diff --git a/src/CMakeLists.txt b/src/CMakeLists.txt
--- a/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -229,6 +229,13 @@
 endif()
 
 if(USE_JEMALLOC_EXPERIMENTAL)
+	# Most of the sanitizers require their instrumented allocation functions to
+	# be fully functional. This is obviously the case for all the memory related
+	# sanitizers (asan, lsan, msan) but not only.
+	if(ENABLE_SANITIZERS)
+		message(FATAL_ERROR "The sanitizers are incompatible with jemalloc, consider disabling it with -DUSE_JEMALLOC_EXPERIMENTAL=OFF.")
+	endif()
+
 	find_package(Jemalloc REQUIRED)
 	link_libraries(Jemalloc::jemalloc)
 endif()