diff --git a/libavcodec/allcodecs.c b/libavcodec/allcodecs.c
index 102d99b7ea..7b7a8c71ff 100644
--- a/libavcodec/allcodecs.c
+++ b/libavcodec/allcodecs.c
@@ -760,7 +760,12 @@ extern AVCodec ff_vp9_cuvid_decoder;
 extern AVCodec ff_vp9_mediacodec_decoder;
 extern AVCodec ff_vp9_vaapi_encoder;
 
+// The iterate API is not usable with ossfuzz due to the excessive size of binaries created
+#if CONFIG_OSSFUZZ
+extern AVCodec * codec_list[];
+#else
 #include "libavcodec/codec_list.c"
+#endif
 
 static AVOnce av_codec_static_init = AV_ONCE_INIT;
 static void av_codec_init_static(void)
diff --git a/tools/target_dec_fuzzer.c b/tools/target_dec_fuzzer.c
index 62d62a9de3..26a4cc2e89 100644
--- a/tools/target_dec_fuzzer.c
+++ b/tools/target_dec_fuzzer.c
@@ -56,6 +56,11 @@
 
 int LLVMFuzzerTestOneInput(const uint8_t *data, size_t size);
 
+AVCodec * codec_list[] = {
+    NULL,
+    NULL
+};
+
 static void error(const char *err)
 {
     fprintf(stderr, "%s", err);
@@ -144,6 +149,7 @@ int LLVMFuzzerTestOneInput(const uint8_t *data, size_t size) {
 #define DECODER_SYMBOL0(CODEC) ff_##CODEC##_decoder
 #define DECODER_SYMBOL(CODEC) DECODER_SYMBOL0(CODEC)
         extern AVCodec DECODER_SYMBOL(FFMPEG_DECODER);
+        codec_list[0] = &DECODER_SYMBOL(FFMPEG_DECODER);
         avcodec_register(&DECODER_SYMBOL(FFMPEG_DECODER));
 
         c = &DECODER_SYMBOL(FFMPEG_DECODER);