diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index f8bccfab5e..61aadf3ce8 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1267,8 +1267,9 @@ PTHREAD_CFLAGS =
 SPARSE_FLAGS ?= -std=gnu99
 SP_EXTRA_FLAGS = -Wno-universal-initializer
 
-# For informing GIT-BUILD-OPTIONS of the SANITIZE=leak target
+# For informing GIT-BUILD-OPTIONS of the SANITIZE=leak,address targets
 SANITIZE_LEAK =
+SANITIZE_ADDRESS =
 
 # For the 'coccicheck' target; setting SPATCH_BATCH_SIZE higher will
 # usually result in less CPU usage at the cost of higher peak memory.
@@ -1314,6 +1315,7 @@ SANITIZE_LEAK = YesCompiledWithIt
 endif
 ifneq ($(filter address,$(SANITIZERS)),)
 NO_REGEX = NeededForASAN
+SANITIZE_ADDRESS = YesCompiledWithIt
 endif
 endif
 
@@ -2862,6 +2864,7 @@ GIT-BUILD-OPTIONS: FORCE
 	@echo PAGER_ENV=\''$(subst ','\'',$(subst ','\'',$(PAGER_ENV)))'\' >>$@+
 	@echo DC_SHA1=\''$(subst ','\'',$(subst ','\'',$(DC_SHA1)))'\' >>$@+
 	@echo SANITIZE_LEAK=\''$(subst ','\'',$(subst ','\'',$(SANITIZE_LEAK)))'\' >>$@+
+	@echo SANITIZE_ADDRESS=\''$(subst ','\'',$(subst ','\'',$(SANITIZE_ADDRESS)))'\' >>$@+
 	@echo X=\'$(X)\' >>$@+
 ifdef FSMONITOR_DAEMON_BACKEND
 	@echo FSMONITOR_DAEMON_BACKEND=\''$(subst ','\'',$(subst ','\'',$(FSMONITOR_DAEMON_BACKEND)))'\' >>$@+
diff --git a/t/test-lib.sh b/t/test-lib.sh
index 531cef097d..f09e8f3efc 100644
--- a/t/test-lib.sh
+++ b/t/test-lib.sh
@@ -535,9 +535,10 @@ case $GIT_TEST_FSYNC in
 	;;
 esac
 
-# Add libc MALLOC and MALLOC_PERTURB test
-# only if we are not executing the test with valgrind
+# Add libc MALLOC and MALLOC_PERTURB test only if we are not executing
+# the test with valgrind and have not compiled with SANITIZE=address.
 if test -n "$valgrind" ||
+   test -n "$SANITIZE_ADDRESS" ||
    test -n "$TEST_NO_MALLOC_CHECK"
 then
 	setup_malloc_check () {