diff --git a/charts/physims/charts/dlsim/values.yaml b/charts/physims/charts/dlsim/values.yaml
index c0142b50ae..d78fbb7409 100644
--- a/charts/physims/charts/dlsim/values.yaml
+++ b/charts/physims/charts/dlsim/values.yaml
@@ -33,7 +33,9 @@ podSecurityContext:
 
 securityContext:
   privileged: true
-  # capabilities:
+  capabilities:
+    add:
+      - SYS_CAP_PTRACE
   #   drop:
   #   - ALL
   # readOnlyRootFilesystem: true
diff --git a/charts/physims/charts/ldpctest/values.yaml b/charts/physims/charts/ldpctest/values.yaml
index 91eab91af5..e2e6467923 100644
--- a/charts/physims/charts/ldpctest/values.yaml
+++ b/charts/physims/charts/ldpctest/values.yaml
@@ -33,7 +33,9 @@ podSecurityContext:
 
 securityContext:
   privileged: true
-  # capabilities:
+  capabilities:
+    add:
+      - SYS_CAP_PTRACE
   #   drop:
   #   - ALL
   # readOnlyRootFilesystem: true
diff --git a/charts/physims/charts/nr-dlschsim/values.yaml b/charts/physims/charts/nr-dlschsim/values.yaml
index e96541102c..8944e7e724 100644
--- a/charts/physims/charts/nr-dlschsim/values.yaml
+++ b/charts/physims/charts/nr-dlschsim/values.yaml
@@ -33,7 +33,9 @@ podSecurityContext:
 
 securityContext:
   privileged: true
-  # capabilities:
+  capabilities:
+    add:
+      - SYS_CAP_PTRACE
   #   drop:
   #   - ALL
   # readOnlyRootFilesystem: true
diff --git a/charts/physims/charts/nr-dlsim/values.yaml b/charts/physims/charts/nr-dlsim/values.yaml
index c86fc96cff..573e8630de 100644
--- a/charts/physims/charts/nr-dlsim/values.yaml
+++ b/charts/physims/charts/nr-dlsim/values.yaml
@@ -33,7 +33,9 @@ podSecurityContext:
 
 securityContext:
   privileged: true
-  # capabilities:
+  capabilities:
+    add:
+      - SYS_CAP_PTRACE
   #   drop:
   #   - ALL
   # readOnlyRootFilesystem: true
diff --git a/charts/physims/charts/nr-pbchsim/values.yaml b/charts/physims/charts/nr-pbchsim/values.yaml
index 62d89f9632..28c4678334 100644
--- a/charts/physims/charts/nr-pbchsim/values.yaml
+++ b/charts/physims/charts/nr-pbchsim/values.yaml
@@ -33,7 +33,9 @@ podSecurityContext:
 
 securityContext:
   privileged: true
-  # capabilities:
+  capabilities:
+    add:
+      - SYS_CAP_PTRACE
   #   drop:
   #   - ALL
   # readOnlyRootFilesystem: true
diff --git a/charts/physims/charts/nr-prachsim/values.yaml b/charts/physims/charts/nr-prachsim/values.yaml
index 3ea9787f7a..9e3c68b54d 100644
--- a/charts/physims/charts/nr-prachsim/values.yaml
+++ b/charts/physims/charts/nr-prachsim/values.yaml
@@ -33,7 +33,9 @@ podSecurityContext:
 
 securityContext:
   privileged: true
-  # capabilities:
+  capabilities:
+    add:
+      - SYS_CAP_PTRACE
   #   drop:
   #   - ALL
   # readOnlyRootFilesystem: true
diff --git a/charts/physims/charts/nr-pucchsim/values.yaml b/charts/physims/charts/nr-pucchsim/values.yaml
index cf50c0bd3c..449670f713 100644
--- a/charts/physims/charts/nr-pucchsim/values.yaml
+++ b/charts/physims/charts/nr-pucchsim/values.yaml
@@ -33,7 +33,9 @@ podSecurityContext:
 
 securityContext:
   privileged: true
-  # capabilities:
+  capabilities:
+    add:
+      - SYS_CAP_PTRACE
   #   drop:
   #   - ALL
   # readOnlyRootFilesystem: true
diff --git a/charts/physims/charts/nr-ulschsim/values.yaml b/charts/physims/charts/nr-ulschsim/values.yaml
index 420b154596..a3afc090e8 100644
--- a/charts/physims/charts/nr-ulschsim/values.yaml
+++ b/charts/physims/charts/nr-ulschsim/values.yaml
@@ -33,7 +33,9 @@ podSecurityContext:
 
