diff --git a/cmake/QtCreatorAPI.cmake b/cmake/QtCreatorAPI.cmake
index f772e3d9e56..52ba2f44026 100644
--- a/cmake/QtCreatorAPI.cmake
+++ b/cmake/QtCreatorAPI.cmake
@@ -290,7 +290,7 @@ function(add_qtc_library name)
   qtc_enable_separate_debug_info(${name} "${IDE_LIBRARY_PATH}")
 
   if (WITH_SANITIZE)
-    qtc_enable_sanitize(${SANITIZE_FLAGS})
+    qtc_enable_sanitize("${name}" ${SANITIZE_FLAGS})
   endif()
 
   if (NAMELINK_OPTION AND NOT QTC_STATIC_BUILD)
@@ -460,7 +460,7 @@ function(add_qtc_plugin target_name)
   endif()
 
   if (WITH_SANITIZE)
-    qtc_enable_sanitize(${SANITIZE_FLAGS})
+    qtc_enable_sanitize("${name}" ${SANITIZE_FLAGS})
   endif()
 
   extend_qtc_target(${target_name}
@@ -674,6 +674,10 @@ function(add_qtc_executable name)
 
   add_executable("${name}" ${_arg_SOURCES})
 
+  if (WITH_SANITIZE)
+    qtc_enable_sanitize("${name}" ${SANITIZE_FLAGS})
+  endif()
+
   extend_qtc_target("${name}"
     INCLUDES "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/src" ${_arg_INCLUDES}
     DEFINES ${default_defines_copy} ${TEST_DEFINES} ${_arg_DEFINES}
diff --git a/cmake/QtCreatorAPIInternal.cmake b/cmake/QtCreatorAPIInternal.cmake
index 359fed79398..4efb59c988d 100644
--- a/cmake/QtCreatorAPIInternal.cmake
+++ b/cmake/QtCreatorAPIInternal.cmake
@@ -168,11 +168,12 @@ function(qtc_enable_release_for_debug_configuration)
   set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_DEBUG "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_DEBUG}" PARENT_SCOPE)
 endfunction()
 
-function(qtc_enable_sanitize _sanitize_flags)
+function(qtc_enable_sanitize _target _sanitize_flags)
+  target_compile_options("${_target}" PUBLIC -fsanitize=${SANITIZE_FLAGS})
+
   if (CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID MATCHES "Clang" OR CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID STREQUAL "GNU")
-    set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_DEBUG "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_DEBUG} -fsanitize=${_sanitize_flags}")
+    target_link_options("${_target}" PUBLIC -fsanitize=${SANITIZE_FLAGS})
   endif()
-  set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_DEBUG "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_DEBUG}" PARENT_SCOPE)
 endfunction()
 
 function(qtc_add_link_flags_no_undefined target)