diff --git a/cargo-afl/build.rs b/cargo-afl/build.rs
index e2ca437c5..e828e6b54 100644
--- a/cargo-afl/build.rs
+++ b/cargo-afl/build.rs
@@ -28,9 +28,10 @@ fn main() {
     }
 
     build_afl(&work_dir, base, llvm_config);
+    build_afl_llvm_runtime(&work_dir, base);
 
     if cfg!(feature = "cmplog") {
-        build_afl_llvm_runtime(&work_dir, base);
+        build_afl_llvm_plugins(&work_dir, base);
     }
 }
 
@@ -91,6 +92,16 @@ fn build_afl_llvm_runtime(work_dir: &Path, base: Option<&Path>) {
     )
     .expect("Couldn't copy object file");
 
+    let status = Command::new(AR_CMD)
+        .arg("r")
+        .arg(common::archive_file_path(base))
+        .arg(common::object_file_path(base))
+        .status()
+        .expect("could not run 'ar'");
+    assert!(status.success());
+}
+
+fn build_afl_llvm_plugins(work_dir: &Path, base: Option<&Path>) {
     let shared_libraries = [
         "afl-llvm-dict2file.so",
         "afl-llvm-pass.so",
diff --git a/cargo-afl/src/bin/cargo-afl.rs b/cargo-afl/src/bin/cargo-afl.rs
index 643b3af14..a64cf8f31 100644
--- a/cargo-afl/src/bin/cargo-afl.rs
+++ b/cargo-afl/src/bin/cargo-afl.rs
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 use clap::crate_version;
 
+use std::collections::HashMap;
 use std::env;
 use std::ffi::{OsStr, OsString};
 use std::process::{self, Command, Stdio};
-use std::collections::HashMap;
 
 #[path = "../common.rs"]
 mod common;
@@ -302,8 +302,15 @@ where
     let binding = common::afl_llvm_dir(None);
     let p = binding.display();
 
-    let mut rustflags = String::new();
-    let mut environment_variables=  HashMap::<String, String>::new();
+    let mut rustflags = format!(
+        "-C debug-assertions \
+             -C overflow_checks \
+             -C passes={passes} \
+             -C codegen-units=1 \
+             -C opt-level=3 \
+             -C target-cpu=native "
+    );
+    let mut environment_variables = HashMap::<String, String>::new();
     environment_variables.insert("ASAN_OPTIONS".to_string(), asan_options);
     environment_variables.insert("TSAN_OPTIONS".to_string(), tsan_options);
 
@@ -325,29 +332,23 @@ where
         assert!(status.success());
 
         rustflags.push_str(&format!(
-            "-C debug-assertions \
-             -C overflow_checks \
-             -C passes={passes} \
-             -C codegen-units=1 \
-             -Z llvm-plugins={p}/cmplog-instructions-pass.so  \
-             -Z llvm-plugins={p}/cmplog-routines-pass.so \
-             -Z llvm-plugins={p}/cmplog-switches-pass.so \
-             -Z llvm-plugins={p}/SanitizerCoveragePCGUARD.so \
-             -C opt-level=3 \
-             -C target-cpu=native "
+            "-Z llvm-plugins={p}/cmplog-instructions-pass.so  \
+            -Z llvm-plugins={p}/cmplog-routines-pass.so \
+            -Z llvm-plugins={p}/cmplog-switches-pass.so \
+            -Z llvm-plugins={p}/SanitizerCoveragePCGUARD.so
+             "
         ));
 
         environment_variables.insert("AFL_LLVM_INSTRUMENT".to_string(), "PCGUARD".to_string());
         environment_variables.insert("AFL_LLVM_CMPLOG".to_string(), "1".to_string());
         environment_variables.insert("AFL_QUIET".to_string(), "1".to_string());
-
     } else {
         rustflags.push_str(
             "-C llvm-args=-sanitizer-coverage-level=3 \
-           -C llvm-args=-sanitizer-coverage-trace-pc-guard \
-           -C llvm-args=-sanitizer-coverage-prune-blocks=0 \
-           -C llvm-args=-sanitizer-coverage-trace-compares
-           ",
+            -C llvm-args=-sanitizer-coverage-trace-pc-guard \
+            -C llvm-args=-sanitizer-coverage-prune-blocks=0 \
+            -C llvm-args=-sanitizer-coverage-trace-compares
+            ",
         );
     }