diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 9ffb60634..dfa4ed623 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ ifeq ($(DO_ASAN_FLAGS),1)
 ASAN_FLAGS = -ggdb -O0 -fsanitize=address -fsanitize=leak -fsanitize=undefined
 CFLAGS ?= -Wall -Wextra -Wno-sign-compare -Wno-unused-parameter -Wstrict-prototypes
 CFLAGS += $(ASAN_FLAGS)
+CFLAGS += -DASAN_BUILD
 LDFLAGS += $(ASAN_FLAGS)
 export CFLAGS
 export LDFLAGS
diff --git a/daemon/aux.c b/daemon/aux.c
index fb4ebe821..88e68025d 100644
--- a/daemon/aux.c
+++ b/daemon/aux.c
@@ -246,9 +246,15 @@ static void *thread_detach_func(void *d) {
 					dt->priority, strerror(errno));
 	}
 
+#ifndef ASAN_BUILD
 	pthread_cleanup_push(thread_detach_cleanup, dt);
+#endif
 	dt->func(dt->data);
+#ifndef ASAN_BUILD
 	pthread_cleanup_pop(true);
+#else
+	thread_detach_cleanup(dt);
+#endif
 
 	return NULL;
 }
diff --git a/include/aux.h b/include/aux.h
index 32126831f..0dffb50f6 100644
--- a/include/aux.h
+++ b/include/aux.h
@@ -349,9 +349,15 @@ INLINE void thread_create_detach(void (*f)(void *), void *a, const char *name) {
 	thread_create_detach_prio(f, a, NULL, 0, name);
 }
 
+#ifndef ASAN_BUILD
 #define thread_cancel_enable() pthread_setcancelstate(PTHREAD_CANCEL_ENABLE, NULL)
 #define thread_cancel_disable() pthread_setcancelstate(PTHREAD_CANCEL_DISABLE, NULL)
 #define thread_sleep_time 10000 /* ms */
+#else
+#define thread_cancel_enable() ((void)0)
+#define thread_cancel_disable() ((void)0)
+#define thread_sleep_time 100 /* ms */
+#endif