diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 2b8f966af..611d1f8a3 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -83,6 +83,15 @@ if(UNIX AND NOT APPLE)
     option(USE_LIBBFD "Use libbfd for crash reporting and leak check" OFF)
 endif()
 
+if(USE_ASAN)
+    set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} -fsanitize=address -fno-omit-frame-pointer")
+    set(CMAKE_C_FLAGS "${CMAKE_C_FLAGS} -fsanitize=address -fno-omit-frame-pointer")
+endif()
+if(USE_TSAN)
+    set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} -fsanitize=thread -fno-omit-frame-pointer")
+    set(CMAKE_C_FLAGS "${CMAKE_C_FLAGS} -fsanitize=thread -fno-omit-frame-pointer")
+endif()
+
 set(STK_SOURCE_DIR "src")
 set(STK_DATA_DIR "${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/data")
 set(CMAKE_RUNTIME_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY "${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/bin")
@@ -648,11 +657,9 @@ if(UNIX AND NOT APPLE)
         endif()
     endif()
     if(USE_ASAN)
-        set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} -fsanitize=address -fno-omit-frame-pointer")
         target_link_libraries(supertuxkart "-fsanitize=address")
     endif()
     if(USE_TSAN)
-        set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} -fsanitize=thread -fno-omit-frame-pointer")
         target_link_libraries(supertuxkart "-fsanitize=thread")
     endif()
 endif()