diff --git a/afl/src/events/llmp.rs b/afl/src/events/llmp.rs
index 44a5bd06f1..25530467d0 100644
--- a/afl/src/events/llmp.rs
+++ b/afl/src/events/llmp.rs
@@ -193,6 +193,47 @@ impl LlmpMsg {
     }
 }
 
+/// An Llmp instance
+pub enum LlmpConnection {
+    /// A broker and a thread using this tcp background thread
+    IsBroker {
+        broker: LlmpBroker,
+        listener_thread: thread::JoinHandle<()>,
+    },
+    /// A client, connected to the port
+    IsClient { client: LlmpClient },
+}
+
+impl LlmpConnection {
+    /// Creates either a broker, if the tcp port is not bound, or a client, connected to this port.
+    pub fn on_port(port: u16) -> Result<Self, AflError> {
+        match TcpListener::bind(format!("127.0.0.1:{}", port)) {
+            Ok(listener) => {
+                // We got the port. We are the broker! :)
+                dbg!("We're the broker");
+                let mut broker = LlmpBroker::new()?;
+                let listener_thread = broker.launch_tcp_listener(listener)?;
+                Ok(LlmpConnection::IsBroker {
+                    broker,
+                    listener_thread,
+                })
+            }
+            Err(e) => {
+                match e.kind() {
+                    std::io::ErrorKind::AddrInUse => {
+                        // We are the client :)
+                        dbg!("We're the client", e);
+                        Ok(LlmpConnection::IsClient {
+                            client: LlmpClient::create_attach_to_tcp(port)?,
+                        })
+                    }
+                    _ => Err(AflError::File(e)),
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 /// Contents of the share mem pages, used by llmp internally
 #[derive(Copy, Clone)]
 #[repr(C, packed)]
@@ -869,16 +910,28 @@ impl LlmpBroker {
         }
     }
 
-    pub fn launch_tcp_listener(&mut self, port: u16) -> Result<thread::JoinHandle<()>, AflError> {
+    /// Launches a thread using a tcp listener socket, on which new clients may connect to this broker
+    /// Does so on the given port.
+    pub fn launch_tcp_listener_on(
+        &mut self,
+        port: u16,
+    ) -> Result<thread::JoinHandle<()>, AflError> {
+        let listener = TcpListener::bind(format!("127.0.0.1:{}", port))?;
+        // accept connections and process them, spawning a new thread for each one
+        println!("Server listening on port {}", port);
+        return self.launch_tcp_listener(listener);
+    }
+
+    /// Launches a thread using a tcp listener socket, on which new clients may connect to this broker
+    pub fn launch_tcp_listener(
+        &mut self,
+        listener: TcpListener,
+    ) -> Result<thread::JoinHandle<()>, AflError> {
         // Later in the execution, after the initial map filled up,
         // the current broacast map will will point to a different map.
         // However, the original map is (as of now) never freed, new clients will start
         // to read from the initial map id.
 
-        let listener = TcpListener::bind(format!("127.0.0.1:{}", port))?;
-        // accept connections and process them, spawning a new thread for each one
-        println!("Server listening on port {}", port);
-
         let client_out_map_mem = &self.llmp_out.out_maps.first().unwrap().shmem;
         let broadcast_str_initial = client_out_map_mem.shm_str.clone();
 
diff --git a/afl/src/events/mod.rs b/afl/src/events/mod.rs
index ba677d2269..c981a06b08 100644
--- a/afl/src/events/mod.rs
+++ b/afl/src/events/mod.rs
@@ -533,12 +533,16 @@ where
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod tests {
 
+    use std::{thread, time::Duration};
+
     use crate::events::Event;
     use crate::inputs::bytes::BytesInput;
     use crate::observers::observer_serde::NamedSerdeAnyMap;
     use crate::observers::{Observer, StdMapObserver};
     use crate::serde_anymap::{Ptr, PtrMut};
 
+    use super::llmp::{LlmpConnection, Tag};
+
     static mut MAP: [u32; 4] = [0; 4];
 
     #[test]
@@ -572,4 +576,38 @@ mod tests {
             _ => panic!("mistmatch".to_string()),
         };
     }
+
+    use crate::events::tests::LlmpConnection::{IsBroker, IsClient};
+
+    #[test]
+    pub fn llmp_connection() {
+        let mut broker = match LlmpConnection::on_port(1337).unwrap() {
+            IsClient { client } => panic!("Could not bind to port as broker"),
+            IsBroker {
+                broker,
+                listener_thread,
+            } => broker,
+        };
+        let mut client = match LlmpConnection::on_port(1337).unwrap() {
+            IsBroker {
+                broker,
+                listener_thread,
+            } => panic!("Second connect should be a client!"),
+            IsClient { client } => client,
+        };
+        // Add the first client (2nd, actually, because of the tcp listener client)
+        broker.once().unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(broker.llmp_clients.len(), 2);
+
+        let tag: Tag = 0x1337;
+        let arr: [u8; 1] = [1u8];
+        // Send stuff
+        client.send_buf(tag, &arr).unwrap();
+        // Forward stuff to clients
+        broker.once().unwrap();
+        broker.once().unwrap();
+        let (tag2, arr2) = client.recv_buf_blocking().unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(tag, tag2);
+        assert_eq!(arr[0], arr2[0]);
+    }
 }
diff --git a/fuzzers/libfuzzer/src/lib.rs b/fuzzers/libfuzzer/src/lib.rs
index 0b373e4ca9..662311784b 100644
--- a/fuzzers/libfuzzer/src/lib.rs
+++ b/fuzzers/libfuzzer/src/lib.rs
@@ -3,8 +3,6 @@
 extern crate alloc;
 
 use alloc::boxed::Box;
-use alloc::rc::Rc;
-use core::cell::RefCell;
 
 #[cfg(feature = "std")]
 use std::io::stderr;