diff --git a/devtools/build-and-test-with-sanitize.sh b/devtools/build-and-test-with-sanitize.sh
index 565b187c22d..50e2cd59042 100755
--- a/devtools/build-and-test-with-sanitize.sh
+++ b/devtools/build-and-test-with-sanitize.sh
@@ -30,6 +30,10 @@ cmake \
   -Dpostgresql=yes
 cmake --build cmake-build
 
+# avoid problems in containers with sanitizers
+# see https://github.com/google/sanitizers/issues/1322
+export ASAN_OPTIONS=intercept_tls_get_addr=0
+
 cd cmake-build
 export REGRESS_DEBUG=1
 ctest \