diff --git a/tests/qtest/fuzz/generic_fuzz.c b/tests/qtest/fuzz/generic_fuzz.c
index deb74f15be..ee8c17a04c 100644
--- a/tests/qtest/fuzz/generic_fuzz.c
+++ b/tests/qtest/fuzz/generic_fuzz.c
@@ -933,12 +933,20 @@ static GString *generic_fuzz_cmdline(FuzzTarget *t)
 
 static GString *generic_fuzz_predefined_config_cmdline(FuzzTarget *t)
 {
+    gchar *args;
     const generic_fuzz_config *config;
     g_assert(t->opaque);
 
     config = t->opaque;
     setenv("QEMU_AVOID_DOUBLE_FETCH", "1", 1);
-    setenv("QEMU_FUZZ_ARGS", config->args, 1);
+    if (config->argfunc) {
+        args = config->argfunc();
+        setenv("QEMU_FUZZ_ARGS", args, 1);
+        g_free(args);
+    } else {
+        g_assert_nonnull(config->args);
+        setenv("QEMU_FUZZ_ARGS", config->args, 1);
+    }
     setenv("QEMU_FUZZ_OBJECTS", config->objects, 1);
     return generic_fuzz_cmdline(t);
 }
diff --git a/tests/qtest/fuzz/generic_fuzz_configs.h b/tests/qtest/fuzz/generic_fuzz_configs.h
index aa4c03f1ae..51e69c6e42 100644
--- a/tests/qtest/fuzz/generic_fuzz_configs.h
+++ b/tests/qtest/fuzz/generic_fuzz_configs.h
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 
 typedef struct generic_fuzz_config {
     const char *name, *args, *objects;
+    gchar* (*argfunc)(void); /* Result must be freeable by g_free() */
 } generic_fuzz_config;
 
 const generic_fuzz_config predefined_configs[] = {