintainer-mode --disable-symbol-hiding --disable-threaded-resolver --enable-ipv6 --with-random=/dev/null
 make -j4
-$CXX $CXXFLAGS /src/fuzzer.cc -Iinclude lib/.libs/libcurl.a -lssl -lcrypto -lz /work/libfuzzer/*.o -o /out/curl_fuzzer $FUZZER_LDFLAGS
+$CXX $CXXFLAGS /src/fuzzer.cc -Iinclude lib/.libs/libcurl.a -lssl -lcrypto -lz -lfuzzer -o /out/curl_fuzzer $FUZZER_LDFLAGS
diff --git a/docs/new_library.md b/docs/new_library.md
index a14f17584..5815d9366 100644
--- a/docs/new_library.md
+++ b/docs/new_library.md
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ make clean all
 # build the fuzzer, linking with libFuzzer and libexpat.a
 $CXX $CXXFLAGS -std=c++11 -Ilib/ \
     /src/oss-fuzz/expat/parse_fuzzer.cc -o /out/expat_parse_fuzzer \
-    /work/libfuzzer/*.o .libs/libexpat.a \
+    -lfuzzer .libs/libexpat.a \
     $FUZZER_LDFLAGS
 ```
 
@@ -113,9 +113,9 @@ When build.sh script is executed, the following locations are available within t
 
 | Path                  | Description
 | ------                | -----
-| `/src/$LIB_NAME`      | Source code for your library. 
-| `/src/oss-fuzz`       | Checked out oss-fuzz source tree. 
-| `/work/libfuzzer/*.o` | Prebuilt libFuzzer object files that need to be linked into all fuzzers.
+| `/src/$LIB_NAME`      | Source code for your library.
+| `/src/oss-fuzz`       | Checked out oss-fuzz source tree.
+| `/usr/lib/libfuzzer.a` | Prebuilt libFuzzer library that need to be linked into all fuzzers (`-lfuzzer`).
 
 You *must* use special compiler flags to build your library and fuzzers.
 These flags are provided in following environment variables:
diff --git a/expat/build.sh b/expat/build.sh
index f99443e96..8886e3a3a 100755
--- a/expat/build.sh
+++ b/expat/build.sh
@@ -7,6 +7,6 @@ make clean all
 
 $CXX $CXXFLAGS -std=c++11 -Ilib/ \
     /src/parse_fuzzer.cc -o /out/expat_parse_fuzzer \
-    /work/libfuzzer/*.o .libs/libexpat.a $FUZZER_LDFLAGS
+    -lfuzzer .libs/libexpat.a $FUZZER_LDFLAGS
 
 cp /src/*.dict /src/*.options /out/
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/freetype2/build.sh b/freetype2/build.sh
index cb78c47ac..eb2767037 100755
--- a/freetype2/build.sh
+++ b/freetype2/build.sh
@@ -24,6 +24,6 @@ make clean all
 $CXX $CXXFLAGS $FUZZER_LDFLAGS -std=c++11 \
   -I./include -I. \
   ./src/tools/ftfuzzer/ftfuzzer.cc -o /out/freetype2_fuzzer \
-  ./objs/*.o /work/libfuzzer/*.o \
+  ./objs/*.o -lfuzzer \
   /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libarchive.a \
   ./objs/.libs/libfreetype.a
diff --git a/harfbuzz/build.sh b/harfbuzz/build.sh
index 07726039a..6ac53afac 100755
--- a/harfbuzz/build.sh
+++ b/harfbuzz/build.sh
@@ -25,4 +25,4 @@ make clean all
 
 $CXX $CXXFLAGS -std=c++11 -Isrc \
     /src/harfbuzz_fuzzer.cc -o /out/harfbuzz_fuzzer \
-    /work/libfuzzer/*.o src/.libs/*.o src/hb-ucdn/.libs/*.o $FUZZER_LDFLAGS
+    -lfuzzer src/.libs/*.o src/hb-ucdn/.libs/*.o $FUZZER_LDFLAGS
diff --git a/infra/base-images/base-libfuzzer/README.md b/infra/base-images/base-libfuzzer/README.md
index b84a970ca..7ac316e79 100644
--- a/infra/base-images/base-libfuzzer/README.md
+++ b/infra/base-images/base-libfuzzer/README.md
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ Supported commands:
 | -------- | ----------  |
 | `/out/` | build artifacts should be copied here  |
 | `/work/` | used to store intermediate files |
-| `/work/libfuzzer/*.o` | libfuzzer object files |
+| `/usr/lib/libfuzzer.a` | libfuzzer static library |
 
 # Provided Environment Variables
 
diff --git a/infra/base-images/base-libfuzzer/compile b/infra/base-images/base-libfuzzer/compile
index 85eaddcd5..bbf8a0f6d 100755
--- a/infra/base-images/base-libfuzzer/compile
+++ b/infra/base-images/base-libfuzzer/compile
@@ -18,11 +18,12 @@
 
 echo "---------------------------------------------------------------"
 
-export LIBFUZZER_WORK_DIR=/work/libfuzzer
 
-echo -n "Compiling libFuzzer into $LIBFUZZER_WORK_DIR ..."
