diff --git a/cryptest.sh b/cryptest.sh
index 5e26aebf..7ba1aaa6 100755
--- a/cryptest.sh
+++ b/cryptest.sh
@@ -136,6 +136,7 @@ fi
 
 # Now that the compiler is fixed, see if its GCC 5.1 or above with -Wabi, -Wabi-tag and -Wodr
 GCC_51_OR_ABOVE=$("$CXX" -v 2>&1 | "$EGREP" -i -c 'gcc version (5\.[1-9]|[6-9])')
+GCC_48_COMPILER=$("$CXX" -v 2>&1 | "$EGREP" -i -c 'gcc version 4\.8')
 # SunCC 12.2 and below needs one set of CXXFLAGS; SunCC 12.3 and above needs another set of CXXFLAGS
 SUNCC_123_OR_ABOVE=$("$CXX" -E -xdumpmacros /dev/null 2>&1 | "$GREP" " __SUNPRO_CC " 2>/dev/null | "$AWK" '{print ($2 >= 0x5120) ? "1" : "0"}' )
 
@@ -265,6 +266,11 @@ if [[ (-z "$HAVE_ASAN") ]]; then
 	fi
 fi
 
+# Fixup; see http://github.com/weidai11/cryptopp/issues/212
+if [[ ("$GCC_48_COMPILER" -ne "0" && "$IS_ARM32" -ne "0") ]]; then
+	HAVE_ASAN=0
+fi
+
 # Darwin and Intel multiarch
 if [[ (-z "$HAVE_INTEL_MULTIARCH") ]]; then
 	HAVE_INTEL_MULTIARCH=0