diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 05c1bbf0..4f5eab56 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -113,12 +113,34 @@ if(CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME STREQUAL "Linux" OR CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME STREQUAL "FreeBSD")
 endif()
 
 if(ENABLE_SANITIZERS)
-    list(APPEND SANITIZERS address alignment bounds)
-    list(APPEND SANITIZERS shift signed-integer-overflow integer-divide-by-zero)
-    list(APPEND SANITIZERS null bool enum)
-    list(APPEND SANITIZERS return)
-    string(REPLACE ";" "," SANITIZERS "${SANITIZERS}")
-    set(SANITIZE_FLAGS "-O1 -fsanitize=${SANITIZERS} -fno-sanitize-recover=address,undefined")
+    if(NOT SANITIZERS)
+        set(SANITIZERS "address;undefined")
+    endif()
+
+    if("thread" IN_LIST SANITIZERS)
+        list(REMOVE_ITEM SANITIZERS "thread")
+        list(APPEND SANITIZE_OPTIONS thread)
+    endif()
+    if("address" IN_LIST SANITIZERS)
+        list(REMOVE_ITEM SANITIZERS "address")
+        list(APPEND SANITIZE_OPTIONS address)
+    endif()
+    if("undefined" IN_LIST SANITIZERS)
+        list(REMOVE_ITEM SANITIZERS "undefined")
+        list(APPEND SANITIZE_OPTIONS alignment bounds)
+        list(APPEND SANITIZE_OPTIONS shift signed-integer-overflow integer-divide-by-zero)
+        list(APPEND SANITIZE_OPTIONS null bool enum)
+        list(APPEND SANITIZE_OPTIONS return)
+    endif()
+    if(SANITIZERS)
+        message(FATAL_ERROR "Unknown sanitizer(s) ${SANITIZERS}")
+    else()
+        message(STATUS "Using sanitizer options ${SANITIZE_OPTIONS}")
+    endif()
+
+    string(REPLACE ";" "," SANITIZE_OPTIONS "${SANITIZE_OPTIONS}")
+    set(SANITIZE_FLAGS "-O1 -fsanitize=${SANITIZE_OPTIONS}")
+    set(SANITIZE_FLAGS "${SANITIZE_FLAGS} -fno-sanitize-recover=address,undefined")
 
     if(CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID MATCHES "Clang")
         set(SANITIZE_FLAGS "${SANITIZE_FLAGS} -fno-omit-frame-pointer -fno-optimize-sibling-calls")