diff --git a/.github/workflows/docs.yml b/.github/workflows/docs.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9a685e6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/docs.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+name: Build docs
+on: [push, pull_request]
+
+jobs:
+  docs_ubuntu:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Check out code
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - name: Build documentation
+        run: cargo doc
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yml b/.github/workflows/test.yml
index 4eaa44b..76960dc 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yml
@@ -9,8 +9,15 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - name: Install libeditorconfig
         run: brew install editorconfig
-      - name: Run tests
-        run: cargo test
+      - name: Build and run tests with existing bindings
+        run: |
+          cargo build
+          cargo test
+          cargo clean
+      - name: Build and run tests with auto-generated bindings
+        run: |
+          cargo build --features buildtime-bindgen
+          cargo test --features buildtime-bindgen
   test_ubuntu:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
@@ -18,5 +25,12 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - name: Install libeditorconfig
         run: sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install libeditorconfig-dev
-      - name: Run tests
-        run: cargo test
+      - name: Build and run tests with existing bindings
+        run: |
+          cargo build
+          cargo test
+          cargo clean
+      - name: Build and run tests with auto-generated bindings
+        run: |
+          cargo build --features buildtime-bindgen
+          cargo test --features buildtime-bindgen
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index b752b6a..dabb9a3 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ authors = ["Thorsten Blum <thorsten.blum@toblux.com>"]
 homepage = "https://github.com/toblux/editorconfig-sys"
 repository = "https://github.com/toblux/editorconfig-sys"
 documentation = "https://docs.rs/editorconfig-sys"
-description = "Native Rust bindings to libeditorconfig"
+description = "Auto-generated Rust FFI bindings to libeditorconfig"
 readme = "README.md"
 license = "MIT"
 keywords = ["editorconfig", "libeditorconfig", "bindings", "ffi", "sys"]
@@ -20,3 +20,6 @@ rand = "0.8.5"
 [build-dependencies]
 bindgen = "0.69.2"
 pkg-config = "0.3.29"
+
+[features]
+buildtime-bindgen = []
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index fff40d0..9614587 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-# Native Rust Bindings to libeditorconfig
+# Rust FFI Bindings to libeditorconfig
 
-This crate uses [bindgen](https://crates.io/crates/bindgen) and [pkg-config](https://crates.io/crates/pkg-config) to automatically generate Rust FFI bindings to the [EditorConfig Core C](https://github.com/editorconfig/editorconfig-core-c) library.
+This crate uses [bindgen](https://crates.io/crates/bindgen) and [pkg-config](https://crates.io/crates/pkg-config) to automatically generate Rust FFI bindings to the [editorconfig-core](https://github.com/editorconfig/editorconfig-core-c) C library.
 
 Following the `*-sys` package convention, `editorconfig-sys` is just a thin wrapper around the native `libeditorconfig` library.
 
diff --git a/build.rs b/build.rs
index bf099ce..472b044 100644
--- a/build.rs
+++ b/build.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-use pkg_config::Library;
+use pkg_config::{Config, Library};
 
 const LIBRARY_NAME: &str = "editorconfig";
 
@@ -8,12 +8,19 @@ const MIN_VERSION: &str = "0.12.5";
 const MAX_VERSION: &str = "1.0.0";
 
 fn main() {
-    let err_msg = format!("Unable to find library {} >= {}", LIBRARY_NAME, MIN_VERSION);
-    let lib = pkg_config::Config::new()
+    if let Ok(lib) = Config::new()
         .range_version(MIN_VERSION..MAX_VERSION)
         .probe(LIBRARY_NAME)
-        .expect(&err_msg);
-    gen_bindings(lib);
+    {
+        if cfg!(feature = "buildtime-bindgen") {
+            gen_bindings(lib);
+        }
+    } else {
+        eprintln!(
+            "Unable to find lib {} >= {} < {}",
+            LIBRARY_NAME, MIN_VERSION, MAX_VERSION
+        );
+    }
 }
 
 fn gen_bindings(lib: Library) {
@@ -29,7 +36,7 @@ fn gen_bindings(lib: Library) {
         .generate()
         .expect("Failed to generate bindings");
 
