diff --git a/fuzzers/patch_fuzzer.c b/fuzzers/patch_fuzzer.c
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+/*
+ * libgit2 patch fuzzer target.
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) the libgit2 contributors. All rights reserved.
+ *
+ * This file is part of libgit2, distributed under the GNU GPL v2 with
+ * a Linking Exception. For full terms see the included COPYING file.
+ */
+
+#include "git2.h"
+#include "patch.h"
+#include "patch_parse.h"
+
+#define UNUSED(x) (void)(x)
+
+int LLVMFuzzerInitialize(int *argc, char ***argv)
+{
+        UNUSED(argc);
+        UNUSED(argv);
+
+        if (git_libgit2_init() < 0)
+                abort();
+
+        return 0;
+}
+
+int LLVMFuzzerTestOneInput(const uint8_t *data, size_t size)
+{
+        if (size < 1) {
+                return 0;
+        }
+        git_patch* patch;
+        git_patch_options opts = {(uint32_t)data[0]};
+        int status = git_patch_from_buffer(&patch, (const char*)data+1, size-1, &opts);
+        if (status == 0 && patch) {
+                git_patch_free(patch);
+        }
+        return 0;
+}
