diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 9ed446cc..b4584ce1 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ categories = ["compression", "api-bindings"]
 [workspace]
 
 [dependencies]
-libc = "0.2"
 bzip2-sys = { version = "0.1.11", path = "bzip2-sys" }
 tokio-io = { version = "0.1", optional = true }
 futures = { version = "0.1", optional = true }
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 52177323..0a886392 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -10,6 +10,21 @@ A streaming compression/decompression library for rust with bindings to libbz2.
 bzip2 = "0.4"
 ```
 
+## WASM
+bzip2-rs can be compiled to WASM. Make sure you added `wasm32-unknown-unknown` target
+```bash
+rustup target add wasm32-unknown-unknown
+```
+To build and run WASM example make sure that you working directory in terminal is `bzip2-sys`
+### Build WASM target
+```bash
+cargo build --target wasm32-unknown-unknown --no-default-features --example it_work
+```
+
+### Run WASM target using wasmtime
+```bash
+wasmtime ..\target\wasm32-unknown-unknown\debug\examples\it_work.wasm --invoke test_decompress
+```
 
 # License
 
diff --git a/bzip2-sys/Cargo.toml b/bzip2-sys/Cargo.toml
index bc2318f6..5eab5d11 100644
--- a/bzip2-sys/Cargo.toml
+++ b/bzip2-sys/Cargo.toml
@@ -18,9 +18,6 @@ categories = ["external-ffi-bindings"]
 name = "bzip2_sys"
 path = "lib.rs"
 
-[dependencies]
-libc = "0.2"
-
 [build-dependencies]
 pkg-config = "0.3.9"
 cc = "1.0"
diff --git a/bzip2-sys/build.rs b/bzip2-sys/build.rs
index feb004ca..e8fa89da 100644
--- a/bzip2-sys/build.rs
+++ b/bzip2-sys/build.rs
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ extern crate cc;
 extern crate pkg_config;
 
 use std::path::PathBuf;
-use std::{env, fs};
+use std::{env, fmt, fs};
 
 fn main() {
     let mut cfg = cc::Build::new();
@@ -23,6 +23,27 @@ fn main() {
         }
     }
 
+    // List out the WASM targets that need wasm-shim.
+    // Note that Emscripten already provides its own C standard library so
+    // wasm32-unknown-emscripten should not be included here.
+    // See: https://github.com/gyscos/zstd-rs/pull/209
+    let need_wasm_shim =
+        env::var("TARGET").map_or(false, |target| target == "wasm32-unknown-unknown");
+
+    if need_wasm_shim {
+        cargo_print(&"rerun-if-changed=wasm_shim/stdlib.h");
+        cargo_print(&"rerun-if-changed=wasm_shim/string.h");
+
+        cfg.include("wasm_shim/");
+        cfg.opt_level(3);
+    }
+    let target_arch = env::var("CARGO_CFG_TARGET_ARCH").unwrap_or_default();
+    let target_os = env::var("CARGO_CFG_TARGET_OS").unwrap_or_default();
+
+    if target_arch == "wasm32" || target_os == "hermit" {
+        cargo_print(&"rustc-cfg=feature=\"std\"");
+    }
+
     let dst = PathBuf::from(env::var_os("OUT_DIR").unwrap());
 
     cfg.include("bzip2-1.0.8")
@@ -42,6 +63,18 @@ fn main() {
     let include = dst.join("include");
     fs::create_dir_all(&include).unwrap();
     fs::copy(src.join("bzlib.h"), dst.join("include/bzlib.h")).unwrap();
-    println!("cargo:root={}", dst.display());
-    println!("cargo:include={}", dst.join("include").display());
+    cargo_print(&format_args!("cargo:root={}", dst.display()));
+    cargo_print(&format_args!(
+        "cargo:include={}",
+        dst.join("include").display()
+    ));
+}
+
+/// Print a line for cargo.
+///
+/// If non-cargo is set, do not print anything.
