diff --git a/srcpkgs/i3-gaps/template b/srcpkgs/i3-gaps/template
index 4578a9a2184..4722afc273e 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/i3-gaps/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/i3-gaps/template
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ version=4.17.1
 revision=2
 wrksrc="i3-${version}"
 build_style=gnu-configure
-configure_args="--disable-builddir"
+configure_args="--disable-builddir --disable-sanitizers"
 hostmakedepends="pkg-config perl autoconf automake asciidoc pod2mdoc xmlto"
 makedepends="pcre-devel yajl-devel libxcb-devel libev-devel
  pango-devel startup-notification-devel libxkbcommon-devel