 securityContext:
   privileged: true
-  # capabilities:
+  capabilities:
+    add:
+      - SYS_CAP_PTRACE
   #   drop:
   #   - ALL
   # readOnlyRootFilesystem: true
diff --git a/charts/physims/charts/nr-ulsim/values.yaml b/charts/physims/charts/nr-ulsim/values.yaml
index 7eb8e33fcb..2bf96498e8 100644
--- a/charts/physims/charts/nr-ulsim/values.yaml
+++ b/charts/physims/charts/nr-ulsim/values.yaml
@@ -33,7 +33,9 @@ podSecurityContext:
 
 securityContext:
   privileged: true
-  # capabilities:
+  capabilities:
+    add:
+      - SYS_CAP_PTRACE
   #   drop:
   #   - ALL
   # readOnlyRootFilesystem: true
diff --git a/charts/physims/charts/polartest/values.yaml b/charts/physims/charts/polartest/values.yaml
index 496dc8afba..e0a532fdd8 100644
--- a/charts/physims/charts/polartest/values.yaml
+++ b/charts/physims/charts/polartest/values.yaml
@@ -33,7 +33,9 @@ podSecurityContext:
 
 securityContext:
   privileged: true
-  # capabilities:
+  capabilities:
+    add:
+      - SYS_CAP_PTRACE
   #   drop:
   #   - ALL
   # readOnlyRootFilesystem: true
diff --git a/charts/physims/charts/smallblocktest/values.yaml b/charts/physims/charts/smallblocktest/values.yaml
index 9dd791265f..f2f113d9b6 100644
--- a/charts/physims/charts/smallblocktest/values.yaml
+++ b/charts/physims/charts/smallblocktest/values.yaml
@@ -33,7 +33,9 @@ podSecurityContext:
 
 securityContext:
   privileged: true
-  # capabilities:
+  capabilities:
+    add:
+      - SYS_CAP_PTRACE
   #   drop:
   #   - ALL
   # readOnlyRootFilesystem: true
diff --git a/charts/physims/charts/ulsim/values.yaml b/charts/physims/charts/ulsim/values.yaml
index f5110989d8..35dc14d596 100644
--- a/charts/physims/charts/ulsim/values.yaml
+++ b/charts/physims/charts/ulsim/values.yaml
@@ -33,7 +33,9 @@ podSecurityContext:
 
 securityContext:
   privileged: true
-  # capabilities:
+  capabilities:
+    add:
+      - SYS_CAP_PTRACE
   #   drop:
   #   - ALL
   # readOnlyRootFilesystem: true
diff --git a/cmake_targets/CMakeLists.txt b/cmake_targets/CMakeLists.txt
index 82022da78f..a4624066ae 100644
--- a/cmake_targets/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/cmake_targets/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -343,8 +343,8 @@ set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS
 
 
 if (SANITIZE_ADDRESS)
-  set(CMAKE_C_FLAGS "${CMAKE_C_FLAGS} -fsanitize=address -fno-omit-frame-pointer -static-libasan -fno-common")
-  set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} -fsanitize=address -fno-omit-frame-pointer -static-libasan -fno-common")
+  set(CMAKE_C_FLAGS "${CMAKE_C_FLAGS} -fsanitize=address -fno-omit-frame-pointer -fno-common")
+  set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} -fsanitize=address -fno-omit-frame-pointer -fno-common")
 endif ()
 
 add_definitions("-DASN_DISABLE_OER_SUPPORT")
diff --git a/docker/Dockerfile.phySim.rhel8.2 b/docker/Dockerfile.phySim.rhel8.2
index 9f4b27ec0e..15a363b05b 100644
--- a/docker/Dockerfile.phySim.rhel8.2
+++ b/docker/Dockerfile.phySim.rhel8.2
@@ -31,11 +31,14 @@ RUN rm -Rf /oai-ran
 WORKDIR /oai-ran
 COPY . .
 
+#only install address sanitizer for this container, the others don't need it
+RUN yum install -y libasan
+
 #run build_oai to build the target image
 RUN /bin/sh oaienv && \ 
     cd cmake_targets && \
     mkdir -p log && \
-    ./build_oai --phy_simulators --ninja --verbose-ci
+    ./build_oai --phy_simulators -g --ninja --verbose-ci --sanitize-address
 
 #start from scratch for target executable
 FROM registry.access.redhat.com/ubi8/ubi:latest as oai-physim
@@ -85,6 +88,7 @@ COPY --from=phy-sim-build \
     /lib64/liblapack.so.3 \
     /lib64/libexslt.so.0 \
     /lib64/libxslt.so.1 \
+    /usr/lib64/libasan.so.5 \
     /oai-ran/cmake_targets/ran_build/build/libdfts.so \
     /oai-ran/cmake_targets/ran_build/build/libSIMU.so \
     /oai-ran/cmake_targets/ran_build/build/libldpc.so \