diff --git a/ci/unit/required_packages.sh b/ci/unit/required_packages.sh
index ff5e3f98d14..efbd48be545 100755
--- a/ci/unit/required_packages.sh
+++ b/ci/unit/required_packages.sh
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ pkgs="argobots                         \
       fuse3-libs                       \
       gotestsum                        \
       hwloc-devel                      \
+      libasan                          \
       libipmctl-devel                  \
       libisa-l-devel                   \
       libfabric-devel                  \
diff --git a/site_scons/components/__init__.py b/site_scons/components/__init__.py
index ed50b80461b..a83a040ddba 100644
--- a/site_scons/components/__init__.py
+++ b/site_scons/components/__init__.py
@@ -277,7 +277,15 @@ def define_components(reqs):
     abt_build = ['./configure',
                  '--prefix=$ARGOBOTS_PREFIX',
                  'CC=gcc',
-                 '--enable-stack-unwind']
+                 '--enable-stack-unwind=yes']
+    try:
+        if reqs.get_env('SANITIZERS') != "":
+            # NOTE the address sanitizer library add some extra info on the stack and thus ULTs
+            # need a bigger stack
+            print("Increase argobots default stack size from 16384 to 32768")
+            abt_build += ['--enable-default-stacksize=32768']
+    except KeyError:
+        pass
 
     if reqs.target_type == 'debug':
         abt_build.append('--enable-debug=most')
diff --git a/site_scons/prereq_tools/base.py b/site_scons/prereq_tools/base.py
index 0f47bd68a9a..50c6c874bbd 100644
--- a/site_scons/prereq_tools/base.py
+++ b/site_scons/prereq_tools/base.py
@@ -456,6 +456,7 @@ def __init__(self, env, opts):
                               ['gcc', 'covc', 'clang', 'icc'], ignorecase=2))
         opts.Add(EnumVariable('WARNING_LEVEL', "Set default warning level", 'error',
                               ['warning', 'warn', 'error'], ignorecase=2))
+        opts.Add(('SANITIZERS', 'Instrument C code with google sanitizers', None))
 
         opts.Update(self.__env)
 
diff --git a/site_scons/site_tools/compiler_setup.py b/site_scons/site_tools/compiler_setup.py
index 9f25ccace71..155639d944e 100644
--- a/site_scons/site_tools/compiler_setup.py
+++ b/site_scons/site_tools/compiler_setup.py
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 from SCons.Script import Configure, Exit, GetOption
 
+FRAME_SIZE_MAX = 4096
 DESIRED_FLAGS = ['-fstack-usage',
                  '-Wno-sign-compare',
                  '-Wno-unused-parameter',
@@ -13,7 +14,7 @@
                  '-Wno-unused-command-line-argument',
                  '-Wmismatched-dealloc',
                  '-Wfree-nonheap-object',
-                 '-Wframe-larger-than=4096']
+                 f"-Wframe-larger-than={FRAME_SIZE_MAX}"]
 
 # Compiler flags to prevent optimizing out security checks
 DESIRED_FLAGS.extend(['-fno-strict-overflow', '-fno-delete-null-pointer-checks', '-fwrapv'])
@@ -54,6 +55,25 @@ def _base_setup(env):
 
     env.AppendIfSupported(CCFLAGS=DESIRED_FLAGS)
 
+    if 'SANITIZERS' in env and env['SANITIZERS'] != "":
+        for flag in [f"-Wframe-larger-than={FRAME_SIZE_MAX}", '-fomit-frame-pointer']:
+            if flag in env["CCFLAGS"]:
+                env["CCFLAGS"].remove(flag)
+        cc_flags = [f"-Wframe-larger-than={max(8192, FRAME_SIZE_MAX)}",
+                    '-fno-omit-frame-pointer',
+                    '-fno-common']
+
+        asan_flags = []
+        for sanitizer in env['SANITIZERS'].split(','):
+            asan_flags.append(f"-fsanitize={sanitizer}")
+
+        env.AppendIfSupported(CCFLAGS=cc_flags + asan_flags)
+
+        for flag in asan_flags:
+            if flag in env["CCFLAGS"]:
+                env.AppendUnique(LINKFLAGS=flag)
+                print(f"Enabling {flag.split('=')[1]} sanitizer for C code")
+
     if '-Wmismatched-dealloc' in env['CCFLAGS']:
         env.AppendUnique(CPPDEFINES={'HAVE_DEALLOC': '1'})
 
@@ -183,10 +203,30 @@ def _set_fortify_level(env):
     Exit(1)
 