-cd $LIBFUZZER_WORK_DIR
+echo -n "Compiling libFuzzer into /usr/lib/libfuzzer.a ..."
+cd /work/libfuzzer
 $CXX $CXXFLAGS -std=c++11 $SANITIZER_FLAGS -c /src/libfuzzer/*.cpp -I/src/libfuzzer
+ar ruv /usr/lib/libfuzzer.a /work/libfuzzer/*.o
+# TODO(mike): remove /work/libfuzzer after all fuzzers are migrated to -lfuzzer
 echo "Done."
 
 export CFLAGS="$CFLAGS $SANITIZER_FLAGS $COV_FLAGS"
diff --git a/json/build.sh b/json/build.sh
index 861ac18ef..94eb3abbe 100755
--- a/json/build.sh
+++ b/json/build.sh
@@ -19,6 +19,6 @@ cd /src/json
 
 $CXX $CXXFLAGS -std=c++11 -I/src/json/src/ \
     /src/parse_fuzzer.cc -o /out/parse_fuzzer \
-    /work/libfuzzer/*.o $FUZZER_LDFLAGS
+    -lfuzzer $FUZZER_LDFLAGS
 
 cp /src/*.options /out/
diff --git a/libass/build.sh b/libass/build.sh
index eaf5259fb..3404aa7b2 100755
--- a/libass/build.sh
+++ b/libass/build.sh
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ make
 
 $CXX $CXXFLAGS -std=c++11 -I/src/libass \
     /src/libass_fuzzer.cc -o /out/libass_fuzzer \
-    /work/libfuzzer/*.o libass/.libs/libass.a \
+    -lfuzzer libass/.libs/libass.a \
     -Wl,-Bstatic -lfontconfig  -lfribidi -lfreetype -lz -lpng12 -lexpat -Wl,-Bdynamic \
     $FUZZER_LDFLAGS
 
diff --git a/libchewing/build.sh b/libchewing/build.sh
index f129849ff..b6fab1bc6 100755
--- a/libchewing/build.sh
+++ b/libchewing/build.sh
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ $CC $CFLAGS \
     -o /out/chewing_fuzzer \
     /src/chewing_fuzzer.c \
     test/stress.o test/.libs/libtesthelper.a src/.libs/libchewing.a \
-    /work/libfuzzer/*.o $FUZZER_LDFLAGS
+    -lfuzzer $FUZZER_LDFLAGS
 
 # install data files
 make -C data pkgdatadir=/out install
diff --git a/libpng/build.sh b/libpng/build.sh
index 0cd473440..5a125bf32 100755
--- a/libpng/build.sh
+++ b/libpng/build.sh
@@ -30,6 +30,6 @@ make clean all
 # build libpng_read_fuzzer
 $CXX $CXXFLAGS -std=c++11 -I. -lz \
      /src/libpng_read_fuzzer.cc -o /out/libpng_read_fuzzer \
-     /work/libfuzzer/*.o .libs/libpng16.a $FUZZER_LDFLAGS
+     -lfuzzer .libs/libpng16.a $FUZZER_LDFLAGS
 
 cp /src/*.dict /src/*.options /out/
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/libxml2/build.sh b/libxml2/build.sh
index 41cfc308b..41aec5540 100755
--- a/libxml2/build.sh
+++ b/libxml2/build.sh
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ make clean all
 for fuzzer in libxml2_xml_read_memory_fuzzer libxml2_xml_regexp_compile_fuzzer; do
   $CXX $CXXFLAGS -std=c++11 -Iinclude/ \
       /src/$fuzzer.cc -o /out/$fuzzer \
-      /work/libfuzzer/*.o .libs/libxml2.a $FUZZER_LDFLAGS
+      -lfuzzer .libs/libxml2.a $FUZZER_LDFLAGS
 done
 
 cp /src/*.dict /src/*.options /out/
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/nss/build.sh b/nss/build.sh
index 345c9053d..acdde030c 100755
--- a/nss/build.sh
