diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 1dd97cc1..226e58b8 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 
 ## Unversioned
 
+- Dev: Make code sanitizers opt in with the `CHATTERINO_SANITIZER_SUPPORT` CMake option. After that's enabled, use the `SANITIZE_*` flag to enable individual sanitizers. (#6493)
+
 ## 2.5.4
 
 - Bugfix: Fixed crashes that could occur when Lua functions errored with values other than strings. (#6441)
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index e694741a..72db4971 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ include(FeatureSummary)
 
 list(APPEND CMAKE_MODULE_PATH
     "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake"
-    "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake/sanitizers-cmake/cmake"
     )
 
 option(BUILD_APP "Build Chatterino" ON)
@@ -32,9 +31,20 @@ option(CHATTERINO_PLUGINS "Enable ALPHA plugin support in Chatterino" ON)
 option(CHATTERINO_USE_GDI_FONTENGINE "Use the legacy GDI fontengine instead of the new DirectWrite one on Windows (Qt 6.8.0 and later)" ON)
 option(CHATTERINO_ALLOW_PRIVATE_QT_API "Allow uses of Qt's private API - when enabling this, Chatterino must use the EXACT Qt version it was compiled against" OFF)
 
+option(CHATTERINO_SANITIZER_SUPPORT "Attempt to enable Sanitizer support on the test and app targets. Actual sanitizers can then be enabled with the SANITIZE_* options." OFF)
+mark_as_advanced(CHATTERINO_SANITIZER_SUPPORT)
+add_feature_info("Chatterino code sanitizer support" CHATTERINO_SANITIZER_SUPPORT "")
+
 option(CHATTERINO_UPDATER "Enable update checks" ON)
 mark_as_advanced(CHATTERINO_UPDATER)
 
+if(CHATTERINO_SANITIZER_SUPPORT)
+    list(APPEND CMAKE_MODULE_PATH
+        "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake/sanitizers-cmake/cmake"
+    )
+    find_package(Sanitizers REQUIRED)
+endif()
+
 if(BUILD_TESTS)
     list(APPEND VCPKG_MANIFEST_FEATURES "tests")
 endif()
@@ -137,8 +147,6 @@ if (WIN32)
     add_subdirectory(lib/WinToast EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL)
 endif ()
 
-find_package(Sanitizers QUIET)
-
 # Find boost on the system
 find_package(Boost REQUIRED OPTIONAL_COMPONENTS headers)
 
diff --git a/benchmarks/CMakeLists.txt b/benchmarks/CMakeLists.txt
index 2677365e..1abc7e60 100644
--- a/benchmarks/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/benchmarks/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -14,7 +14,10 @@ set(benchmark_SOURCES
     )
 
 add_executable(${PROJECT_NAME} ${benchmark_SOURCES})
-add_sanitizers(${PROJECT_NAME})
+
+if(CHATTERINO_SANITIZER_SUPPORT)
+    add_sanitizers(${PROJECT_NAME})
+endif()
 
 target_link_libraries(${PROJECT_NAME} PRIVATE chatterino-lib)
 target_link_libraries(${PROJECT_NAME} PRIVATE chatterino-mocks)
diff --git a/lib/twitch-eventsub-ws/benchmarks/CMakeLists.txt b/lib/twitch-eventsub-ws/benchmarks/CMakeLists.txt
index e86ba390..d1d5afe6 100644
--- a/lib/twitch-eventsub-ws/benchmarks/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/lib/twitch-eventsub-ws/benchmarks/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -8,7 +8,10 @@ set(SOURCES
 )
 
 add_executable(${PROJECT_NAME} ${SOURCES})
-add_sanitizers(${PROJECT_NAME})
+
+if(CHATTERINO_SANITIZER_SUPPORT)
+    add_sanitizers(${PROJECT_NAME})
+endif()
 
 target_link_libraries(${PROJECT_NAME} PRIVATE 
     twitch-eventsub-ws
diff --git a/lib/twitch-eventsub-ws/tests/CMakeLists.txt b/lib/twitch-eventsub-ws/tests/CMakeLists.txt
index 48fb9868..7c1e9801 100644
--- a/lib/twitch-eventsub-ws/tests/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/lib/twitch-eventsub-ws/tests/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -7,7 +7,10 @@ set(SOURCES
 )
 
 add_executable(${PROJECT_NAME} ${SOURCES})
-add_sanitizers(${PROJECT_NAME})
+
+if(CHATTERINO_SANITIZER_SUPPORT)
+    add_sanitizers(${PROJECT_NAME})
+endif()
 
 target_link_libraries(${PROJECT_NAME} PRIVATE twitch-eventsub-ws GTest::gtest_main)
 
diff --git a/src/CMakeLists.txt b/src/CMakeLists.txt
index 5f25ae5a..03d7c79c 100644
--- a/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -922,10 +922,8 @@ if (BUILD_APP)
         add_executable(${EXECUTABLE_PROJECT} main.cpp)
     endif()
 
-    if(COMMAND add_sanitizers)
+    if(CHATTERINO_SANITIZER_SUPPORT)
         add_sanitizers(${EXECUTABLE_PROJECT})
-    else()
-        message(WARNING "Sanitizers support is disabled")
     endif()
 
     if (CHATTERINO_STATIC_QT_BUILD)
diff --git a/tests/CMakeLists.txt b/tests/CMakeLists.txt
index ef88b4c5..bbedbe88 100644
--- a/tests/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/tests/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -66,7 +66,10 @@ set(test_SOURCES
     )
 
 add_executable(${PROJECT_NAME} ${test_SOURCES})
-add_sanitizers(${PROJECT_NAME})
+
+if(CHATTERINO_SANITIZER_SUPPORT)
+    add_sanitizers(${PROJECT_NAME})
+endif()
 
 target_link_libraries(${PROJECT_NAME} PRIVATE chatterino-lib)
 target_link_libraries(${PROJECT_NAME} PRIVATE chatterino-mocks)