diff --git a/.github/workflows/dev_asan.yml b/.github/workflows/dev_asan.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a2a5c3ba
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/dev_asan.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+name: run address sanitizer
+on:
+  push:
+    branches: [main]
+  pull_request:
+    branches: [main]
+jobs:
+  Matrix-build:
+    runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        os: [ubuntu-latest]
+        python-version: [3.13]  # Could add more here, but it just makes the build matrix bigger
+    steps:
+      - name: checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - name: checkout submodules
+        run: git submodule update --init --recursive
+      - name: mkdir
+        run: mkdir build && cd build
+      - name: cmake config
+        run: cd build && CXX=clang++ cmake .. -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Asan -DCOOLPROP_ASAN=ON -DCOOLPROP_CATCH_MODULE=ON
+      - name: build all Catch tests
+        run: cmake --build build --config Asan
+      - name: run all the compiled Catch tests with address sanitizer
+        run: cd build && ASAN_OPTIONS=detect_stack_use_after_return=1:verbosity=1 ASAN_SYMBOLIZER_PATH=`brew --prefix`/opt/llvm/bin/llvm-symbolizer ./catch_tests --benchmark-samples 1
+        # ASAN CLI docs here: https://github.com/google/sanitizers/wiki/AddressSanitizerFlags
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diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 81dfa20c..76052341 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -78,6 +78,42 @@ option(COOLPROP_NO_EXAMPLES
 # In the future, we may want to force C++14 since std::make_unique is used in DataStructures.cpp
 set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD 17)
 
+
+# Define -DCOOLPROP_ASAN=ON to enable the option of using address sanitizer of clang
+if (COOLPROP_ASAN)
+
+  # https://stackoverflow.com/a/64294837 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
+  if(isMultiConfig)
+      if(NOT "Asan" IN_LIST CMAKE_CONFIGURATION_TYPES)
+          list(APPEND CMAKE_CONFIGURATION_TYPES Asan)
+      endif()
+  else()
+      set(allowedBuildTypes Asan Debug Release RelWithDebInfo MinSizeRel)
+      set_property(CACHE CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE PROPERTY STRINGS "${allowedBuildTypes}")
+
+      if(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE AND NOT CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE IN_LIST allowedBuildTypes)
+          message(FATAL_ERROR "Invalid build type: ${CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE}")
+      endif()
+  endif()
+
+  set(CMAKE_C_FLAGS_ASAN
+      "${CMAKE_C_FLAGS_RelWithDebInfo} -fsanitize=address -fno-omit-frame-pointer" CACHE STRING
+      "Flags used by the C compiler for Asan build type or configuration." FORCE)
+
+  set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_ASAN
+      "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_RelWithDebInfo} -fsanitize=address -fno-omit-frame-pointer" CACHE STRING
+      "Flags used by the C++ compiler for Asan build type or configuration." FORCE)
+
+  set(CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS_ASAN
+      "${CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS_RelWithDebInfo} -fsanitize=address" CACHE STRING
+      "Linker flags to be used to create executables for Asan build type." FORCE)
+
+  set(CMAKE_SHARED_LINKER_FLAGS_ASAN
+      "${CMAKE_SHARED_LINKER_FLAGS_RelWithDebInfo} -fsanitize=address" CACHE STRING
+      "Linker lags to be used to create shared libraries for Asan build type." FORCE)
+
+endif()
+
 # see
 # https://stackoverflow.com/questions/52509602/cant-compile-c-program-on-a-mac-after-upgrade-to-mojave
 # https://support.enthought.com/hc/en-us/articles/204469410-OS-X-GCC-Clang-and-Cython-in-10-9-Mavericks