diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index f51e13b..085de41 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -53,6 +53,23 @@ The JSON configuration file consists of an array of server instance descriptions
   - The `routing` property is an optional object that describes your project's routing configuration
     - The `frontmatter` property is a string that tells the extension which property in the Markdoc file's YAML frontmatter contains the URL route associated with the file
 
+### Standalone Server Configuration
+
+When using the server standalone without the client VS Code extension you can pass the configuration object to your LSP client like so:
+
+```json
+{
+  "root": "/path/to/project/root",
+  "path": "relative/path/to/markdoc/files",
+  "config": {
+    "root": "/path/to/project/root",
+    "path": "relative/path/to/markdoc/files"
+  }
+}
+```
+
+Invoke the server with `markdoc-ls --stdio` from within your LSP client.
+
 ### File extensions
 
 In order to distinguish Markdoc files from Markdown files, the Visual Studio Code extension expects Markdoc files to use one of the following file extensions: `.markdoc`, `.markdoc.md`, or `.mdoc`.
diff --git a/build.mjs b/build.mjs
index 6055bf5..53ddabc 100644
--- a/build.mjs
+++ b/build.mjs
@@ -2,12 +2,13 @@ import {context, build} from 'esbuild';
 
 const config = {
   bundle: true,
-  entryPoints: ['client/index.ts', 'server/index.ts', 'client/server.ts'],
+  entryPoints: ['client/index.ts', 'server/index.ts', 'server/wrapper.ts', 'client/server.ts'],
   outdir: 'dist',
   sourcemap: 'linked',
   external: ['vscode'],
   platform: 'node',
   format: 'cjs',
+  banner: { js: '#!/usr/bin/env node' },
 };
 
 if (process.argv.includes('--watch')) {
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 1289cd6..6b15cb8 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -14,6 +14,9 @@
     "url": "https://github.com/markdoc/language-server.git"
   },
   "main": "./dist/client/index.js",
+  "bin": {
+    "markdoc-ls": "dist/server/wrapper.js"
+  },
   "scripts": {
     "build": "node build.mjs",
     "build:watch": "node build.mjs --watch",
diff --git a/server/server.ts b/server/server.ts
index b3c5619..d3dd032 100644
--- a/server/server.ts
+++ b/server/server.ts
@@ -29,8 +29,9 @@ export function connect(
   });
 
   return new Promise((resolve) => {
-    connection.onInitialized(() => resolve(options));
+    const options = connection.onInitialized(() => resolve(options));
     connection.listen();
+    return options
   });
 }
 
diff --git a/server/wrapper.ts b/server/wrapper.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3a86e95
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server/wrapper.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+import { server } from './server';
+
+server();