-    // Write bindings to `$OUT_DIR/bindings.rs`
+    // Write auto-generated bindings to `$OUT_DIR/bindings.rs`
     let out_path = std::path::PathBuf::from(std::env::var("OUT_DIR").unwrap());
     bindings
         .write_to_file(out_path.join("bindings.rs"))
diff --git a/src/bindings.rs b/src/bindings.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fef7a1a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/bindings.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,92 @@
+/* automatically generated by rust-bindgen 0.69.2 */
+
+pub const EDITORCONFIG_PARSE_NOT_FULL_PATH: i32 = -2;
+pub const EDITORCONFIG_PARSE_MEMORY_ERROR: i32 = -3;
+pub const EDITORCONFIG_PARSE_VERSION_TOO_NEW: i32 = -4;
+#[doc = " @brief The editorconfig handle object type"]
+pub type editorconfig_handle = *mut ::std::os::raw::c_void;
+extern "C" {
+    #[doc = " @brief Create and intialize a default editorconfig_handle object.\n\n @retval NULL Failed to create the editorconfig_handle object.\n\n @retval non-NULL The created editorconfig_handle object is returned."]
+    pub fn editorconfig_handle_init() -> editorconfig_handle;
+}
+extern "C" {
+    #[doc = " @brief Destroy an editorconfig_handle object\n\n @param h The editorconfig_handle object needs to be destroyed.\n\n @retval zero The editorconfig_handle object is destroyed successfully.\n\n @retval non-zero Failed to destroy the editorconfig_handle object."]
+    pub fn editorconfig_handle_destroy(h: editorconfig_handle) -> ::std::os::raw::c_int;
+}
+extern "C" {
+    #[doc = " @brief Get the err_file field of an editorconfig_handle object\n\n @param h The editorconfig_handle object whose err_file needs to be obtained.\n\n @retval NULL No error file exists.\n\n @retval non-NULL The pointer to the path of the file caused the parsing\n error is returned."]
+    pub fn editorconfig_handle_get_err_file(
+        h: editorconfig_handle,
+    ) -> *const ::std::os::raw::c_char;
+}
+extern "C" {
+    #[doc = " @brief Get the version fields of an editorconfig_handle object.\n\n @param h The editorconfig_handle object whose version field need to be\n obtained.\n\n @param major If not null, the integer pointed by major will be filled with\n the major version field of the editorconfig_handle object.\n\n @param minor If not null, the integer pointed by minor will be filled with\n the minor version field of the editorconfig_handle object.\n\n @param patch If not null, the integer pointed by patch will be filled\n with the patch version field of the editorconfig_handle object.\n\n @return None."]
+    pub fn editorconfig_handle_get_version(
+        h: editorconfig_handle,
+        major: *mut ::std::os::raw::c_int,
+        minor: *mut ::std::os::raw::c_int,
+        patch: *mut ::std::os::raw::c_int,
+    );
+}
+extern "C" {
+    #[doc = " @brief Set the version fields of an editorconfig_handle object.\n\n @param h The editorconfig_handle object whose version fields need to be set.\n\n @param major If not less than 0, the major version field will be set to\n major. If this parameter is less than 0, the major version field of the\n editorconfig_handle object will remain unchanged.\n\n @param minor If not less than 0, the minor version field will be set to\n minor. If this parameter is less than 0, the minor version field of the\n editorconfig_handle object will remain unchanged.\n\n @param patch If not less than 0, the patch version field will be set to\n patch. If this parameter is less than 0, the patch version field of the\n editorconfig_handle object will remain unchanged.\n\n @return None."]
+    pub fn editorconfig_handle_set_version(
+        h: editorconfig_handle,
+        major: ::std::os::raw::c_int,
+        minor: ::std::os::raw::c_int,
+        patch: ::std::os::raw::c_int,
+    );
+}
+extern "C" {
+    #[doc = " @brief Set the conf_file_name field of an editorconfig_handle object.\n\n @param h The editorconfig_handle object whose conf_file_name field needs to\n be set.\n\n @param conf_file_name The new value of the conf_file_name field of the\n editorconfig_handle object.\n\n @return None."]
+    pub fn editorconfig_handle_set_conf_file_name(
+        h: editorconfig_handle,
+        conf_file_name: *const ::std::os::raw::c_char,
+    );
+}
+extern "C" {
+    #[doc = " @brief Get the conf_file_name field of an editorconfig_handle object.\n\n @param h The editorconfig_handle object whose conf_file_name field needs to\n be obtained.\n\n @return The value of the conf_file_name field of the editorconfig_handle\n object."]
+    pub fn editorconfig_handle_get_conf_file_name(
+        h: editorconfig_handle,
+    ) -> *const ::std::os::raw::c_char;
