diff --git a/bin/dsn.cmake b/bin/dsn.cmake
index 5a3e8e0372..0bad3dde7c 100644
--- a/bin/dsn.cmake
+++ b/bin/dsn.cmake
@@ -173,6 +173,8 @@ endfunction()
 function(dsn_setup_compiler_flags)
     if(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE STREQUAL "Debug")
         add_definitions(-DDSN_BUILD_TYPE=Debug)
+        #for sanitizer
+        add_definitions(-g)
     else()
         add_definitions(-g)
         add_definitions(-O2)
@@ -212,6 +214,18 @@ function(dsn_setup_compiler_flags)
         message(STATUS "use ccache to speed up compilation")
     endif(CCACHE_FOUND)
 
+    # add sanitizer check
+    if(DEFINED SANITIZER)
+        if(NOT (("${COMPILER_FAMILY}" STREQUAL "clang") OR
+        ("${COMPILER_FAMILY}" STREQUAL "gcc" AND "${COMPILER_VERSION}" VERSION_GREATER "4.8")))
+            message(SEND_ERROR "Cannot use sanitizer without clang or gcc >= 4.8")
+        endif()
+
+        message(STATUS "Running cmake with sanitizer=${SANITIZER}")
+        set(CMAKE_C_FLAGS "${CMAKE_C_FLAGS} -fsanitize=${SANITIZER}")
+        set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} -fsanitize=${SANITIZER}")
+    endif()
+
     set(CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS
         "${CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS} -fno-builtin-malloc -fno-builtin-calloc -fno-builtin-realloc -fno-builtin-free"
         CACHE
diff --git a/run.sh b/run.sh
index 26d7777c45..9e95f372d5 100755
--- a/run.sh
+++ b/run.sh
@@ -55,6 +55,8 @@ function usage_build()
     echo "                         to enable valgrind memcheck, default no"
     echo "   --skip_thirdparty     whether to skip building thirdparties, default no"
     echo "   --check               whether to perform code check before building"
+    echo "   --sanitizer <type>    build with sanitizer to check potential problems,
+                                   type: address|leak|thread|undefined"
     if [ "$ONLY_BUILD" == "NO" ]; then
         echo "   -m|--test_module      specify modules to test, split by ',',"
         echo "                         e.g., \"dsn.core.tests,dsn.tests\","
@@ -63,6 +65,9 @@ function usage_build()
 }
 function run_build()
 {
+    #NOTE(jiashuo1): No memory check mode, because MemorySanitizer is only available in Clang for Linux x86_64 targets
+    SANITIZERS=("address" "leak" "thread" "undefined")
+
     C_COMPILER="gcc"
     CXX_COMPILER="g++"
     BUILD_TYPE="release"
@@ -76,6 +81,7 @@ function run_build()
     DISABLE_GPERF=NO
     SKIP_THIRDPARTY=NO
     CHECK=NO
+    SANITIZER=""
     TEST_MODULE=""
     while [[ $# > 0 ]]; do
         key="$1"
@@ -132,6 +138,16 @@ function run_build()
             --check)
                 CHECK=YES
                 ;;
+            --sanitizer)
+                IS_SANITIZERS=`echo ${SANITIZERS[@]} | grep -w $2`
+                if [[ -z ${IS_SANITIZERS} ]]; then
+                    echo "ERROR: unknown sanitizer type \"$2\""
+                    usage_build
+                    exit 1
+                fi
+                SANITIZER="$2"
+                shift
+                ;;
             -m|--test_module)
                 if [ "$ONLY_BUILD" == "YES" ]; then
                     echo "ERROR: unknown option \"$key\""
@@ -195,7 +211,7 @@ function run_build()
     fi
     C_COMPILER="$C_COMPILER" CXX_COMPILER="$CXX_COMPILER" BUILD_TYPE="$BUILD_TYPE" \
         ONLY_BUILD="$ONLY_BUILD" CLEAR="$CLEAR" JOB_NUM="$JOB_NUM" \
-        BOOST_DIR="$BOOST_DIR" ENABLE_GCOV="$ENABLE_GCOV" \
+        BOOST_DIR="$BOOST_DIR" ENABLE_GCOV="$ENABLE_GCOV" SANITIZER="$SANITIZER" \
         RUN_VERBOSE="$RUN_VERBOSE" TEST_MODULE="$TEST_MODULE" NO_TEST="$NO_TEST" \
         DISABLE_GPERF="$DISABLE_GPERF" $scripts_dir/build.sh
 }
diff --git a/scripts/linux/build.sh b/scripts/linux/build.sh
index d70ad48417..f36a0097f1 100755
--- a/scripts/linux/build.sh
+++ b/scripts/linux/build.sh
@@ -89,6 +89,14 @@ else
     echo "DISABLE_GPERF=NO"
 fi
 
+if [ ! -z "$SANITIZER" ]
+then
+    echo "SANITIZER=$SANITIZER"
+    CMAKE_OPTIONS="$CMAKE_OPTIONS -DSANITIZER=$SANITIZER"
+else
+    echo "Build without sanitizer"
+fi
+
 # You can specify customized boost by defining BOOST_DIR.
 # Install boost like this:
 #   wget http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/boost/boost/1.54.0/boost_1_54_0.zip?r=&ts=1442891144&use_mirror=jaist