diff --git a/src/options/init.rs b/src/options/init.rs
index 565ac53..ae86c6b 100644
--- a/src/options/init.rs
+++ b/src/options/init.rs
@@ -12,6 +12,10 @@ pub struct Init {
     /// Whether to create a separate workspace for fuzz targets crate
     pub fuzzing_workspace: Option<bool>,
 
+    #[arg(long, value_parser = clap::builder::BoolishValueParser::new(), default_value = "false")]
+    /// Whether to use libafl's libfuzzer_sys-compatible API for improved fuzzing performance
+    pub use_libafl: Option<bool>,
+
     #[command(flatten)]
     pub fuzz_dir_wrapper: FuzzDirWrapper,
 }
diff --git a/src/project.rs b/src/project.rs
index ed8c5c7..6b53823 100644
--- a/src/project.rs
+++ b/src/project.rs
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@ impl FuzzProject {
             .write_fmt(toml_template!(
                 manifest.crate_name,
                 manifest.edition,
+                init.use_libafl,
                 init.fuzzing_workspace
             ))
             .with_context(|| format!("failed to write to {}", cargo_toml.display()))?;
@@ -353,7 +354,7 @@ impl FuzzProject {
         // Use the user-provided target directory, if provided. Otherwise if building for coverage,
         // use the coverage directory
         if let Some(target_dir) = build.target_dir.as_ref() {
-            return Ok(Some(PathBuf::from(target_dir)));
+            Ok(Some(PathBuf::from(target_dir)))
         } else if build.coverage {
             // To ensure that fuzzing and coverage-output generation can run in parallel, we
             // produce a separate binary for the coverage command.
@@ -387,7 +388,7 @@ impl FuzzProject {
             cmd.arg("--bins");
         }
 
-        if let Some(target_dir) = self.target_dir(&build)? {
+        if let Some(target_dir) = self.target_dir(build)? {
             cmd.arg("--target-dir").arg(target_dir);
         }
 
@@ -756,7 +757,7 @@ impl FuzzProject {
         for corpus in corpora.iter() {
             // _tmp_dir is deleted when it goes of of scope.
             let (mut cmd, _tmp_dir) =
-                self.create_coverage_cmd(coverage, &coverage_out_raw_dir, &corpus.as_path())?;
+                self.create_coverage_cmd(coverage, &coverage_out_raw_dir, corpus.as_path())?;
             eprintln!("Generating coverage data for corpus {:?}", corpus);
             let status = cmd
                 .status()
diff --git a/src/rustc_version.rs b/src/rustc_version.rs
index c92863d..d688672 100644
--- a/src/rustc_version.rs
+++ b/src/rustc_version.rs
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ fn rust_version_string() -> anyhow::Result<String> {
     String::from_utf8(raw_output).context("`rustc --version` returned non-text output somehow")
 }
 
-#[derive(Debug, Copy, Clone, Eq, PartialEq, PartialOrd)]
+#[derive(Debug, Copy, Clone, Eq, PartialEq)]
 pub struct RustVersion {
     pub major: u32,
     pub minor: u32,
@@ -39,6 +39,12 @@ impl Ord for RustVersion {
     }
 }
 
+impl PartialOrd for RustVersion {
+    fn partial_cmp(&self, other: &Self) -> Option<Ordering> {
+        Some(self.cmp(other))
+    }
+}
+
 impl RustVersion {
     pub fn discover() -> anyhow::Result<Self> {
         let version_string = rust_version_string()?;
diff --git a/src/templates.rs b/src/templates.rs
index 5f09e33..0f1b6e9 100644
--- a/src/templates.rs
+++ b/src/templates.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 macro_rules! toml_template {
-    ($name:expr, $edition:expr, $fuzzing_workspace:expr) => {
+    ($name:expr, $edition:expr, $use_libafl:expr, $fuzzing_workspace:expr) => {
         format_args!(
             r##"[package]
 name = "{name}-fuzz"
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ publish = false
 cargo-fuzz = true
 
 [dependencies]
-libfuzzer-sys = "0.4"
+{libfuzzer_sys_dep}
 
 [dependencies.{name}]
 path = ".."
@@ -21,6 +21,11 @@ path = ".."
             } else {
                 String::new()
             },
+            libfuzzer_sys_dep = if let Some(true) = $use_libafl {
+                r##"libfuzzer-sys = { version = "0.15.3", package = "libafl_libfuzzer" }"##
+            } else {
+                r##"libfuzzer-sys = "0.4""##
+            },
             workspace = if let Some(true) = $fuzzing_workspace {
                 r##"
 # Use independent workspace for fuzzers
diff --git a/tests/tests/main.rs b/tests/tests/main.rs
index 1b98bad..e501183 100644
--- a/tests/tests/main.rs
+++ b/tests/tests/main.rs
@@ -159,6 +159,22 @@ fn init_defines_correct_dependency() {
     let expected_dependency_attrs =
         &format!("[dependencies.{name}]\npath = \"..\"", name = project_name);
     assert!(cargo_toml.contains(expected_dependency_attrs));
+    assert!(cargo_toml.contains(r#"libfuzzer-sys = "0.4""#))
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn init_with_libafl() {
+    let project = project("init_with_libafl").build();
+    project
+        .cargo_fuzz()
+        .arg("init")
+        .arg("--use-libafl=true")
+        .assert()
+        .success();
+
+    let cargo_toml = fs::read_to_string(project.fuzz_cargo_toml()).unwrap();
+    assert!(cargo_toml
+        .contains(r#"libfuzzer-sys = { version = "0.15.3", package = "libafl_libfuzzer" }"#));
 }
 
 #[test]