diff --git a/projects/binutils/build.sh b/projects/binutils/build.sh
index c5476fda5..1ca33515b 100755
--- a/projects/binutils/build.sh
+++ b/projects/binutils/build.sh
@@ -16,6 +16,10 @@
 ################################################################################
 
 # build project
+if [ "$SANITIZER" = undefined ]; then
+    export CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -fsanitize=unsigned-integer-overflow -fno-sanitize-recover=unsigned-integer-overflow"
+    export CXXFLAGS="$CXXFLAGS -fsanitize=unsigned-integer-overflow -fno-sanitize-recover=unsigned-integer-overflow"
+fi
 cd binutils-gdb
 ./configure --disable-gdb --enable-targets=all
 make MAKEINFO=true && true