diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index aacab3ea..2a8e5a1b 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -162,12 +162,14 @@ if(ENABLE_ASAN)
     set(CMAKE_C_FLAGS "${CMAKE_C_FLAGS} -fsanitize=address")
     set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} -fsanitize=address")
     set(CMAKE_OBJCXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_OBJCXX_FLAGS} -fsanitize=address")
+    add_definitions(-DSANITIZER_EMABLED)
 endif(ENABLE_ASAN)
 
 if(ENABLE_RTSAN)
     set(CMAKE_C_FLAGS "${CMAKE_C_FLAGS} -fsanitize=realtime")
     set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} -fsanitize=realtime")
     set(CMAKE_OBJCXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_OBJCXX_FLAGS} -fsanitize=realtime")
+    add_definitions(-DSANITIZER_EMABLED)
 endif(ENABLE_RTSAN)
 
 if(SIGN_WINDOWS_BINARIES)
diff --git a/src/pipeline/IPipelineStep.cpp b/src/pipeline/IPipelineStep.cpp
index c904edb2..83eb4e9a 100644
--- a/src/pipeline/IPipelineStep.cpp
+++ b/src/pipeline/IPipelineStep.cpp
@@ -21,11 +21,15 @@
 //=========================================================================
 
 #include "IPipelineStep.h"
-#include "codec2_alloc.h"
 
+#if defined(SANITIZER_EMABLED)
+#define codec2_malloc(sz) (malloc(sz))
+#define codec2_free(ptr) (free(ptr))
+#else
 extern "C" {
     #include "debug_alloc.h"
 }
+#endif // defined(SANITIZER_EMABLED)
 
 IPipelineStep::~IPipelineStep()
 {