+}
+extern "C" {
+    #[doc = " @brief Get the nth name and value fields of an editorconfig_handle object.\n\n @param h The editorconfig_handle object whose name and value fields need to\n be obtained.\n\n @param n The zero-based index of the name and value fields to be obtained.\n\n @param name If not null, *name will be set to point to the obtained name.\n\n @param value If not null, *value will be set to point to the obtained value.\n\n @return None."]
+    pub fn editorconfig_handle_get_name_value(
+        h: editorconfig_handle,
+        n: ::std::os::raw::c_int,
+        name: *mut *const ::std::os::raw::c_char,
+        value: *mut *const ::std::os::raw::c_char,
+    );
+}
+extern "C" {
+    #[doc = " @brief Get the count of name and value fields of an editorconfig_handle\n object.\n\n @param h The editorconfig_handle object whose count of name and value fields\n need to be obtained.\n\n @return the count of name and value fields of the editorconfig_handle\n object."]
+    pub fn editorconfig_handle_get_name_value_count(
+        h: editorconfig_handle,
+    ) -> ::std::os::raw::c_int;
+}
+extern "C" {
+    #[doc = " @brief Parse editorconfig files corresponding to the file path given by\n full_filename, and related information is input and output in h.\n\n An example is available at\n <a href=https://github.com/editorconfig/editorconfig-core/blob/master/src/bin/main.c>src/bin/main.c</a>\n in EditorConfig C Core source code.\n\n @param full_filename The full path of a file that is edited by the editor\n for which the parsing result is.\n\n @param h The @ref editorconfig_handle to be used and returned from this\n function (including the parsing result). The @ref editorconfig_handle should\n be created by editorconfig_handle_init().\n\n @retval 0 Everything is OK.\n\n @retval \"Positive Integer\" A parsing error occurs. The return value would be\n the line number of parsing error. err_file obtained from h by calling\n editorconfig_handle_get_err_file() will also be filled with the file path\n that caused the parsing error.\n\n @retval \"Negative Integer\" Some error occured. See below for the reason of\n the error for each return value.\n\n @retval EDITORCONFIG_PARSE_NOT_FULL_PATH The full_filename is not a full\n path name.\n\n @retval EDITORCONFIG_PARSE_MEMORY_ERROR A memory error occurs.\n\n @retval EDITORCONFIG_PARSE_VERSION_TOO_NEW The required version specified in\n @ref editorconfig_handle is greater than the current version.\n"]
+    pub fn editorconfig_parse(
+        full_filename: *const ::std::os::raw::c_char,
+        h: editorconfig_handle,
+    ) -> ::std::os::raw::c_int;
+}
+extern "C" {
+    #[doc = " @brief Get the error message from the error number returned by\n editorconfig_parse().\n\n An example is available at\n <a href=https://github.com/editorconfig/editorconfig-core/blob/master/src/bin/main.c>src/bin/main.c</a>\n in EditorConfig C Core source code.\n\n @param err_num The error number that is used to obtain the error message.\n\n @return The error message corresponding to err_num."]
+    pub fn editorconfig_get_error_msg(
+        err_num: ::std::os::raw::c_int,
+    ) -> *const ::std::os::raw::c_char;
+}
+extern "C" {
+    #[doc = " @brief Get the version number of EditorConfig.\n\n An example is available at\n <a href=https://github.com/editorconfig/editorconfig-core/blob/master/src/bin/main.c>src/bin/main.c</a>\n in EditorConfig C Core source code.\n\n @param major If not null, the integer pointed by major will be filled with\n the major version of EditorConfig.\n\n @param minor If not null, the integer pointed by minor will be filled with\n the minor version of EditorConfig.\n\n @param patch If not null, the integer pointed by patch will be filled\n with the patch version of EditorConfig.\n\n @return None."]
+    pub fn editorconfig_get_version(
+        major: *mut ::std::os::raw::c_int,
+        minor: *mut ::std::os::raw::c_int,
+        patch: *mut ::std::os::raw::c_int,
+    );
+}
+extern "C" {
+    #[doc = " @brief Get the version suffix.\n\n @return The version suffix, such as \"-development\" for a development\n version, empty string for a stable version."]
+    pub fn editorconfig_get_version_suffix() -> *const ::std::os::raw::c_char;
+}
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index 0ec680f..51e52cc 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
 #![allow(non_camel_case_types)]
 
+#[cfg(feature = "buildtime-bindgen")]
 include!(concat!(env!("OUT_DIR"), "/bindings.rs"));
+
+#[cfg(not(feature = "buildtime-bindgen"))]
+mod bindings;
+
+#[cfg(not(feature = "buildtime-bindgen"))]
+pub use bindings::*;