diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index d26a511d2c778804eef1df17b6620bc858cfa0c3..e157c61221f77995bd72125ce848aa0024012a50 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ set(module_name _${project}) # target name
 
 
 project(${project})
+set(CXX_STANDARD 14)
 
 ##############################################
 # Define options
@@ -18,6 +19,7 @@ option(PYBIND "python binding" ON)
 option(WERROR "Warning as error" OFF)
 option(TEST "Enable tests" ON)
 option(COVERAGE "Enable coverage" OFF)
+option(ENABLE_ASAN "Enable ASan (adress sanitizer) for runtime analysis of memory use (over/underflow, memory leak, ...)" OFF)
 
 ##############################################
 # Import utils CMakeLists
@@ -60,6 +62,19 @@ target_include_directories(${module_name}
         ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/src
 )
 
+if( ${ENABLE_ASAN} )
+    message("Building ${module_name} with ASAN.")
+    set(SANITIZE_FLAGS -fsanitize=address -fno-omit-frame-pointer)
+    target_link_libraries(${module_name}
+        PUBLIC
+            -fsanitize=address
+    )
+    target_compile_options(${module_name}
+        PRIVATE
+            ${SANITIZE_FLAGS}
+    )
+endif()
+
 # PYTHON BINDING
 if (PYBIND)
     generate_python_binding(${project} ${module_name})