diff --git a/fuzz/.gitignore b/fuzz/.gitignore
index 99ebd93bc..b8da0a0c9 100644
--- a/fuzz/.gitignore
+++ b/fuzz/.gitignore
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 fuzz_certs
 fuzz_crls
+fuzz_ids
+fuzz_ike
 fuzz_ocsp_req
 fuzz_ocsp_rsp
-fuzz_ids
 fuzz_pa_tnc
 fuzz_pb_tnc
diff --git a/fuzz/Makefile.am b/fuzz/Makefile.am
index 60510474a..f42e887a8 100644
--- a/fuzz/Makefile.am
+++ b/fuzz/Makefile.am
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 AM_CPPFLAGS = @CPPFLAGS@ \
 	@FUZZING_CFLAGS@ \
+	-I$(top_srcdir)/src/libcharon \
 	-I$(top_srcdir)/src/libstrongswan \
 	-I$(top_srcdir)/src/libimcv \
 	-I$(top_srcdir)/src/libtncif \
@@ -25,8 +26,12 @@ pb_tnc_ldflags = \
 	$(top_builddir)/src/libtncif/.libs/libtncif.a \
 	$(fuzz_ldflags)
 
+ike_ldflags = \
+	$(top_builddir)/src/libcharon/.libs/libcharon.a \
+	$(fuzz_ldflags)
+
 FUZZ_TARGETS=fuzz_certs fuzz_crls fuzz_ocsp_req fuzz_ocsp_rsp \
-	fuzz_ids fuzz_pa_tnc fuzz_pb_tnc
+	fuzz_ids fuzz_pa_tnc fuzz_pb_tnc fuzz_ike
 
 all-local: $(FUZZ_TARGETS)
 
@@ -53,6 +58,9 @@ fuzz_pa_tnc: fuzz_pa_tnc.c ${libfuzzer}
 fuzz_pb_tnc: fuzz_pb_tnc.c ${libfuzzer}
 	$(CC) $(AM_CPPFLAGS) $(CFLAGS) -o $@ $< $(pb_tnc_ldflags)
 
+fuzz_ike: fuzz_ike.c ${libfuzzer}
+	$(CC) $(AM_CPPFLAGS) $(CFLAGS) -o $@ $< $(ike_ldflags)
+
 noinst_LIBRARIES = libFuzzerLocal.a
 libFuzzerLocal_a_SOURCES = libFuzzerLocal.c
 libFuzzerLocal_a_LIBADD = $(top_builddir)/src/libstrongswan/libstrongswan.la
@@ -60,7 +68,8 @@ libFuzzerLocal_a_LIBADD = $(top_builddir)/src/libstrongswan/libstrongswan.la
 check: all
 	for f in $(FUZZ_TARGETS); do \
 		corpus=$${f#fuzz_}; \
-		./$$f $(FUZZING_CORPORA)/$${corpus}/* || exit 1; \
-		crashes=$(FUZZING_CORPORA)/$${corpus}-crash; \
+		initial=$(FUZZING_CORPORA)/$${corpus}; \
+		crashes=$${initial}-crash; \
+		test ! -d $${initial} || ./$$f $${initial}/* || exit 1; \
 		test ! -d $${crashes} || ./$$f $${crashes}/* || exit 1; \
 	done
diff --git a/fuzz/fuzz_ike.c b/fuzz/fuzz_ike.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..77010c1dd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/fuzz/fuzz_ike.c
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2026 Arthur SC Chan
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) secunet Security Networks AG
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+ * under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the
+ * Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your
+ * option) any later version.  See <http://www.fsf.org/copyleft/gpl.txt>.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
+ * WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY
+ * or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License
+ * for more details.
+ */
+
+#include <library.h>
+#include <encoding/message.h>
+
+int LLVMFuzzerInitialize(int *argc, char ***argv)
+{
+	dbg_default_set_level(-1);
+	library_init(NULL, "fuzz_ike");
+	return 0;
+}
+
+int LLVMFuzzerTestOneInput(const uint8_t *buf, size_t len)
+{
+	message_t *message;
+	packet_t *packet;
+
+	/* Minimum IKE header size for fuzzing meaningful IKE headers effectively */
+	if (len < 28)
+	{
+		return 0;
+	}
+
+	/* Create packet from fuzzer input */
+	packet = packet_create_from_data(host_create_from_string("192.0.2.1", 500),
+									 host_create_from_string("192.0.2.2", 500),
+									 chunk_clone(chunk_create((u_char*)buf, len)));
+	if (!packet)
+	{
+		return 0;
+	}
+
+	/* Fuzz IKE message parsing and processing */
+	message = message_create_from_packet(packet);
+	if (message)
+	{
+		if (message->parse_header(message) == SUCCESS)
+		{
+			message->parse_body(message, NULL);
+		}
+		message->destroy(message);
+	}
+	return 0;
+}