diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 5d46212f1..99dad26fd 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ install:
 
 before_script:
 - if [[ ${CXX} == "g++" ]]; then export CXX="g++-4.8" ; fi
+- if [[ $BUILDTYPE} == "Debug" ]]; then export CXXFLAGS="-fsanitize=address -fsanitize=thread";export LDFLAGS="-fsanitize=address -fsanitize=thread"
 
 script:
 - make llmr BUILDTYPE=${BUILDTYPE}