diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index ca105fa7aa861eb920679f7db6ac37e76a98438d..63ccb1d37ceedae0fb0ef1c6c783b95c51c7977d 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ SET(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS ${CMAKE_COMMON_FLAGS})
 SET(CMAKE_C_FLAGS ${CMAKE_COMMON_FLAGS})
 MESSAGE("CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS is " ${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS})
 
-OPTION(ENABLE_ASAN "Enable build with address sanitizer" ON)
+OPTION(ENABLE_ASAN "Enable build with address sanitizer" OFF)
 
 IF (ENABLE_ASAN)
     SET(CMAKE_C_FLAGS "${CMAKE_C_FLAGS} -fno-omit-frame-pointer -fsanitize=address")