diff --git a/.github/workflows/Documenter.yml b/.github/workflows/Documenter.yml
index 398bec9..3cfbcdb 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/Documenter.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/Documenter.yml
@@ -27,24 +27,6 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
-      # BEGIN - Build smesh locally - remove once JLL package is available
-      - name: Get smesh
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
-        with:
-          repository: trixi-framework/smesh
-          path: smesh
-      - name: Build smesh (Linux)
-        run: |
-          mkdir smesh/build && cd smesh/build
-          cmake .. -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=../install
-          cmake --build .
-          cmake --install .
-          cd ../../docs
-          cat << EOF > LocalPreferences.toml
-          [Smesh]
-          libsmesh = "$(pwd)/smesh/install/lib/libsmesh.so"
-          EOF
-      # END - Build smesh locally - remove once JLL package is available
       - uses: julia-actions/setup-julia@v1
         with:
           version: '1'
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index c045d06..df2113c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -47,57 +47,13 @@ jobs:
           - ubuntu-latest
           - macOS-latest
           - windows-latest
+        exclude:
+          - os: macOS-latest
+            version: 1.8
+          - os: macOS-latest
+            version: 1.9
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
-      # BEGIN - Build smesh locally - remove once JLL package is available
-      - uses: msys2/setup-msys2@v2
-        if: ${{ matrix.os == 'windows-latest' }}
-        with:
-          update: true
-          install: git base-devel mingw-w64-x86_64-toolchain mingw-w64-x86_64-cmake
-      - name: Get smesh
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
-        with:
-          repository: trixi-framework/smesh
-          path: smesh
-      - name: Build smesh (Linux)
-        if: ${{ matrix.os == 'ubuntu-latest' }}
-        run: |
-          mkdir smesh/build && cd smesh/build
-          cmake .. -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=../install
-          cmake --build .
-          cmake --install .
-          cd ../..
-          cat << EOF > LocalPreferences.toml
-          [Smesh]
-          libsmesh = "$(pwd)/smesh/install/lib/libsmesh.so"
-          EOF
-      - name: Build smesh (macOS)
-        if: ${{ matrix.os == 'macos-latest' }}
-        run: |
-          mkdir smesh/build && cd smesh/build
-          FC=gfortran-13 cmake .. -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=../install
-          cmake --build .
-          cmake --install .
-          cd ../..
-          cat << EOF > LocalPreferences.toml
-          [Smesh]
-          libsmesh = "$(pwd)/smesh/install/lib/libsmesh.dylib"
-          EOF
-      - name: Build smesh
-        if: ${{ matrix.os == 'windows-latest' }}
-        run: |
-          mkdir smesh/build && cd smesh/build
-          FC=gfortran cmake .. -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=../install
-          cmake --build .
-          cmake --install .
-          cd ../..
-          cat << EOF > LocalPreferences.toml
-          [Smesh]
-          libsmesh = "D:\\\\a\\\\Smesh.jl\\\\Smesh.jl\\\\smesh\\\\install\\\\bin\\\\libsmesh.dll"
-          EOF
-        shell: 'msys2 {0}'
-      # END - Build smesh locally - remove once JLL package is available
       - uses: julia-actions/setup-julia@v1
         with:
           version: ${{ matrix.version }}
diff --git a/.zenodo.json b/.zenodo.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3583325
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.zenodo.json
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+{
+    "title": "Smesh.jl",
+    "description": "A Julia wrapper for the Fortran package smesh to generate and handle unstructured meshes ",
+    "license": "MIT",
+    "upload_type": "software",
+    "creators": [
+        {
+            "affiliation": "University of Cologne, Germany",
+            "name": "Chiocchetti, Simone",
+            "orcid": "0000-0001-7394-5708"
+        },
+        {
+            "affiliation": "University of Cologne, Germany",
+            "name": "Bolm, Benjamin",
+            "orcid": "0009-0009-6055-8472"
+        },
+        {
+            "affiliation": "Applied and Computational Mathematics, RWTH Aachen University, Germany",
+            "name": "Schlottke-Lakemper, Michael",
+            "orcid": "0000-0002-3195-2536"
+        }
+    ],
+    "access_right": "open"
+}
diff --git a/Project.toml b/Project.toml
index 9c65af9..243e6b5 100644
--- a/Project.toml
+++ b/Project.toml
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ version = "0.1.0"
 
 [deps]
 Preferences = "21216c6a-2e73-6563-6e65-726566657250"
+smesh_jll = "e8c45408-479c-54df-ae5b-4501057d3a5a"
 
 [compat]
 Preferences = "1"
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 7979d0a..cc279b9 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -19,10 +19,7 @@ operating system](https://julialang.org/downloads/platform/).
 [Smesh.jl](https://github.com/trixi-framewor/Smesh.jl) works with Julia v1.8
 and later on Linux, macOS and Windows platforms.
 
-To use Smesh.jl, you currently need to manually install the underlying Fortran package smesh
-(note that this is subject to change in the near future). For installation instructions,
-please follow the README in the [smesh](https://github.com/trixi-framework/smesh)
-repository.
+*Note: On pre-Apple Silicon systems with macOS, Julia v1.10 or later is required.*
 
 ### Installation
 Since Smesh.jl is a not registered Julia package yet, you can install it by executing
@@ -31,9 +28,10 @@ the following commands in the Julia REPL:
 julia> import Pkg; Pkg.add("https://github.com/trixi-framework/Smesh.jl")
 ```
 
-To make use of the local smesh build, you need to tell Smesh.jl where to find the library.
-For this, create a `LocalPreferences.toml` file next to your `Project.toml` for the project
-in which you use Smesh.jl. It should have the following content:
+By default, Smesh.jll uses pre-compiled binaries of the smesh package that will get
+automatically installed when obtaining Smesh.jl. However, you can also make use of a local
+smesh build.  For this, create a `LocalPreferences.toml` file next to your `Project.toml`
+for the project in which you use Smesh.jl. It should have the following content:
 
 * On Linux:
   ```toml
diff --git a/src/Smesh.jl b/src/Smesh.jl
index 8363939..67ca629 100644
--- a/src/Smesh.jl
+++ b/src/Smesh.jl
@@ -1,27 +1,11 @@
 module Smesh
 
-using Preferences: @load_preference, @has_preference
+using Preferences: @load_preference
+using smesh_jll: smesh_jll
 
 export build_delaunay_triangulation, delaunay_compute_neighbors
 
-if !@has_preference("libsmesh")
-    error("""
-          Missing preference `libsmesh` for package Smesh.jl. Please add a
-          `LocalPreferences.toml` file to your current Julia project with the following
-          content, where `path/to/libsmesh.{ext}` is the path to your local build of
-          libsmesh and `{ext}` is the appropriate extension for shared libraries on your
-          system (e.g., `so` on Linux, `dylib` on macOS, `dll` on Windows). Afterwards,
-          you need to restart Julia.
-
-          Content of `LocalPreferences.toml` (between the '```' marks):
-
-          ```
-          [Smesh]
-          libsmesh = "path/to/libsmesh.{ext}"
-          ```
-          """)
-end
-const libsmesh = @load_preference("libsmesh")
+const libsmesh = @load_preference("libsmesh", smesh_jll.libsmesh)
 
 """
 """