diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index efc75e905..76f749a7a 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -92,6 +92,7 @@ mark_as_advanced(
 
 option(BUILD_TEST_SUITE "Build the test suite" 0)
 option(BUILD_MAN "Build man pages" 1)
+option(ASAN "DEBUGGING: Build with AddressSanitizer (ASan) support" 0)
 
 set(ZM_RUNDIR "/var/run/zm" CACHE PATH
   "Location of transient process files, default: /var/run/zm")
diff --git a/cmake/compiler/clang/settings.cmake b/cmake/compiler/clang/settings.cmake
index 1d6a0e8f4..c8d90ae0f 100644
--- a/cmake/compiler/clang/settings.cmake
+++ b/cmake/compiler/clang/settings.cmake
@@ -1,3 +1,21 @@
 target_compile_options(zm-warning-interface
   INTERFACE
     -Wall)
+
+if(ASAN)
+  target_compile_options(zm-compile-option-interface
+    INTERFACE
+      -fno-omit-frame-pointer
+      -fsanitize=address
+      -fsanitize-recover=address
+      -fsanitize-address-use-after-scope)
+
+  target_link_options(zm-compile-option-interface
+    INTERFACE
+      -fno-omit-frame-pointer
+      -fsanitize=address
+      -fsanitize-recover=address
+      -fsanitize-address-use-after-scope)
+
+  message(STATUS "Clang: Enabled AddressSanitizer (ASan)")
+endif()
diff --git a/cmake/compiler/gcc/settings.cmake b/cmake/compiler/gcc/settings.cmake
index 1d6a0e8f4..ecdf31caa 100644
--- a/cmake/compiler/gcc/settings.cmake
+++ b/cmake/compiler/gcc/settings.cmake
@@ -1,3 +1,21 @@
 target_compile_options(zm-warning-interface
   INTERFACE
     -Wall)
+
+if(ASAN)
+  target_compile_options(zm-compile-option-interface
+    INTERFACE
+      -fno-omit-frame-pointer
+      -fsanitize=address
+      -fsanitize-recover=address
+      -fsanitize-address-use-after-scope)
+
+  target_link_options(zm-compile-option-interface
+    INTERFACE
+      -fno-omit-frame-pointer
+      -fsanitize=address
+      -fsanitize-recover=address
+      -fsanitize-address-use-after-scope)
+
+  message(STATUS "GCC: Enabled AddressSanitizer (ASan)")
+endif()