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+# LibAFL QEMU
+
+LibAFL QEMU is a fuzzing-oriented emulation library that wraps QEMU with a rich API in Rust.
+
+It comes in two variants, usermode to fuzz Linux ELFs userspace binaries and systemmode, to fuzz arbitrary operating systems with QEMU TCG.
+
+## Cite
+
+If you use LibAFL QEMU for your academic work, consider citing the follwing paper:
+
+```
+@InProceedings{libaflqemu:bar24,
+  title        = {{LibAFL QEMU: A Library for Fuzzing-oriented Emulation}},
+  author       = {Romain Malmain and Andrea Fioraldi and Aurélien Francillon},
+  year         = {2024},
+  series       = {BAR 24},
+  month        = {March},
+  booktitle    = {Workshop on Binary Analysis Research (colocated with NDSS Symposium)},
+  location     = {San Diego (USA)},
+  keywords     = {fuzzing, emulation},
+}
+```
+
+
diff --git a/libafl_qemu/src/lib.rs b/libafl_qemu/src/lib.rs
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 //!
 //! __Warning__: The documentation is built by default for `x86_64` in `usermode`. To access the documentation of other architectures or `systemmode`, the documentation must be rebuilt with the right features.
 /*! */
+#![doc = include_str!("../README.md")]
 #![cfg_attr(feature = "document-features", doc = document_features::document_features!())]
 #![forbid(unexpected_cfgs)]
 // libafl_qemu only supports Linux currently