diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 0061f96e8a..6134104ae6 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1221,6 +1221,9 @@ endif
 ifneq ($(filter leak,$(SANITIZERS)),)
 BASIC_CFLAGS += -DSUPPRESS_ANNOTATED_LEAKS
 endif
+ifneq ($(filter address,$(SANITIZERS)),)
+NO_REGEX = NeededForASAN
+endif
 endif
 
 ifndef sysconfdir
diff --git a/compat/regex/regex.h b/compat/regex/regex.h
index 08a2609663..2d3412860d 100644
--- a/compat/regex/regex.h
+++ b/compat/regex/regex.h
@@ -41,6 +41,11 @@
 extern "C" {
 #endif
 
+#define regcomp git_regcomp
+#define regexec git_regexec
+#define regerror git_regerror
+#define regfree git_regfree
+
 /* The following two types have to be signed and unsigned integer type
    wide enough to hold a value of a pointer.  For most ANSI compilers
    ptrdiff_t and size_t should be likely OK.  Still size of these two