 
+def _check_func(env, func_name):
+    """Check if a function is usable"""
+    denv = env.Clone()
+    # NOTE Remove sanitizers to not scramble the test output
+    if 'SANITIZERS' in denv and denv['SANITIZERS'] != "":
+        for sanitizer in denv['SANITIZERS'].split(','):
+            flag = f"-fsanitize={sanitizer}"
+            if flag not in denv["CCFLAGS"]:
+                continue
+            denv["CCFLAGS"].remove(flag)
+            denv["LINKFLAGS"].remove(flag)
+
+    config = Configure(denv)
+    res = config.CheckFunc(func_name)
+    config.Finish()
+
+    return res
+
+
 def generate(env):
     """Add daos specific method to environment"""
     env.AddMethod(_base_setup, 'compiler_setup')
     env.AddMethod(_append_if_supported, "AppendIfSupported")
+    env.AddMethod(_check_func, "CheckFunc")
 
 
 def exists(_env):
diff --git a/src/SConscript b/src/SConscript
index 2741e6c93e1..65992cf500d 100644
--- a/src/SConscript
+++ b/src/SConscript
@@ -76,12 +76,10 @@ def scons():
         base_env_mpi.AppendUnique(CPPPATH=[Dir('include')])
 
     if not env.GetOption('clean') and not env.GetOption('help'):
-        conf = env.Clone().Configure()
         # Detect if we have explicit_bzero
-        if not conf.CheckFunc('explicit_bzero'):
+        if not env.CheckFunc('explicit_bzero'):
             env.Append(CCFLAGS=['-DNEED_EXPLICIT_BZERO'])
             base_env.Append(CCFLAGS=['-DNEED_EXPLICIT_BZERO'])
-        conf.Finish()
 
     for header in HEADERS:
         env.Install(os.path.join('$PREFIX', 'include'), os.path.join('include', header))
diff --git a/src/client/dfs/SConscript b/src/client/dfs/SConscript
index 5b98d6d7e8a..faa84a79fbe 100644
--- a/src/client/dfs/SConscript
+++ b/src/client/dfs/SConscript
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ def configure_lustre(denv):
         _print("No installed Lustre version detected")
     else:
         _print("Installed Lustre version detected")
-        if not conf.CheckFunc('llapi_unlink_foreign'):
+        if not denv.CheckFunc('llapi_unlink_foreign'):
             _print("Lustre version is not compatible")
         else:
             _print("Lustre version is compatible")
diff --git a/src/control/SConscript b/src/control/SConscript
index 06410fee53a..efb586cfccb 100644
--- a/src/control/SConscript
+++ b/src/control/SConscript
@@ -36,6 +36,8 @@ def get_build_flags(benv):
     """Return string of build flags"""
     if is_release_build(benv):
         return '-buildmode=pie'
+    if 'SANITIZERS' in benv and benv['SANITIZERS'] != "":
+        return '-asan'
     # enable race detector for non-release builds
     return '-race'
 
diff --git a/utils/ansible/ftest/templates/daos-make.sh.j2 b/utils/ansible/ftest/templates/daos-make.sh.j2
index e1bde6a59b5..838d5c38062 100644
--- a/utils/ansible/ftest/templates/daos-make.sh.j2
+++ b/utils/ansible/ftest/templates/daos-make.sh.j2
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ function check_cmds
 function usage
 {
 	cat <<- EOF
-		usage: daos-make.sh [OPTIONS]
+		usage: daos-make.sh [OPTIONS] [-- ARGS]
 
 		Build and install DAOS for running avocado functional tests
 
@@ -221,17 +221,20 @@ run $PIP_EXE install --upgrade pip
 run $PIP_EXE install -r "$DAOS_SOURCE_DIR/requirements.txt"
 
 SCONS_OPTS="--directory="$DAOS_SOURCE_DIR" --jobs=$JOBS_NB"
+if "$FORCE_INSTALL" ; then
+        SCONS_OPTS+=" --config=force"
+fi
 
 if "$DAOS_BUILD_DEPS" ; then
 	info "Building DAOS dependencies from source tree $DAOS_SOURCE_DIR"
-	if ! run "$SCONS_EXE" BUILD_TYPE="$DAOS_BUILD_TYPE" PREFIX="$DAOS_INSTALL_DIR" $SCONS_OPTS --build-deps=only ; then
+	if ! run "$SCONS_EXE" BUILD_TYPE="$DAOS_BUILD_TYPE" PREFIX="$DAOS_INSTALL_DIR" "${args[@]}" $SCONS_OPTS --build-deps=only ; then
 		fatal "DAOS dependencies could not be properly build"
 	fi
 fi
 
 info "Building DAOS from source tree $DAOS_SOURCE_DIR"
 # NOTE Dependencies will not be build as 'no' is default value of the --build-deps option
-if ! run env MPI_PKG=any "$SCONS_EXE" BUILD_TYPE="$DAOS_BUILD_TYPE" PREFIX="$DAOS_INSTALL_DIR" $SCONS_OPTS ; then
+if ! run env MPI_PKG=any "$SCONS_EXE" BUILD_TYPE="$DAOS_BUILD_TYPE" PREFIX="$DAOS_INSTALL_DIR" "${args[@]}" $SCONS_OPTS ; then
 	fatal "DAOS could not be properly build"
 fi
 
