diff --git a/common/lz4/lz4hc.c b/common/lz4/lz4hc.c
index 6c047f221..6e74164a5 100644
--- a/common/lz4/lz4hc.c
+++ b/common/lz4/lz4hc.c
@@ -61,6 +61,12 @@
 #  pragma clang diagnostic ignored "-Wunused-function"
 #endif
 
+#if defined(__clang__) || defined (__GNUC__)
+# define ATTRIBUTE_NO_SANITIZE_ADDRESS __attribute__((no_sanitize_address))
+#else
+# define ATTRIBUTE_NO_SANITIZE_ADDRESS
+#endif
+
 /*===   Enums   ===*/
 typedef enum { noDictCtx, usingDictCtxHc } dictCtx_directive;
 
@@ -980,7 +986,10 @@ int LZ4_freeStreamHC(LZ4_streamHC_t *LZ4_streamHCPtr) {
     return 0;
 }
 
-
+// Skip AddressSanitizer which breaks compilation strangely on
+// lz4/lz4hc.c: error: writing 2 bytes into a region of size 1 [-Werror=stringop-overflow=]
+//  |     LZ4_streamHCPtr->internal_donotuse.favorDecSpeed = 0;
+ATTRIBUTE_NO_SANITIZE_ADDRESS
 LZ4_streamHC_t *LZ4_initStreamHC(void *buffer, size_t size) {
     LZ4_streamHC_t *const LZ4_streamHCPtr = (LZ4_streamHC_t *)buffer;
     if (buffer == NULL) return NULL;