diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index d414aabe2..8392d93f6 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ option(V4L-RTL "Use Linux Kernel RTL-SDR Source." OFF)
 option(V4L-MSI "Use Linux Kernel MSI2500 Source." OFF)
 option(BUILD_TYPE "Build type (RELEASE, RELEASEWITHDBGINFO, DEBUG" RELEASE)
 option(DEBUG_OUTPUT "Print debug messages" OFF)
+option(SANITIZE_ADDRESS "Activate memory address sanitization" OFF)
 option(HOST_RPI "Compiling on RPi" OFF)
 option(RX_SAMPLE_24BIT "Internal 24 bit Rx DSP" OFF)
 
@@ -194,6 +195,15 @@ else()
 	message(STATUS "Compiling for 16 bit Rx DSP chain")
 endif()
 
+if (SANITIZE_ADDRESS)
+    message(STATUS "Activate address sanitization")
+    set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} -fsanitize=address")
+    set(CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS "${CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS} -fsanitize=address")
+    set(CMAKE_MODULE_LINKER_FLAGS "${CMAKE_MODULE_LINKER_FLAGS} -fsanitize=address")
+    set(CMAKE_SHARED_LINKER_FLAGS "${CMAKE_SHARED_LINKER_FLAGS} -fsanitize=address")
+    set(CMAKE_STATIC_LINKER_FLAGS "${CMAKE_STATIC_LINKER_FLAGS} -fsanitize=address")
+endif()
+
 set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} -Wall -Wextra -fmax-errors=10 -ffast-math -ftree-vectorize ${EXTRA_FLAGS}")
 
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