diff --git a/libafl_cc/src/clang.rs b/libafl_cc/src/clang.rs
index c4c7ab695a..7654dc504c 100644
--- a/libafl_cc/src/clang.rs
+++ b/libafl_cc/src/clang.rs
@@ -125,6 +125,10 @@ impl CompilerWrapper for ClangWrapper {
         let mut shared = false;
         // Detect stray -v calls from ./configure scripts.
         if args.len() > 1 && args[1].as_ref() == "-v" {
+            if args.len() == 2 {
+                self.base_args.push(args[1].as_ref().into());
+                return Ok(self);
+            }
             linking = false;
         }