diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index c16d9d9b1..56cbdb0c3 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ cppcheck:
 
 # run clang sanitize (we are overrding the CXXFLAGS provided by travis in order to use gcc's libstdc++)
 clang_sanitize: clean
-	CXX=clang++ CXXFLAGS="-g -O2 -fsanitize=address -fsanitize=undefined -fno-omit-frame-pointer" $(MAKE) check -C test
+	CXX=clang++ CXXFLAGS="-g -O2 -fsanitize=address -fsanitize=undefined -fno-omit-frame-pointer" $(MAKE)
 
 
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diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 16c7eabfa..06dca7ffb 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -586,6 +586,7 @@ I deeply appreciate the help of the following people.
 - [Jared Grubb](https://github.com/jaredgrubb) silenced a nasty documentation warning.
 - [Yixin Zhang](https://github.com/qwename) fixed an integer overflow check.
 - [Bosswestfalen](https://github.com/Bosswestfalen) merged two iterator classes into a smaller one.
+- [Daniel599](https://github.com/Daniel599) helped to get Travis execute the tests with Clang's sanitizers.
 
 Thanks a lot for helping out!