diff --git a/scripts/autotest_common.sh b/scripts/autotest_common.sh
index a6e435d66c..821fd7d7bb 100755
--- a/scripts/autotest_common.sh
+++ b/scripts/autotest_common.sh
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ fi
 : ${SPDK_TEST_IOAT=1}; export SPDK_TEST_IOAT
 : ${SPDK_TEST_EVENT=1}; export SPDK_TEST_EVENT
 : ${SPDK_TEST_BLOBFS=1}; export SPDK_TEST_BLOBFS
-: ${SPDK_RUN_ASAN=0}; export SPDK_RUN_ASAN
+: ${SPDK_RUN_ASAN=1}; export SPDK_RUN_ASAN
 : ${SPDK_RUN_UBSAN=1}; export SPDK_RUN_UBSAN
 
 # pass our valgrind desire on to unittest.sh