diff --git a/src/.bazelrc b/src/.bazelrc
index a543738a1..a6c56345a 100644
--- a/src/.bazelrc
+++ b/src/.bazelrc
@@ -1,3 +1,18 @@
 # Enable Bzlmod for every Bazel command
 common --enable_bzlmod
-common --cxxopt=-std=c++20
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+common --cxxopt=-std=c++20
+
+# Options to build with address sanitizer support.
+#
+# Example usage:
+#   bazel build -c dbg --config=asan <targets>
+#
+# _GLIBCXX_SANITIZE_VECTOR is required to enable sanitizer checks in libstdc++
+build:asan --strip=never
+build:asan --copt=-fsanitize=address
+build:asan --copt=-DADDRESS_SANITIZER
+build:asan --copt=-D_GLIBCXX_SANITIZE_VECTOR
+build:asan --copt=-O1
+build:asan --copt=-g
+build:asan --copt=-fno-omit-frame-pointer
+build:asan --linkopt=-fsanitize=address