diff --git a/mk/targets.mk b/mk/targets.mk
index a179653df4..4562a48878 100644
--- a/mk/targets.mk
+++ b/mk/targets.mk
@@ -74,6 +74,10 @@ empty: all
 # support debug build
 %-debug: OPTFLAGS = -g -O0
 
+# support address sanitiser
+%-asan: OPTFLAGS = -g -O0 -fsanitize=address -fno-omit-frame-pointer
+%-asan: LDFLAGS += -fsanitize=address
+
 # cope with -nologging
 %-nologging: EXTRAFLAGS += "-DLOGGING_ENABLED=DISABLED "
 
@@ -94,6 +98,7 @@ endef
 define board_template
 $(1)-hil : $(1)
 $(1)-debug : $(1)
+$(1)-asan : $(1)
 $(1)-hilsensors : $(1)
 endef