diff --git a/.cicd/platforms/asan.Dockerfile b/.cicd/platforms/asan.Dockerfile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..23ac698b14
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.cicd/platforms/asan.Dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+# syntax=docker/dockerfile:1
+FROM ubuntu:jammy
+ENV TZ="America/New_York"
+ENV DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive
+RUN apt-get update && apt-get upgrade -y && \
+    apt-get install -y build-essential      \
+                       cmake                \
+                       git                  \
+                       jq                   \
+                       libcurl4-openssl-dev \
+                       libgmp-dev           \
+                       llvm-11-dev          \
+                       lsb-release          \
+                       ninja-build          \
+                       python3-numpy        \
+                       software-properties-common \
+                       file                 \
+                       wget                 \
+                       zlib1g-dev           \
+                       zstd
+
+RUN yes | bash -c "$(wget -O - https://apt.llvm.org/llvm.sh)" llvm.sh 18
+
+#make sure no confusion on what llvm library leap's cmake should pick up on
+RUN rm -rf /usr/lib/llvm-18/lib/cmake
+
+ENV LEAP_PLATFORM_HAS_EXTRAS_CMAKE=1
+COPY <<-EOF /extras.cmake
+  set(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE "RelWithDebInfo" CACHE STRING "" FORCE)
+
+  set(CMAKE_C_COMPILER "clang-18" CACHE STRING "")
+  set(CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER "clang++-18" CACHE STRING "")
+  set(CMAKE_C_FLAGS "-fsanitize=address -fno-omit-frame-pointer" CACHE STRING "")
+  set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "-fsanitize=address -fno-omit-frame-pointer" CACHE STRING "")
+EOF
+
+ENV ASAN_OPTIONS=detect_leaks=0
diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yaml b/.github/workflows/build.yaml
index 81036c04d2..7f42f51044 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yaml
@@ -137,6 +137,7 @@ jobs:
           - cfg: {name: 'ubuntu22',      base: 'ubuntu22', builddir: 'ubuntu22'}
           - cfg: {name: 'asserton',      base: 'asserton', builddir: 'asserton'}
           - cfg: {name: 'ubsan',         base: 'ubsan',    builddir: 'ubsan'}
+          - cfg: {name: 'asan',          base: 'asan',     builddir: 'asan'}
           - cfg: {name: 'ubuntu20repro', base: 'ubuntu20', builddir: 'reproducible'}
           - cfg: {name: 'ubuntu22repro', base: 'ubuntu22', builddir: 'reproducible'}
     runs-on: ["self-hosted", "enf-x86-hightier"]