+fn cargo_print(content: &dyn fmt::Display) {
+    if cfg!(not(feature = "non-cargo")) {
+        println!("cargo:{}", content);
+    }
 }
diff --git a/bzip2-sys/examples/it_work.rs b/bzip2-sys/examples/it_work.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..86ac6992
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bzip2-sys/examples/it_work.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+use std::os::raw::{c_char, c_int, c_uint};
+
+#[no_mangle]
+pub extern "C" fn test_decompress() -> bool {
+    let uncompressed_bytes = include_bytes!("../bzip2-1.0.8/sample1.ref");
+    let compressed_bytes = include_bytes!("../bzip2-1.0.8/sample1.bz2");
+    let mut raw: Box<bzip2_sys::bz_stream> = unsafe { Box::new(std::mem::zeroed()) };
+    let mut buf: [u8; 100352] = [0; 98 * 1024];
+    unsafe {
+        assert_eq!(bzip2_sys::BZ2_bzDecompressInit(&mut *raw, 0, 0 as c_int), 0);
+        raw.next_in = compressed_bytes.as_ptr() as *mut c_char;
+        raw.avail_in = compressed_bytes.len().min(c_uint::MAX as usize) as c_uint;
+
+        raw.next_out = buf.as_mut_ptr() as *mut c_char;
+        raw.avail_out = buf.len() as c_uint;
+        assert_eq!(
+            bzip2_sys::BZ2_bzDecompress(&mut *raw),
+            bzip2_sys::BZ_STREAM_END
+        );
+        bzip2_sys::BZ2_bzDecompressEnd(&mut *raw);
+    };
+    let total_out = ((raw.total_out_lo32 as u64) | ((raw.total_out_hi32 as u64) << 32)) as usize;
+    assert_eq!(total_out, uncompressed_bytes.len());
+
+    let slice: &[u8] = buf[0..total_out].as_ref();
+    assert_eq!(uncompressed_bytes, slice);
+
+    return true;
+}
+
+fn main() {}
diff --git a/bzip2-sys/lib.rs b/bzip2-sys/lib.rs
index 54d08053..93749c29 100644
--- a/bzip2-sys/lib.rs
+++ b/bzip2-sys/lib.rs
@@ -1,8 +1,13 @@
 #![doc(html_root_url = "https://docs.rs/bzip2-sys/0.1")]
 
-extern crate libc;
+#[cfg(all(
+    target_arch = "wasm32",
+    target_vendor = "unknown",
+    target_os = "unknown"
+))]
+mod wasm_shim;
 
-use libc::{c_char, c_int, c_uint, c_void};
+use std::os::raw::{c_char, c_int, c_uint, c_void};
 
 pub const BZ_RUN: c_int = 0;
 pub const BZ_FLUSH: c_int = 1;
diff --git a/bzip2-sys/wasm_shim/README.md b/bzip2-sys/wasm_shim/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..45bad3b8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bzip2-sys/wasm_shim/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+# WASM shims
+
+This directory contains some WASM shims for C-functions used by bzip2 that are not available otherwise for the `wasm32-unknown-unknow` target.
+Specifically, these are:
+
+- `malloc`
+- `calloc`
+- `free`
+- `memset`
+- `memcpy`
+- `memmove`
+
+The shims are implemented in Rust and exposed as C functions that the bzip2-sys crate can then use / link against.
diff --git a/bzip2-sys/wasm_shim/mod.rs b/bzip2-sys/wasm_shim/mod.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c3c0fddd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bzip2-sys/wasm_shim/mod.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,85 @@
+use std::alloc::{alloc, alloc_zeroed, dealloc, Layout};
+use std::mem;
+use std::ptr;
+
+// Define a struct to hold the size before the allocated memory
+#[repr(C)]
+struct AllocationHeader {
+    size: usize,
+}
+
+const HEADER_SIZE: usize = mem::size_of::<AllocationHeader>();
+const ALIGNMENT: usize = 2 * mem::size_of::<usize>();
+
+// Helper function to create a layout that includes the header
+fn layout_with_header(size: usize) -> Layout {
+    let adjusted_size = HEADER_SIZE + size;
+    Layout::from_size_align(adjusted_size, ALIGNMENT).expect("Layout creation failed")
+}
+
+#[no_mangle]
+pub extern "C" fn rust_bzip2_wasm_shim_malloc(size: usize) -> *mut u8 {
+    unsafe {
+        let layout = layout_with_header(size);
+        let ptr = alloc(layout) as *mut AllocationHeader;
+        if !ptr.is_null() {
+            // Store the original size in the header
+            (*ptr).size = size;
