diff --git a/tests/fuzz/ssh_bind_config_fuzzer.c b/tests/fuzz/ssh_bind_config_fuzzer.c
index 0d519819..b42342c9 100644
--- a/tests/fuzz/ssh_bind_config_fuzzer.c
+++ b/tests/fuzz/ssh_bind_config_fuzzer.c
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ int LLVMFuzzerTestOneInput(const uint8_t *data, size_t size)
 {
     ssh_bind bind = NULL;
     char *input = NULL;
+    const char *env = NULL;
 
     input = (char *)malloc(size + 1);
     if (!input) {
@@ -63,6 +64,10 @@ int LLVMFuzzerTestOneInput(const uint8_t *data, size_t size)
         goto out;
     }
 
+    env = getenv("LIBSSH_VERBOSITY");
+    if (env != NULL && strlen(env) > 0) {
+        ssh_bind_options_set(bind, SSH_BIND_OPTIONS_LOG_VERBOSITY_STR, env);
+    }
     ssh_bind_config_parse_string(bind, input);
 
     ssh_bind_free(bind);
diff --git a/tests/fuzz/ssh_client_config_fuzzer.c b/tests/fuzz/ssh_client_config_fuzzer.c
index 5658b3e4..c6900365 100644
--- a/tests/fuzz/ssh_client_config_fuzzer.c
+++ b/tests/fuzz/ssh_client_config_fuzzer.c
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ int LLVMFuzzerTestOneInput(const uint8_t *data, size_t size)
 {
     ssh_session session = NULL;
     char *input = NULL;
+    const char *env = NULL;
 
     input = (char *)malloc(size+1);
     if (!input) {
@@ -62,6 +63,10 @@ int LLVMFuzzerTestOneInput(const uint8_t *data, size_t size)
         goto out;
     }
 
+    env = getenv("LIBSSH_VERBOSITY");
+    if (env != NULL && strlen(env) > 0) {
+        ssh_options_set(session, SSH_OPTIONS_LOG_VERBOSITY_STR, env);
+    }
     /* Make sure we have default options set */
     ssh_options_set(session, SSH_OPTIONS_SSH_DIR, NULL);
     ssh_options_set(session, SSH_OPTIONS_HOST, "example.com");