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@@ -139,6 +139,12 @@ cache variables, if autodetection fails.
 If you are using clang, you may need to set `LLVMAR_EXECUTABLE`,
 `LLVMNM_EXECUTABLE` and `LLVMRANLIB_EXECUTABLE` cmake cache variables.
 
+To enable sanitizer checks (eg., `asan` and `tsan`), add:
+```
+ -DCMAKE_C_FLAGS="-g -O2 -fno-omit-frame-pointer -fsanitize=address -fsanitize=thread -fno-sanitize-recover=all"
+ -DCMAKE_CXX_FLAGS="-g -O2 -fno-omit-frame-pointer -fsanitize=address -fsanitize=thread -fno-sanitize-recover=all "  
+```
+
 ### Stable and Experimental Library Versions
 
 The main branch contains the latest stable version of the benchmarking library;