1 files changed, 31 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/src/libstate/init.cpp b/src/libstate/init.cpp
index 0256d70dc..890871411 100644
--- a/src/libstate/init.cpp
+++ b/src/libstate/init.cpp
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 */
 
 #include <botan/init.h>
+#include <botan/parsing.h>
 #include <botan/libstate.h>
 
 namespace Botan {
@@ -11,8 +12,37 @@ namespace Botan {
 /*************************************************
 * Library Initialization                         *
 *************************************************/
-void LibraryInitializer::initialize(bool thread_safe)
+void LibraryInitializer::initialize(const std::string& arg_string)
    {
+   bool thread_safe = true;
+
+   const std::vector<std::string> arg_list = split_on(arg_string, ' ');
+   for(u32bit j = 0; j != arg_list.size(); ++j)
+      {
+      if(arg_list[j].size() == 0)
+         continue;
+
+      std::string name, value;
+
+      if(arg_list[j].find('=') == std::string::npos)
+         {
+         name = arg_list[j];
+         value = "true";
+         }
+      else
+         {
+         std::vector<std::string> name_and_value = split_on(arg_list[j], '=');
+         name = name_and_value[0];
+         value = name_and_value[1];
+         }
+
+      bool is_on =
+         (value == "1" || value == "true" || value == "yes" || value == "on");
+
+      if(name == "thread_safe")
+         thread_safe = is_on;
+      }
+
    try
       {
       /*