@@ -275,10 +278,10 @@ run $CLUSH_EXE $CLUSH_OPTS -l root -w $CLIENTS_LIST chmod 755 /usr/bin/dfuse
 info "Updating dynamic linker configuration"
 {% if "daos_clients" in groups and groups["daos_clients"] | length > 0 %}
 run $CLUSH_EXE $CLUSH_OPTS -l root -w $SERVERS_LIST -w $CLIENTS_LIST rm -f /etc/ld.so.cache
-run $CLUSH_EXE $CLUSH_OPTS -l root -w $SERVERS_LIST -w $CLIENTS_LIST ldconfig
+run $CLUSH_EXE $CLUSH_OPTS -l root -w $SERVERS_LIST -w $CLIENTS_LIST ldconfig $DAOS_INSTALL_DIR/lib64 $DAOS_INSTALL_DIR/lib64/daos_srv
 {% else %}
 run $CLUSH_EXE $CLUSH_OPTS -l root -w $SERVERS_LIST rm -f /etc/ld.so.cache
-run $CLUSH_EXE $CLUSH_OPTS -l root -w $SERVERS_LIST ldconfig
+run $CLUSH_EXE $CLUSH_OPTS -l root -w $SERVERS_LIST ldconfig $DAOS_INSTALL_DIR/lib64 $DAOS_INSTALL_DIR/lib64/daos_srv
 {% endif %}
 
 if [[ ${MPICH_PATH:+x} ]] ; then
@@ -627,8 +630,8 @@ fi
 info "Updating dynamic linker configuration"
 {% if "daos_clients" in groups and groups["daos_clients"] | length > 0 %}
 run $CLUSH_EXE $CLUSH_OPTS -l root -w $SERVERS_LIST -w $CLIENTS_LIST rm -f /etc/ld.so.cache
-run $CLUSH_EXE $CLUSH_OPTS -l root -w $SERVERS_LIST -w $CLIENTS_LIST ldconfig
+run $CLUSH_EXE $CLUSH_OPTS -l root -w $SERVERS_LIST -w $CLIENTS_LIST ldconfig $DAOS_INSTALL_DIR/lib64 $DAOS_INSTALL_DIR/lib64/daos_srv
 {% else %}
 run $CLUSH_EXE $CLUSH_OPTS -l root -w $SERVERS_LIST rm -f /etc/ld.so.cache
-run $CLUSH_EXE $CLUSH_OPTS -l root -w $SERVERS_LIST ldconfig
+run $CLUSH_EXE $CLUSH_OPTS -l root -w $SERVERS_LIST ldconfig $DAOS_INSTALL_DIR/lib64 $DAOS_INSTALL_DIR/lib64/daos_srv
 {% endif %}
diff --git a/utils/ansible/ftest/vars/Rocky8.yml b/utils/ansible/ftest/vars/Rocky8.yml
index bc4d5dccd57..e5c01deae85 100644
--- a/utils/ansible/ftest/vars/Rocky8.yml
+++ b/utils/ansible/ftest/vars/Rocky8.yml
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ daos_base_deps:
     - glibc
     - jq
     - lbzip2
+    - libasan
     - numactl
     - numactl-libs
     - numatop
@@ -33,6 +34,7 @@ daos_dev_deps:
     - gcc-c++
     - gcc-gfortran
     - golang
+    - hdf5-devel
     - libaec-devel
     - libattr-devel
     - libcmocka-devel
@@ -40,6 +42,7 @@ daos_dev_deps:
     - libyaml-devel
     - openssl-devel
     - pciutils-devel
+    - protobuf-c-devel
     - python3.11
     - python3.11-devel
     - python3-clustershell
diff --git a/utils/build.config b/utils/build.config
index c38d49a267a..38025a2db9c 100644
--- a/utils/build.config
+++ b/utils/build.config
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 component=daos
 
