diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 08f7afc..b2cb571 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -6,9 +6,5 @@ authors = ["Victor Berger <victor.berger@m4x.org>"]
 license = "MIT"
 description = "Helper macros for handling manually loading optional system libraries."
 
-
 [dependencies]
 libloading = "0.6"
-
-[features]
-dlopen = []
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index eda797c..7263a62 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -3,16 +3,15 @@
 [![](http://meritbadge.herokuapp.com/dlib)](https://crates.io/crates/dlib)
 [![Docs.rs](https://docs.rs/dlib/badge.svg)](https://docs.rs/dlib)
 
-dlib is a small crate providing macros to make easy the use of external system libraries
-that can or cannot be optionally loaded at runtime, depending on whether the `dlopen` cargo
-feature is enabled.
+dlib is a small crate providing macros to make easy the use of external system libraries that
+can or cannot be optionally loaded at runtime, depending on whether a certain feature is enabled.
 
 ## Usage
 
-dlib defines the `external_library!` macro, which can be invoked with way:
+dlib defines the `external_library!` macro, which can be invoked in this way:
 
 ```rust
-external_library!(Foo, "foo",
+external_library!(feature="dlopen-foo", Foo, "foo",
     statics:
         me: c_int,
         you: c_float,
@@ -30,8 +29,9 @@ As you can see, it is required to separate static values from functions and from
 having variadic arguments. Each of these 3 categories is optional, but the ones used must appear
 in this order. Return types of the functions must all be explicit (hence `-> ()` for void functions).
 
-If the feature `dlopen` is absent, this macro will expand to an extern block defining each of the
-items, using the second argument of the macro as a link name:
+If the feature named by the `feature` argument (in this example, `dlopen-foo`) is absent on your crate,
+this macro will expand to an extern block defining each of the items, using the third argument
+of the macro as a link name:
 
 ```rust
 #[link(name = "foo")]
@@ -47,9 +47,9 @@ extern "C" {
 
 ```
 
-If the feature `dlopen` is present, it will expand to a `struct` named by the first argument of the macro,
-with one field for each of the symbols defined, and a method `open`, which tries to load the library
-from the name or path given as argument
+If the feature named by the `feature` argument is present on your crate, it will expand to a
+`struct` named by the second argument of the macro, with one field for each of the symbols defined;
+and a method `open`, which tries to load the library from the name or path given as an argument.
 
 ```rust
 pub struct Foo {
@@ -73,37 +73,57 @@ with all of its fields pointing to the appropriate symbol.
 
 If the library specified by `name` could not be found, it returns `Err(DlError::NotFount)`.
 
-It will also fail on the first missing symbol, with `Err(DlError::MissingSymbol(symb))` where `symb` is a `&str`
-containing the missing symbol name.
+It will also fail on the first missing symbol, with `Err(DlError::MissingSymbol(symb))` where `symb`
+is a `&str` containing the missing symbol name.
 
 ## Remaining generic in your crate
 
-If you want your crate to remain generic over the `dlopen` cargo feature, simply add this to your `Cargo.toml`
+If you want your crate to remain generic over dlopen vs. linking, simply add a feature to your `Cargo.toml`:
 
-```
+```toml
 [dependencies]
-dlib = "0.2"
+dlib = "0.5"
 
 [features]
-dlopen = ["dlib/dlopen"]
+dlopen-foo = []
 ```
 
-And the library also provides helper macros to dispatch the access to foreign symbols:
+Then give the name of that feature as the `feature` argument to dlib's macros:
 
 ```rust
-ffi_dispatch!(Foo, function, arg1, arg2);
-ffi_dispatch_static!(Foo, static);
+external_library!(feature="dlopen-foo", Foo, "foo",
+    functions:
+        fn foo() -> c_int,
+);
 ```
 
-These will expand to the appropriate value or function call depending on the presence of the `dlopen` feature.
+`dlib` provides helper macros to dispatch the access to foreign symbols:
+
+```rust
+ffi_dispatch!(feature="dlopen-foo", Foo, function, arg1, arg2);
+ffi_dispatch_static!(feature="dlopen-foo", Foo, my_static_var);
+```
+
+These will expand to the appropriate value or function call depending on the presence or absence of the
+`dlopen-foo` feature on your crate.
+
+You must still ensure that the functions/statics or the wrapper struct `Foo` are in scope. For example,
+you could use the [`lazy_static`](https://crates.io/crates/lazy_static) crate to do the initialization,
+and store the wrapper struct in a static variable that you import wherever needed:
+
+```rust
+#[cfg(feature = "dlopen-foo")]
+lazy_static::lazy_static! {
+    pub static ref FOO_STATIC: Foo =
+        Foo::open("libfoo.so").ok().expect("could not find libfoo");
+}
+```
 
-You must still ensure that the functions/statics or the wrapper struct `Foo` are in scope. A simple pattern would be
-for example to use the `lazy_static!` crate to do the initialization and store the wrapper struct in a static, that you then
-just need to import everywhere needed. Then, it can become as simple as putting this on top of all modules using the FFI:
+Then, it can become as simple as putting this on top of all modules using the FFI:
 
