diff --git a/.bazelrc b/.bazelrc
index e2f60eff9f58..5cabd87c0e54 100644
--- a/.bazelrc
+++ b/.bazelrc
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ common --extra_toolchains=@llvm_18_toolchain//:all
 common --@toolchains_llvm//toolchain/config:libunwind=False
 common --@toolchains_llvm//toolchain/config:compiler-rt=False
 build --linkopt --unwindlib=libgcc
+build --linkopt -stdlib=libc++
 
 common:clang-19 --extra_toolchains=@llvm_19_toolchain//:all
 
@@ -47,6 +48,7 @@ build:sanitizer --linkopt -fsanitize=address,undefined,vptr,function
 build:sanitizer --linkopt --rtlib=compiler-rt
 build:sanitizer --linkopt -fsanitize-link-c++-runtime
 build:sanitizer --copt -O1
+build:sanitizer --//bazel:has_sanitizers=True
 # seastar has to be run with system allocator when using sanitizers
 build:sanitizer --@seastar//:system_allocator=True
 # krb5 is a foreign cc build and needs explicit list of sanitizers to build the shared library
diff --git a/bazel/BUILD b/bazel/BUILD
index e69de29bb2d1..9b4763c5e1b8 100644
--- a/bazel/BUILD
+++ b/bazel/BUILD
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+load("@bazel_skylib//rules:common_settings.bzl", "bool_flag")
+
+bool_flag(
+    name = "has_sanitizers",
+    build_setting_default = False,
+)
+
+config_setting(
+    name = "enable_fuzz_testing",
+    flag_values = {
+        ":has_sanitizers": "true",
+    },
+)
diff --git a/bazel/test.bzl b/bazel/test.bzl
index 7af017422c8b..99fa03cc2231 100644
--- a/bazel/test.bzl
+++ b/bazel/test.bzl
@@ -130,6 +130,53 @@ def _redpanda_cc_test(
         local_defines = local_defines,
     )
 
+def _redpanda_cc_fuzz_test(
+        name,
+        timeout,
+        srcs = [],
+        defines = [],
+        deps = [],
+        custom_args = [],
+        env = {},
+        data = []):
+    """
+    Helper to define a Redpanda C++ fuzzing test.
+
+    Args:
+      name: name of the test
+      timeout: same as native cc_test
+      srcs: test source files
+      defines: definitions of object-like macros
+      deps: test dependencies
+      custom_args: arguments from cc_test users
+      env: environment variables
+      data: data file dependencies
+    """
+    native.cc_test(
+        name = name,
+        timeout = timeout,
+        srcs = srcs,
+        defines = defines,
+        deps = deps,
+        copts = redpanda_copts(),
+        args = custom_args,
+        features = [
+            "layering_check",
+        ],
+        tags = [
+            "fuzz",
+        ],
+        env = env,
+        data = data,
+        linkopts = [
+            "-fsanitize=fuzzer",
+        ],
+        target_compatible_with = select({
+            "//bazel:enable_fuzz_testing": [],
+            "//conditions:default": ["@platforms//:incompatible"],
+        }),
+    )
+
 def _redpanda_cc_unit_test(cpu, memory, **kwargs):
     extra_args = [
         "--unsafe-bypass-fsync 1",
@@ -231,6 +278,26 @@ def redpanda_cc_bench(
         ],
     )
 
+def redpanda_cc_fuzz_test(
+        name,
+        timeout,
+        srcs = [],
+        defines = [],
+        deps = [],
+        args = [],
+        env = {},
+        data = []):
+    _redpanda_cc_fuzz_test(
+        data = data,
+        env = env,
+        name = name,
+        timeout = timeout,
+        srcs = srcs,
+        defines = defines,
+        deps = deps,
+        custom_args = args,
+    )
+
 def redpanda_cc_btest_no_seastar(
         name,
         timeout,
diff --git a/src/v/bytes/tests/BUILD b/src/v/bytes/tests/BUILD
index d4a3869cc5ff..80ade1d1558b 100644
--- a/src/v/bytes/tests/BUILD
+++ b/src/v/bytes/tests/BUILD
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-load("//bazel:test.bzl", "redpanda_cc_btest", "redpanda_cc_gtest")
+load("//bazel:test.bzl", "redpanda_cc_btest", "redpanda_cc_fuzz_test", "redpanda_cc_gtest")
 
 redpanda_cc_btest(
     name = "iobuf_test",
@@ -76,3 +76,18 @@ redpanda_cc_btest(
         "@seastar//:testing",
     ],
 )
+
+redpanda_cc_fuzz_test(
+    name = "iobuf_fuzz",
+    timeout = "short",
+    srcs = ["iobuf_fuzz.cc"],
+    args = [
+        "-max_total_time=30",
+        "-rss_limit_mb=8192",
+    ],
+    deps = [
+        "//src/v/base",
+        "//src/v/bytes:iobuf",
+        "//src/v/bytes:scattered_message",
+    ],
+)
diff --git a/src/v/bytes/tests/iobuf_fuzz.cc b/src/v/bytes/tests/iobuf_fuzz.cc
index 6b9ccaa6ed01..0dd492495558 100644
--- a/src/v/bytes/tests/iobuf_fuzz.cc
+++ b/src/v/bytes/tests/iobuf_fuzz.cc
@@ -17,10 +17,10 @@
  * -format=html ../src/v/bytes/iobuf.h ../src/v/bytes/iobuf.cc > cov.html
  */
 #include "base/vassert.h"
-#include "bytes/bytes.h"
 #include "bytes/iobuf.h"
 #include "bytes/scattered_message.h"
 
+#include <exception>
 #include <numeric>
 
 /*
@@ -508,7 +508,7 @@ class driver {
 
     template<typename T>
     T read() {
-        if (std::distance(pc_, program_.cend()) < sizeof(T)) {
+        if (std::cmp_less(std::distance(pc_, program_.cend()), sizeof(T))) {
             throw end_of_program();
         }
         T ret;