diff --git a/nc.cmake b/nc.cmake
index 196aa46..6b90ff8 100644
--- a/nc.cmake
+++ b/nc.cmake
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ find_package (Threads REQUIRED)
 link_libraries (Threads::Threads)
 
 include (nc_cxx)
+include (nc_sanitizer)
 include (nc_platform)
 include (nc_optimisation)
 include (nc_warnings)
diff --git a/nc_sanitizer.cmake b/nc_sanitizer.cmake
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d33b8fc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nc_sanitizer.cmake
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+option (SANITIZER "enable sanitizers" OFF)
+
+if (SANITIZER)
+    append_compile_flag("-fsanitize=undefined")
+    append_compile_flag("-fsanitize=address")
+    append_compile_flag("-fsanitize=leak")
+
+    append_compile_flag("--param max-gcse-memory=167772160")
+
+    append_compile_flag("-fsanitize=pointer-compare")
+    append_compile_flag("-fsanitize=pointer-subtract")
+
+    add_definitions("-D_GLIBCXX_SANITIZE_VECTOR")
+endif()
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