diff --git a/.github/workflows/ompi_mpi4py.yaml b/.github/workflows/ompi_mpi4py.yaml
index 0e9f675023e..af4ab25d7ed 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ompi_mpi4py.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ompi_mpi4py.yaml
@@ -15,6 +15,12 @@ on:
         required: false
         type: string
 
+env:
+  LD_PRELOAD: /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libasan.so
+  ASAN_OPTIONS: detect_odr_violation=1,abort_on_error=1
+  LSAN_OPTIONS: detect_leaks=0
+
+
 jobs:
   test:
     runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
@@ -28,7 +34,7 @@ jobs:
 
     - name: Install depencencies
       run:  sudo apt-get install -y -q
-              libnuma-dev
+              libnuma-dev libasan
       if:   ${{ runner.os == 'Linux' }}
 
     - name: Checkout Open MPI
@@ -56,7 +62,8 @@ jobs:
               --disable-oshmem
               --disable-silent-rules
               --prefix=/opt/openmpi
-              LDFLAGS=-Wl,-rpath,/opt/openmpi/lib
+              CFLAGS="-g -O0 -fsanitize=address"
+              LDFLAGS="-Wl,-rpath,/opt/openmpi/lib -fsanitize=address"
       working-directory: mpi-build
 
     - name: Build MPI