+++ b/nss/build.sh
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ FUZZERS="asn1_algorithmid_fuzzer \
 for fuzzer in $FUZZERS; do
   $CXX $CXXFLAGS -std=c++11 /src/$fuzzer.cc \
      -I/work/nss/include \
-     /work/libfuzzer/*.o \
+     -lfuzzer \
      /work/nss/lib/libnss.a /work/nss/lib/libnssutil.a \
      /work/nss/lib/libnspr4.a /work/nss/lib/libplc4.a /work/nss/lib/libplds4.a \
      /work/nss/lib/prlog2.o -o /out/$fuzzer $FUZZER_LDFLAGS
diff --git a/pcre2/build.sh b/pcre2/build.sh
index 1eddf80e6..e7518d492 100755
--- a/pcre2/build.sh
+++ b/pcre2/build.sh
@@ -28,4 +28,4 @@ make clean all
 $CXX $CXXFLAGS -std=c++11 -I src  \
      /src/pcre2_fuzzer.cc -o /out/pcre2_fuzzer \
      -Wl,--whole-archive .libs/*.a -Wl,-no-whole-archive $FUZZER_LDFLAGS \
-     /work/libfuzzer/*.o
+     -lfuzzer
diff --git a/re2/build.sh b/re2/build.sh
index 3f6c255ee..4ffc387a3 100755
--- a/re2/build.sh
+++ b/re2/build.sh
@@ -32,6 +32,6 @@ make obj/libre2.a
 # Second, build our fuzzers.
 $CXX $CXXFLAGS -std=c++11 -I. \
 	/src/re2_fuzzer.cc -o /out/re2_fuzzer \
-	/work/libfuzzer/*.o ./obj/libre2.a $FUZZER_LDFLAGS
+	-lfuzzer ./obj/libre2.a $FUZZER_LDFLAGS
 
 cp /src/*.options /out/
diff --git a/scripts/templates.py b/scripts/templates.py
index 2b069ed25..4c7aa2216 100755
--- a/scripts/templates.py
+++ b/scripts/templates.py
@@ -94,5 +94,5 @@ cd /src/%s
 # e.g.
 # $CXX $CXXFLAGS -std=c++11 -Iinclude \\
 #     /path/to/name_of_fuzzer.cc -o /out/name_of_fuzzer \\
-#     /work/libfuzzer/*.o /path/to/library.a $FUZZER_LDFLAGS
+#     -lfuzzer /path/to/library.a $FUZZER_LDFLAGS
 """
diff --git a/sqlite3/build.sh b/sqlite3/build.sh
index 93bc14493..086f23dcc 100755
--- a/sqlite3/build.sh
+++ b/sqlite3/build.sh
@@ -34,6 +34,6 @@ make sqlite3.c
 
 $CXX $CXXFLAGS -std=c++11 -I. \
     /src/sqlite3_fuzzer.cc -o /out/sqlite3_fuzzer \
-    /work/libfuzzer/*.o ./sqlite3.o $FUZZER_LDFLAGS
+    -lfuzzer ./sqlite3.o $FUZZER_LDFLAGS
 
 cp /src/*.options /src/*.dict /out/
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/woff2/build.sh b/woff2/build.sh
index f58272e10..7d4535061 100755
--- a/woff2/build.sh
+++ b/woff2/build.sh
@@ -42,6 +42,6 @@ rm src/woff2_compress.o src/woff2_decompress.o
 fuzzer=convert_woff2ttf_fuzzer
 $CXX $CXXFLAGS -std=c++11 -Isrc \
     /src/$fuzzer.cc -o /out/$fuzzer \
-    /work/libfuzzer/*.o src/*.o brotli/dec/*.o brotli/enc/*.o $FUZZER_LDFLAGS
+    -lfuzzer src/*.o brotli/dec/*.o brotli/enc/*.o $FUZZER_LDFLAGS
 
 cp /src/*.options /out/
diff --git a/zlib/build.sh b/zlib/build.sh
index 214546c13..067af039c 100755
--- a/zlib/build.sh
+++ b/zlib/build.sh
@@ -7,4 +7,4 @@ make clean all
 
 $CXX $CXXFLAGS -std=c++11 -I. \
     /src/zlib_uncompress_fuzzer.cc -o /out/zlib_uncompress_fuzzer \
-    /work/libfuzzer/*.o ./libz.a $FUZZER_LDFLAGS
+    -lfuzzer ./libz.a $FUZZER_LDFLAGS