diff --git a/trusty/fuzz/Android.bp b/trusty/fuzz/Android.bp
index 969431c..ac49751 100644
--- a/trusty/fuzz/Android.bp
+++ b/trusty/fuzz/Android.bp
@@ -14,10 +14,8 @@
 
 cc_defaults {
     name: "trusty_fuzzer_defaults",
-    static_libs: [
-        "libtrusty_fuzz_utils",
-    ],
     shared_libs: [
+        "libtrusty_fuzz_utils",
         "libbase",
         "liblog",
     ],
@@ -36,6 +34,7 @@
     srcs: ["utils.cpp"],
     export_include_dirs: ["include"],
     shared_libs: [
+        "libtrusty_test",
         "libbase",
         "liblog",
     ],
diff --git a/trusty/fuzz/utils.cpp b/trusty/fuzz/utils.cpp
index 240afe7..f4cf0b6 100644
--- a/trusty/fuzz/utils.cpp
+++ b/trusty/fuzz/utils.cpp
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 #include <linux/uio.h>
 #include <log/log_read.h>
 #include <time.h>
+#include <trusty/tipc.h>
 #include <iostream>
 
 using android::base::ErrnoError;
@@ -32,9 +33,6 @@
 using android::base::Result;
 using android::base::unique_fd;
 
-#define TIPC_IOC_MAGIC 'r'
-#define TIPC_IOC_CONNECT _IOW(TIPC_IOC_MAGIC, 0x80, char*)
-
 namespace {
 
 const size_t kTimeoutSeconds = 5;
@@ -80,27 +78,14 @@
     : tipc_dev_(tipc_dev), ta_port_(ta_port), ta_fd_(-1) {}
 
 Result<void> TrustyApp::Connect() {
-    /*
-     * TODO: We can't use libtrusty because (yet)
-     * (1) cc_fuzz can't deal with vendor components (b/170753563)
-     * (2) We need non-blocking behavior to detect Trusty going down.
-     * (we could implement the timeout in the fuzzing code though, as
-     * it needs to be around the call to read())
-     */
     alarm(kTimeoutSeconds);
-    int fd = open(tipc_dev_.c_str(), O_RDWR);
+    int fd = tipc_connect(tipc_dev_.c_str(), ta_port_.c_str());
     alarm(0);
     if (fd < 0) {
         return ErrnoError() << "failed to open TIPC device: ";
     }
     ta_fd_.reset(fd);
 
-    // This ioctl will time out in the kernel if it can't connect.
-    int rc = TEMP_FAILURE_RETRY(ioctl(ta_fd_, TIPC_IOC_CONNECT, ta_port_.c_str()));
-    if (rc < 0) {
-        return ErrnoError() << "failed to connect to TIPC service: ";
-    }
-
     return {};
 }