diff --git a/libafl/src/executors/forkserver.rs b/libafl/src/executors/forkserver.rs
index 3102c775a2..52f7751b9e 100644
--- a/libafl/src/executors/forkserver.rs
+++ b/libafl/src/executors/forkserver.rs
@@ -614,7 +614,13 @@ impl<'a, SP> ForkserverExecutorBuilder<'a, SP> {
         }
         println!("All right - fork server is up.");
         // If forkserver is responding, we then check if there's any option enabled.
-        if status & FS_OPT_ENABLED == FS_OPT_ENABLED {
+        // We'll send 4-bytes message back to the forkserver to tell which features to use
+        // The forkserver is listening to our response if either shmem fuzzing is enabled or auto dict is enabled
+        // <https://github.com/AFLplusplus/AFLplusplus/blob/147654f8715d237fe45c1657c87b2fe36c4db22a/instrumentation/afl-compiler-rt.o.c#L1026>
+        if status & FS_OPT_ENABLED == FS_OPT_ENABLED
+            && (status & FS_OPT_SHDMEM_FUZZ == FS_OPT_SHDMEM_FUZZ
+                || status & FS_OPT_AUTODICT == FS_OPT_AUTODICT)
+        {
             let mut send_status = FS_OPT_ENABLED;
 
             if (status & FS_OPT_SHDMEM_FUZZ == FS_OPT_SHDMEM_FUZZ) && map.is_some() {