diff --git a/libafl_targets/Cargo.toml b/libafl_targets/Cargo.toml
index 7ebfdee9ad..fb206c9f46 100644
--- a/libafl_targets/Cargo.toml
+++ b/libafl_targets/Cargo.toml
@@ -11,9 +11,10 @@ keywords = ["fuzzing", "testing"]
 edition = "2021"
 
 [features]
-default = ["std"]
+default = ["std", "sanitizers_flags"]
 std = ["libafl/std"]
 libfuzzer = []
+sanitizers_flags = []
 pointer_maps = []
 sancov_pcguard_edges = []
 sancov_pcguard_hitcounts = []
diff --git a/libafl_targets/build.rs b/libafl_targets/build.rs
index 9cf05a6df0..ae1c03ce28 100644
--- a/libafl_targets/build.rs
+++ b/libafl_targets/build.rs
@@ -92,9 +92,14 @@ fn main() {
     println!("cargo:rerun-if-changed=src/common.h");
     println!("cargo:rerun-if-changed=src/common.c");
 
-    cc::Build::new()
-        .file(src_dir.join("common.c"))
-        .compile("common");
+    let mut common = cc::Build::new();
+
+    #[cfg(feature = "sanitizers_flags")]
+    {
+        common.define("DEFAULT_SANITIZERS_OPTIONS", "1");
+    }
+
+    common.file(src_dir.join("common.c")).compile("common");
 
     println!("cargo:rerun-if-changed=src/coverage.c");
 
diff --git a/libafl_targets/src/common.c b/libafl_targets/src/common.c
index 33b4837b98..01d54464bf 100644
--- a/libafl_targets/src/common.c
+++ b/libafl_targets/src/common.c
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 #include "common.h"
 
-EXT_FUNC_IMPL(__asan_default_options, const char*, (), false) {
+#ifdef DEFAULT_SANITIZERS_OPTIONS
+// TODO MSan and LSan. however they don't support abort_on_error
+
+const char* __asan_default_options() {
   return "abort_on_error=1:detect_leaks=0:"
          "malloc_context_size=0:symbolize=0:"
          "allocator_may_return_null=1:"
@@ -9,7 +12,7 @@ EXT_FUNC_IMPL(__asan_default_options, const char*, (), false) {
          "handle_sigfpe=0:handle_sigill=0";
 }
 
-EXT_FUNC_IMPL(__ubsan_default_options, const char*, (), false) {
+const char* __ubsan_default_options() {
   return "abort_on_error=1:"
          "allocator_release_to_os_interval_ms=500:"
          "handle_abort=0:handle_segv=0:"
@@ -17,4 +20,4 @@ EXT_FUNC_IMPL(__ubsan_default_options, const char*, (), false) {
          "handle_sigill=0:print_stacktrace=0:"
          "symbolize=0:symbolize_inline_frames=0";
 }
-
+#endif // DEFAULT_SANITIZERS_OPTIONS