diff --git a/libafl/src/executors/command.rs b/libafl/src/executors/command.rs
index 22978264a5..dc67540d39 100644
--- a/libafl/src/executors/command.rs
+++ b/libafl/src/executors/command.rs
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ where
                 }
                 Ok(cmd.spawn()?)
             }
-            InputLocation::StdIn => {
+            InputLocation::StdIn { input_file: _ } => {
                 let mut handle = self.command.stdin(Stdio::piped()).spawn()?;
                 let mut stdin = handle.stdin.take().unwrap();
                 match stdin.write_all(input.target_bytes().as_slice()) {
@@ -262,7 +262,7 @@ where
                             self.args[*argnum] = cstring_input;
                         }
                     }
-                    InputLocation::StdIn => {
+                    InputLocation::StdIn { input_file: _ } => {
                         let (pipe_read, pipe_write) = pipe().unwrap();
                         write(pipe_write, &input.target_bytes()).unwrap();
                         dup2(pipe_read.as_raw_fd(), STDIN_FILENO).unwrap();
@@ -590,7 +590,14 @@ impl CommandExecutorBuilder {
 
         let mut command = Command::new(program);
         match &self.target_inner.input_location {
-            InputLocation::StdIn => {
+            InputLocation::StdIn {
+                input_file: out_file,
+            } => {
+                if out_file.is_some() {
+                    return Err(Error::illegal_argument(
+                        "Setting filename for CommandExecutor is not supported!",
+                    ));
+                }
                 command.stdin(Stdio::piped());
             }
             InputLocation::File { .. } | InputLocation::Arg { .. } => {
diff --git a/libafl/src/executors/forkserver.rs b/libafl/src/executors/forkserver.rs
index 743da6fc55..6c3640477b 100644
--- a/libafl/src/executors/forkserver.rs
+++ b/libafl/src/executors/forkserver.rs
@@ -1031,7 +1031,12 @@ where
         OT: ObserversTuple<I, S>,
     {
         let input_file = match &self.target_inner.input_location {
-            InputLocation::StdIn => InputFile::create(OsString::from(get_unique_std_input_file()))?,
+            InputLocation::StdIn {
+                input_file: out_file,
+            } => match out_file {
+                Some(out_file) => out_file.clone(),
+                None => InputFile::create(OsString::from(get_unique_std_input_file()))?,
+            },
             InputLocation::Arg { argnum: _ } => {
                 return Err(Error::illegal_argument(
                     "forkserver doesn't support argument mutation",
diff --git a/libafl_bolts/src/target_args.rs b/libafl_bolts/src/target_args.rs
index 0837e66951..0a4080ca39 100644
--- a/libafl_bolts/src/target_args.rs
+++ b/libafl_bolts/src/target_args.rs
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ use crate::fs::{InputFile, get_unique_std_input_file};
 /// How to deliver input to an external program
 /// `StdIn`: The target reads from stdin
 /// `File`: The target reads from the specified [`InputFile`]
-#[derive(Debug, Clone, PartialEq, Eq, Default)]
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, PartialEq, Eq)]
 pub enum InputLocation {
     /// Mutate a commandline argument to deliver an input
     Arg {
@@ -19,8 +19,10 @@ pub enum InputLocation {
         argnum: usize,
     },
     /// Deliver input via `StdIn`
-    #[default]
-    StdIn,
+    StdIn {
+        /// The alternative input file
+        input_file: Option<InputFile>,
+    },
     /// Deliver the input via the specified [`InputFile`]
     /// You can use specify [`InputFile::create(INPUTFILE_STD)`] to use a default filename.
     File {
@@ -29,6 +31,12 @@ pub enum InputLocation {
     },
 }
 
+impl Default for InputLocation {
+    fn default() -> Self {
+        Self::StdIn { input_file: None }
+    }
+}
+
 /// The shared inner structs of trait [`StdTargetArgs`]
 #[derive(Debug, Clone, Default)]
 pub struct StdTargetArgsInner {
@@ -82,7 +90,10 @@ pub trait StdTargetArgs: Sized {
     /// If use stdin
     #[must_use]
     fn use_stdin(&self) -> bool {
-        matches!(self.inner().input_location, InputLocation::StdIn)
+        matches!(
+            &self.inner().input_location,
+            InputLocation::StdIn { input_file: _ }
+        )
     }
 
     /// Set input
@@ -114,7 +125,9 @@ pub trait StdTargetArgs: Sized {
         assert!(
             match &moved.inner().input_location {
                 InputLocation::File { out_file } => out_file.path.as_path() == path.as_ref(),
-                InputLocation::StdIn => true,
+                InputLocation::StdIn { input_file } => input_file
+                    .as_ref()
+                    .is_none_or(|of| of.path.as_path() == path.as_ref()),
                 InputLocation::Arg { argnum: _ } => false,
             },
             "Already specified an input file under a different name. This is not supported"