diff --git a/pkg/instance/instance.go b/pkg/instance/instance.go
index 2410713a..b5f44376 100644
--- a/pkg/instance/instance.go
+++ b/pkg/instance/instance.go
@@ -118,8 +118,8 @@ func (env *Env) Test(numVMs int, reproSyz, reproOpts, reproC []byte) ([]error, e
 	if err := mgrconfig.Complete(env.cfg); err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
-	reporter, err := report.NewReporter(env.cfg.TargetOS, env.cfg.KernelSrc,
-		filepath.Dir(env.cfg.Vmlinux), nil, env.cfg.ParsedIgnores)
+	reporter, err := report.NewReporter(env.cfg.TargetOS, env.cfg.Type,
+		env.cfg.KernelSrc, filepath.Dir(env.cfg.Vmlinux), nil, env.cfg.ParsedIgnores)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/report/linux_test.go b/pkg/report/linux_test.go
index 8cd66ede..0543fcbe 100644
--- a/pkg/report/linux_test.go
+++ b/pkg/report/linux_test.go
@@ -12,14 +12,14 @@ import (
 )
 
 func TestLinuxIgnores(t *testing.T) {
-	reporter, err := NewReporter("linux", "", "", nil, nil)
+	reporter, err := NewReporter("linux", "", "", "", nil, nil)
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatal(err)
 	}
 	ignores1 := []*regexp.Regexp{
 		regexp.MustCompile("BUG: bug3"),
 	}
-	reporter1, err := NewReporter("linux", "", "", nil, ignores1)
+	reporter1, err := NewReporter("linux", "", "", "", nil, ignores1)
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatal(err)
 	}
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ func TestLinuxIgnores(t *testing.T) {
 		regexp.MustCompile("BUG: bug3"),
 		regexp.MustCompile("BUG: bug1"),
 	}
-	reporter2, err := NewReporter("linux", "", "", nil, ignores2)
+	reporter2, err := NewReporter("linux", "", "", "", nil, ignores2)
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatal(err)
 	}
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ func TestLinuxIgnores(t *testing.T) {
 		regexp.MustCompile("BUG: bug1"),
 		regexp.MustCompile("BUG: bug2"),
 	}
-	reporter3, err := NewReporter("linux", "", "", nil, ignores3)
+	reporter3, err := NewReporter("linux", "", "", "", nil, ignores3)
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatal(err)
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/report/report.go b/pkg/report/report.go
index 680656f9..a40fedf9 100644
--- a/pkg/report/report.go
+++ b/pkg/report/report.go
@@ -45,12 +45,12 @@ type Report struct {
 	Maintainers []string
 }
 
-// NewReporter creates reporter for the specified OS:
+// NewReporter creates reporter for the specified OS/vmType:
 // kernelSrc: path to kernel sources directory
 // kernelObj: path to kernel build directory (can be empty for in-tree build)
 // symbols: kernel symbols (result of pkg/symbolizer.ReadSymbols on kernel object file)
 // ignores: optional list of regexps to ignore (must match first line of crash message)
-func NewReporter(os, kernelSrc, kernelObj string, symbols map[string][]symbolizer.Symbol,
+func NewReporter(os, vmType, kernelSrc, kernelObj string, symbols map[string][]symbolizer.Symbol,
 	ignores []*regexp.Regexp) (Reporter, error) {
 	ctor := ctors[os]
 	if ctor == nil {
diff --git a/pkg/report/report_test.go b/pkg/report/report_test.go
index 1459f069..14d6c45c 100644
--- a/pkg/report/report_test.go
+++ b/pkg/report/report_test.go
@@ -214,7 +214,7 @@ func forEachFile(t *testing.T, dir string, fn func(t *testing.T, reporter Report
 		if err != nil {
 			t.Fatal(err)
 		}
-		reporter, err := NewReporter(os, "", "", nil, nil)
+		reporter, err := NewReporter(os, "", "", "", nil, nil)
 		if err != nil {
 			t.Fatal(err)
 		}
diff --git a/syz-manager/manager.go b/syz-manager/manager.go
index 26a2de21..964bc3e3 100644
--- a/syz-manager/manager.go
+++ b/syz-manager/manager.go
@@ -835,8 +835,8 @@ func (mgr *Manager) getReporter() report.Reporter {
 			kernelSrc = mgr.cfg.KernelSrc
 			kernelObj = filepath.Dir(mgr.cfg.Vmlinux)
 		}
-		mgr.reporter, err = report.NewReporter(mgr.cfg.TargetOS, kernelSrc, kernelObj,
-			allSymbols, mgr.cfg.ParsedIgnores)
+		mgr.reporter, err = report.NewReporter(mgr.cfg.TargetOS, mgr.cfg.Type,
+			kernelSrc, kernelObj, allSymbols, mgr.cfg.ParsedIgnores)
 		if err != nil {
 			log.Fatalf("%v", err)
 		}
diff --git a/tools/syz-crush/crush.go b/tools/syz-crush/crush.go
index 20560d0a..b73c9027 100644
--- a/tools/syz-crush/crush.go
+++ b/tools/syz-crush/crush.go
@@ -44,8 +44,8 @@ func main() {
 	if err != nil {
 		log.Fatalf("%v", err)
 	}
-	reporter, err := report.NewReporter(cfg.TargetOS, cfg.KernelSrc,
-		filepath.Dir(cfg.Vmlinux), nil, cfg.ParsedIgnores)
+	reporter, err := report.NewReporter(cfg.TargetOS, cfg.Type,
+		cfg.KernelSrc, filepath.Dir(cfg.Vmlinux), nil, cfg.ParsedIgnores)
 	if err != nil {
 		log.Fatalf("%v", err)
 	}
diff --git a/tools/syz-parse/syz-parse.go b/tools/syz-parse/syz-parse.go
index b86cecb2..64841dab 100644
--- a/tools/syz-parse/syz-parse.go
+++ b/tools/syz-parse/syz-parse.go
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ func parseReport(os, file string) {
 		fmt.Printf("Error: %v\n", err)
 		return
 	}
-	reporter, err := report.NewReporter(os, "", "", nil, nil)
+	reporter, err := report.NewReporter(os, "", "", "", nil, nil)
 	if err != nil {
 		fmt.Printf("Error: %v\n", err)
 		return
diff --git a/tools/syz-repro/repro.go b/tools/syz-repro/repro.go
index e041d393..8fcb04e4 100644
--- a/tools/syz-repro/repro.go
+++ b/tools/syz-repro/repro.go
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ func main() {
 	for i := range vmIndexes {
 		vmIndexes[i] = i
 	}
-	reporter, err := report.NewReporter(cfg.TargetOS, cfg.KernelSrc, "", nil, cfg.ParsedIgnores)
+	reporter, err := report.NewReporter(cfg.TargetOS, cfg.Type, cfg.KernelSrc, "", nil, cfg.ParsedIgnores)
 	if err != nil {
 		log.Fatalf("%v", err)
 	}
diff --git a/tools/syz-symbolize/symbolize.go b/tools/syz-symbolize/symbolize.go
index acb9db57..e683a5b0 100644
--- a/tools/syz-symbolize/symbolize.go
+++ b/tools/syz-symbolize/symbolize.go
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ func main() {
 		flag.PrintDefaults()
 		os.Exit(1)
 	}
-	reporter, err := report.NewReporter(*flagOS, *flagKernelSrc, *flagKernelObj, nil, nil)
+	reporter, err := report.NewReporter(*flagOS, "", *flagKernelSrc, *flagKernelObj, nil, nil)
 	if err != nil {
 		fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "failed to create reporter: %v\n", err)
 		os.Exit(1)