+            // Return a pointer to the memory after the header
+            ptr.add(1) as *mut u8
+        } else {
+            ptr::null_mut()
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+#[no_mangle]
+pub extern "C" fn rust_bzip2_wasm_shim_calloc(nmemb: usize, size: usize) -> *mut u8 {
+    let total_size = nmemb * size;
+    unsafe {
+        let layout = layout_with_header(total_size);
+        let ptr = alloc_zeroed(layout) as *mut AllocationHeader;
+        if !ptr.is_null() {
+            (*ptr).size = total_size;
+            ptr.add(1) as *mut u8
+        } else {
+            ptr::null_mut()
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+#[no_mangle]
+pub unsafe extern "C" fn rust_bzip2_wasm_shim_free(ptr: *mut u8) {
+    if !ptr.is_null() {
+        let ptr = (ptr as *mut AllocationHeader).sub(1); // Move back to the header
+        let size = (*ptr).size;
+        let layout = layout_with_header(size);
+        dealloc(ptr as *mut u8, layout);
+    }
+}
+
+#[no_mangle]
+pub unsafe extern "C" fn rust_bzip2_wasm_shim_memcpy(
+    dest: *mut u8,
+    src: *const u8,
+    n: usize,
+) -> *mut u8 {
+    std::ptr::copy_nonoverlapping(src, dest, n);
+    dest
+}
+
+#[no_mangle]
+pub unsafe extern "C" fn rust_bzip2_wasm_shim_memmove(
+    dest: *mut u8,
+    src: *const u8,
+    n: usize,
+) -> *mut u8 {
+    std::ptr::copy(src, dest, n);
+    dest
+}
+
+#[no_mangle]
+pub unsafe extern "C" fn rust_bzip2_wasm_shim_memset(dest: *mut u8, c: i32, n: usize) -> *mut u8 {
+    std::ptr::write_bytes(dest, c as u8, n);
+    dest
+}
diff --git a/bzip2-sys/wasm_shim/stdlib.h b/bzip2-sys/wasm_shim/stdlib.h
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1b0c1116
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bzip2-sys/wasm_shim/stdlib.h
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+#include <stddef.h>
+
+#ifndef	_STDLIB_H
+#define	_STDLIB_H	1
+
+void *rust_bzip2_wasm_shim_malloc(size_t size);
+void *rust_bzip2_wasm_shim_calloc(size_t nmemb, size_t size);
+void rust_bzip2_wasm_shim_free(void *ptr);
+
+inline void *malloc(size_t size) {
+	return rust_bzip2_wasm_shim_malloc(size);
+}
+
+inline void *calloc(size_t nmemb, size_t size) {
+	return rust_bzip2_wasm_shim_calloc(nmemb, size);
+}
+
+inline void free(void *ptr) {
+	rust_bzip2_wasm_shim_free(ptr);
+}
+
+#endif // _STDLIB_H
diff --git a/bzip2-sys/wasm_shim/string.h b/bzip2-sys/wasm_shim/string.h
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..6042c872
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bzip2-sys/wasm_shim/string.h
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+#include <stdlib.h>
+
+#ifndef	_STRING_H
+#define	_STRING_H	1
+
+void *rust_bzip2_wasm_shim_memcpy(void *restrict dest, const void *restrict src, size_t n);
+void *rust_bzip2_wasm_shim_memmove(void *dest, const void *src, size_t n);
+void *rust_bzip2_wasm_shim_memset(void *dest, int c, size_t n);
+
+inline void *memcpy(void *restrict dest, const void *restrict src, size_t n) {
+	return rust_bzip2_wasm_shim_memcpy(dest, src, n);
+}
+
+inline void *memmove(void *dest, const void *src, size_t n) {
+	return rust_bzip2_wasm_shim_memmove(dest, src, n);
+}
+
+inline void *memset(void *dest, int c, size_t n) {
+	return rust_bzip2_wasm_shim_memset(dest, c, n);
+}
+
+#endif // _STRING_H
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index 4eb97fc7..519a27f9 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -64,7 +64,6 @@
 #![doc(html_root_url = "https://docs.rs/bzip2/")]
 
 extern crate bzip2_sys as ffi;
-extern crate libc;
 #[cfg(test)]
 extern crate partial_io;
 #[cfg(test)]
diff --git a/src/mem.rs b/src/mem.rs
index ff7d9a5a..c9410528 100644
--- a/src/mem.rs
+++ b/src/mem.rs
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ use std::marker;
 use std::mem;
 use std::slice;
 
-use libc::{c_int, c_uint};
+use std::os::raw::{c_int, c_uint};
 
 use {ffi, Compression};