diff --git a/eth2/utils/ssz/fuzz/Cargo.toml b/eth2/utils/ssz/fuzz/Cargo.toml
index 9c0a17f0d..9ffff016c 100644
--- a/eth2/utils/ssz/fuzz/Cargo.toml
+++ b/eth2/utils/ssz/fuzz/Cargo.toml
@@ -18,5 +18,5 @@ git = "https://github.com/rust-fuzz/libfuzzer-sys.git"
 members = ["."]
 
 [[bin]]
-name = "fuzz_target_1"
-path = "fuzz_targets/fuzz_target_1.rs"
+name = "fuzz_target_u8"
+path = "fuzz_targets/fuzz_target_u8.rs"
diff --git a/eth2/utils/ssz/fuzz/fuzz_targets/fuzz_target_1.rs b/eth2/utils/ssz/fuzz/fuzz_targets/fuzz_target_1.rs
deleted file mode 100644
index 1ca6f957d..000000000
--- a/eth2/utils/ssz/fuzz/fuzz_targets/fuzz_target_1.rs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-#![no_main]
-#[macro_use] extern crate libfuzzer_sys;
-extern crate ssz;
-
-fuzz_target!(|data: &[u8]| {
-    // fuzzed code goes here
-});
diff --git a/eth2/utils/ssz/fuzz/fuzz_targets/fuzz_target_u8.rs b/eth2/utils/ssz/fuzz/fuzz_targets/fuzz_target_u8.rs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6a8fd7673
--- /dev/null
+++ b/eth2/utils/ssz/fuzz/fuzz_targets/fuzz_target_u8.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+#![no_main]
+#[macro_use] extern crate libfuzzer_sys;
+extern crate ssz;
+
+use ssz::{DecodeError, Decodable, Encodable};
+
+// Fuzz ssz_decode(u8)
+fuzz_target!(|data: &[u8]| {
+    let result: Result<(u8, usize), DecodeError> = Decodable::ssz_decode(data, 0);
+});