diff --git a/src/basic/macro.h b/src/basic/macro.h
index 2213d4b9ac..05956a50bf 100644
--- a/src/basic/macro.h
+++ b/src/basic/macro.h
@@ -73,6 +73,16 @@
 #  endif
 #endif
 
+/* Note: on GCC "no_sanitize_address" is a function attribute only, on llvm it may also be applied to global
+ * variables. We define a specific macro which knows this. Note that on GCC we don't need this decorator so much, since
+ * our primary usecase for this attribute is registration structures placed in named ELF sections which shall not be
+ * padded, but GCC doesn't pad those anyway if AddressSanitizer is enabled. */
+#if HAS_FEATURE_ADDRESS_SANITIZER && defined(__clang__)
+#define _variable_no_sanitize_address_ __attribute__((__no_sanitize_address__))
+#else
+#define _variable_no_sanitize_address_
+#endif
+
 /* Temporarily disable some warnings */
 #define DISABLE_WARNING_FORMAT_NONLITERAL                               \
         _Pragma("GCC diagnostic push");                                 \