 ```rust
-#[cfg(features = "dlopen")]
+#[cfg(feature = "dlopen-foo")]
 use ffi::FOO_STATIC;
-#[cfg(not(features = "dlopen"))]
+#[cfg(not(feature = "dlopen-foo"))]
 use ffi::*;
 ```
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index 98e3110..861b88d 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -2,36 +2,39 @@ extern crate libloading;
 
 pub use libloading::{Library, Symbol};
 
-#[cfg(feature = "dlopen")]
 #[macro_export]
 macro_rules! ffi_dispatch(
-    ($handle: ident, $func: ident, $($arg: expr),*) => (
-        ($handle.$func)($($arg),*)
-    )
-);
+    (feature=$feature: expr, $handle: ident, $func: ident, $($arg: expr),*) => (
+        {
+            #[cfg(feature = $feature)]
+            let ret = ($handle.$func)($($arg),*);
+            #[cfg(not(feature = $feature))]
+            let ret = $func($($arg),*);
 
-#[cfg(not(feature = "dlopen"))]
-#[macro_export]
-macro_rules! ffi_dispatch(
+            ret
+        }
+    );
     ($handle: ident, $func: ident, $($arg: expr),*) => (
-        $func($($arg),*)
-    )
+        // NOTE: this "dlopen" refers to a feature on the crate *using* dlib
+        $crate::ffi_dispatch!(feature="dlopen", $handle, $func, $($arg),*)
+    );
 );
 
-#[cfg(feature = "dlopen")]
 #[macro_export]
 macro_rules! ffi_dispatch_static(
-    ($handle: ident, $name: ident) => (
-        $handle.$name
-    )
-);
+    (feature=$feature: expr, $handle: ident, $name: ident) => (
+        {
+            #[cfg(feature = $feature)]
+            let ret = $handle.$name;
+            #[cfg(not(feature = $feature))]
+            let ret = &$name;
 
-#[cfg(not(feature = "dlopen"))]
-#[macro_export]
-macro_rules! ffi_dispatch_static(
-    ($handle: ident, $name: ident) => (
-        &$name
-    )
+            ret
+        }
+    );
+    ($handle:ident, $name: ident) => (
+        $crate::ffi_dispatch_static!(feature="dlopen", $handle, $name)
+    );
 );
 
 #[macro_export]
@@ -132,12 +135,12 @@ macro_rules! dlopen_external_library(
         $(functions: $(fn $fname: ident($($farg: ty),*) -> $fret:ty),+,)|*
         $(varargs: $(fn $vname: ident($($vargs: ty),+) -> $vret: ty),+,)|*
     ) => (
-        dlopen_external_library!(__struct,
+        $crate::dlopen_external_library!(__struct,
             $structname, $(statics: $($sname: $stype),+,)|*
             $(functions: $(fn $fname($($farg),*) -> $fret),+,)|*
             $(varargs: $(fn $vname($($vargs),+) -> $vret),+,)|*
         );
-        dlopen_external_library!(__impl,
+        $crate::dlopen_external_library!(__impl,
             $structname, $(statics: $($sname: $stype),+,)|*
             $(functions: $(fn $fname($($farg),*) -> $fret),+,)|*
             $(varargs: $(fn $vname($($vargs),+) -> $vret),+,)|*
@@ -146,32 +149,35 @@ macro_rules! dlopen_external_library(
     );
 );
 
-#[cfg(not(feature = "dlopen"))]
 #[macro_export]
 macro_rules! external_library(
-    ($structname: ident, $link: expr,
+    (feature=$feature: expr, $structname: ident, $link: expr,
         $(statics: $($sname: ident: $stype: ty),+,)|*
         $(functions: $(fn $fname: ident($($farg: ty),*) -> $fret:ty),+,)|*
         $(varargs: $(fn $vname: ident($($vargs: ty),+) -> $vret: ty),+,)|*
     ) => (
-        link_external_library!(
+        #[cfg(feature = $feature)]
+        $crate::dlopen_external_library!(
+            $structname, $(statics: $($sname: $stype),+,)|*
+            $(functions: $(fn $fname($($farg),*) -> $fret),+,)|*
+            $(varargs: $(fn $vname($($vargs),+) -> $vret),+,)|*
+        );
+
+        #[cfg(not(feature = $feature))]
+        $crate::link_external_library!(
             $link, $(statics: $($sname: $stype),+,)|*
             $(functions: $(fn $fname($($farg),*) -> $fret),+,)|*
             $(varargs: $(fn $vname($($vargs),+) -> $vret),+,)|*
         );
     );
-);
-
-#[cfg(feature = "dlopen")]
-#[macro_export]
-macro_rules! external_library(
     ($structname: ident, $link: expr,
         $(statics: $($sname: ident: $stype: ty),+,)|*
         $(functions: $(fn $fname: ident($($farg: ty),*) -> $fret:ty),+,)|*
         $(varargs: $(fn $vname: ident($($vargs: ty),+) -> $vret: ty),+,)|*
     ) => (
-        dlopen_external_library!(
-            $structname, $(statics: $($sname: $stype),+,)|*
+        $crate::external_library!(
+            feature="dlopen", $structname, $link,
+            $(statics: $($sname: $stype),+,)|*
             $(functions: $(fn $fname($($farg),*) -> $fret),+,)|*
             $(varargs: $(fn $vname($($vargs),+) -> $vret),+,)|*
         );