 [commit_versions]
-argobots=v1.1
+argobots=v1.2
 fuse=fuse-3.16.2
 pmdk=2.0.0
 isal=v2.30.0
@@ -30,3 +30,4 @@ spdk=https://github.com/spdk/spdk/commit/b0aba3fcd5aceceea530a702922153bc7566497
 ofi=https://github.com/ofiwg/libfabric/commit/d827c6484cc5bf67dfbe395890e258860c3f0979.diff
 fuse=https://github.com/libfuse/libfuse/commit/c9905341ea34ff9acbc11b3c53ba8bcea35eeed8.diff
 mercury=https://raw.githubusercontent.com/daos-stack/mercury/481297621bafbbcac4cc6f8feab3f1b6f8b14b59/na_ucx_keyres_epchk.patch
+argobots=https://github.com/pmodels/argobots/pull/397/commits/411e5b344642ebc82190fd8b125db512e5b449d1.diff,https://github.com/pmodels/argobots/commit/bb0c908abfac4bfe37852eee621930634183c6aa.diff
diff --git a/utils/rpms/daos.spec b/utils/rpms/daos.spec
index f90e6d7010f..678c45d6055 100644
--- a/utils/rpms/daos.spec
+++ b/utils/rpms/daos.spec
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 
 Name:          daos
 Version:       2.7.100
-Release:       5%{?relval}%{?dist}
+Release:       7%{?relval}%{?dist}
 Summary:       DAOS Storage Engine
 
 License:       BSD-2-Clause-Patent
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ BuildRequires: hwloc-devel
 BuildRequires: bullseye
 %endif
 %if (0%{?rhel} >= 8)
-BuildRequires: argobots-devel >= 1.1
+BuildRequires: argobots-devel >= 1.2
 BuildRequires: json-c-devel
 BuildRequires: boost-python3-devel
 %else
@@ -121,6 +121,14 @@ BuildRequires: libuct-devel
 BuildRequires: ucx-devel
 %endif
 
+# Needed for debugging tasks
+%if (0%{?rhel} >= 8)
+BuildRequires: libasan
+%endif
+%if (0%{?suse_version} > 0)
+BuildRequires: libasan8
+%endif
+
 Requires: openssl
 # This should only be temporary until we can get a stable upstream release
 # of mercury, at which time the autoprov shared library version should
@@ -592,6 +600,10 @@ getent passwd daos_agent >/dev/null || useradd -s /sbin/nologin -r -g daos_agent
 # No files in a shim package
 
 %changelog
+* Tue Sep 10 2024 Cedric Koch-Hofer <cedric.koch-hofer@intel.com> 2.7.100-6
+- Update argobots to 1.2
+- Add support of the libasan
+
 * Thu Aug 15 2024 Michael MacDonald <mjmac@google.com> 2.7.100-5
 - Add libdaos_self_test.so to client RPM
 
diff --git a/utils/scripts/install-el8.sh b/utils/scripts/install-el8.sh
index 81a044bfddb..180455b996b 100755
--- a/utils/scripts/install-el8.sh
+++ b/utils/scripts/install-el8.sh
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ dnf --nodocs install \
     java-1.8.0-openjdk \
     json-c-devel \
     libaio-devel \
+    libasan \
     libcmocka-devel \
     libevent-devel \
     libiscsi-devel \
diff --git a/utils/scripts/install-el9.sh b/utils/scripts/install-el9.sh
index 9ddd8c257d6..ab73ee71a6e 100755
--- a/utils/scripts/install-el9.sh
+++ b/utils/scripts/install-el9.sh
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ dnf --nodocs install \
     java-1.8.0-openjdk \
     json-c-devel \
     libaio-devel \
+    libasan \
     libcmocka-devel \
     libevent-devel \
     libipmctl-devel \
diff --git a/utils/scripts/install-leap15.sh b/utils/scripts/install-leap15.sh
index fc9826ce508..deebe1e50e2 100755
--- a/utils/scripts/install-leap15.sh
+++ b/utils/scripts/install-leap15.sh
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ dnf --nodocs install \
     hwloc-devel \
     java-1_8_0-openjdk-devel \
     libaio-devel \
+    libasan8 \
     libcmocka-devel \
     libcapstone-devel \
     libevent-devel \
diff --git a/utils/scripts/install-ubuntu.sh b/utils/scripts/install-ubuntu.sh
index ec21c92f474..4f40eee161e 100755
--- a/utils/scripts/install-ubuntu.sh
+++ b/utils/scripts/install-ubuntu.sh
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ apt-get install \
     golang-go \
     kmod \
     libaio-dev \
+    libasan8 \
     libboost-dev \
     libcapstone-dev \
     libcmocka-dev \
diff --git a/utils/sl/fake_scons/SCons/Script/__init__.py b/utils/sl/fake_scons/SCons/Script/__init__.py
index f490ba78cbe..22a184be38d 100644
--- a/utils/sl/fake_scons/SCons/Script/__init__.py
+++ b/utils/sl/fake_scons/SCons/Script/__init__.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 """Fake scons environment shutting up pylint on SCons files"""
-# Copyright 2016-2023 Intel Corporation
+# Copyright 2016-2024 Intel Corporation
 #
 # Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
 # of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
@@ -338,6 +338,10 @@ def require(self, env, *kw, headers_only=False):
         """Fake require"""
         return
 
+    def CheckFunc(self, *_args, **_kw):
+        """Fake CheckFunc"""
+        return True
+
 
 class Variables():
     """Fake variables"""