diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index faca0ced81..74ed869dc3 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -119,6 +119,7 @@ LYX_OPTION(INSTALL_PREFIX   "Install path for LyX" OFF ALL)
 LYX_OPTION(BUNDLE           "Build bundle  (experimental) " OFF ALL)
 LYX_OPTION(ENABLE_URLTESTS  "Enable for URL tests" OFF ALL)
 LYX_OPTION(ENABLE_EXPORT_TESTS "Enable for export tests" OFF ALL)
+LYX_OPTION(ASAN             "Use address sanitizer" OFF ALL)
 
 # GCC specific
 LYX_OPTION(PROFILE              "Build profile version" OFF GCC)
@@ -514,7 +515,7 @@ if(NOT MSVC)
 	if(NOT LYX_QUIET)
 		set(CMAKE_VERBOSE_MAKEFILE ON)
 	endif()
-	set(LYX_CXX_FLAGS "-Wall -Wunused-parameter ${LYX_GCC11_MODE}")
+    set(LYX_CXX_FLAGS "-Wall -Wunused-parameter ${LYX_GCC11_MODE}")
 	if(LYX_STDLIB_DEBUG)
 		set(LYX_CXX_FLAGS "${LYX_CXX_FLAGS} -D_GLIBCXX_DEBUG -D_GLIBCXX_DEBUG_PEDANTIC")
 	endif()
@@ -824,6 +825,15 @@ endif ()
 add_custom_target (lyx_run_tests COMMAND ${cmd})
 set_target_properties(lyx_run_tests PROPERTIES FOLDER "tests")
 
+if(LYX_ASAN)
+    set(LYX_CXX_FLAGS "-fsanitize=address -fno-omit-frame-pointer -g")
+    message(STATUS)
+    message(STATUS "Address sanitizer enabled. Usage:")
+    message(STATUS "    wget https://llvm.org/svn/llvm-project/compiler-rt/trunk/lib/asan/scripts/asan_symbolize.py")
+    message(STATUS "    chmod  +x ./asan_symbolize.py")
+    message(STATUS "    ./bin/lyx2.2 2>&1 | ./asan_symbolize.py  | c++filt ")
+    message(STATUS)
+endif()
 
 if(LYX_INSTALL)
 	if(${LYX_PYTHON_EXECUTABLE} MATCHES "-NOTFOUND")