diff --git a/test/fuzz/test_runner.py b/test/fuzz/test_runner.py
index e9c0603048..c5c94a0660 100755
--- a/test/fuzz/test_runner.py
+++ b/test/fuzz/test_runner.py
@@ -133,6 +133,7 @@ def merge_inputs(*, corpus, test_list, build_dir, merge_dir):
         args = [
             os.path.join(build_dir, 'src', 'test', 'fuzz', t),
             '-merge=1',
+            '-use_value_profile=1',  # Also done by oss-fuzz https://github.com/google/oss-fuzz/issues/1406#issuecomment-387790487
             os.path.join(corpus, t),
             os.path.join(merge_dir, t),
         ]