diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 2c9e4cbbac..1c6607a592 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -449,8 +449,6 @@ slirp_smbd="$default_feature"
 malloc_trim="auto"
 gio="$default_feature"
 
-libafl_bridge=""
-
 # parse CC options second
 for opt do
   optarg=$(expr "x$opt" : 'x[^=]*=\(.*\)')
@@ -1583,12 +1581,10 @@ for opt do
   ;;
   --disable-slirp-smbd) slirp_smbd=no
   ;;
-  --with-libafl-bridge=*)
-      libafl_bridge="$optarg"
-      if ! (file "$libafl_bridge" | grep "ar archive" > /dev/null); then
-         error_exit "$libafl_bridge is not an ar archive"
-      fi
-      QEMU_LDFLAGS="$QEMU_LDFLAGS -Wl,--whole-archive $libafl_bridge -Wl,-no-whole-archive -lm -ldl -pthread"
+  --as-shared-lib)
+      QEMU_LDFLAGS="$QEMU_LDFLAGS -shared"
+      QEMU_CFLAGS="QEMU_CFLAGS -fPIC -DAS_SHARED_LIB=1"
+      QEMU_CXXFLAGS="QEMU_CXXFLAGS -fPIC -DAS_SHARED_LIB=1"
   ;;
   *)
       echo "ERROR: unknown option $opt"
diff --git a/linux-user/main.c b/linux-user/main.c
index f0bb9f289d..f920f9bb1a 100644
--- a/linux-user/main.c
+++ b/linux-user/main.c
@@ -654,7 +654,14 @@ int libafl_qemu_run(void)
 
 //// --- End LibAFL code ---
 
+#ifdef AS_SHARED_LIB
+int qemu_user_init(int argc, char **argv, char **envp);
+__attribute__((section(".init_array"))) static void *ctr = &qemu_user_init;
+
+int qemu_user_init(int argc, char **argv, char **envp)
+#else
 int main(int argc, char **argv, char **envp)
+#endif
 {
     struct target_pt_regs regs1, *regs = &regs1;
     //struct image_info info1, *info = &info1;