diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 1a7ebf5b..5f8ebed2 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ or clone the repository first, and then update submodules with:
 git submodule update --init --recursive
 ```
 
-Install cmake then:
+Install cmake (and libasan on Linux) then:
 
 ```
 mkdir build
diff --git a/src/CMakeLists.txt b/src/CMakeLists.txt
index b0b22152..f9451b68 100644
--- a/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -35,6 +35,10 @@ if(NOT PCM_NO_ASAN)
         set(PCM_NO_STATIC_LIBASAN ON)
         message(STATUS "CentOS detected, using dynamic libasan")
     endif()
+    if(OS_ID STREQUAL "arch")
+        set(PCM_NO_STATIC_LIBASAN ON)
+        message(STATUS "arch Linux detected, using dynamic libasan")
+    endif()
 endif()
 
 if(UNIX)  # LINUX, FREE_BSD, APPLE
@@ -80,7 +84,7 @@ if(UNIX)  # LINUX, FREE_BSD, APPLE
             set(PCM_DYNAMIC_ASAN "")
             set(PCM_STATIC_ASAN "-static-libasan")
             message(STATUS "Using static libasan")
-            message(STATUS "To use dynamic libasan, use -DPCM_NO_STATIC_LIBASAN=1 option (required for CentOS)")
+            message(STATUS "To use dynamic libasan, use -DPCM_NO_STATIC_LIBASAN=1 option (required for CentOS and arch Linux)")
         endif()
     endif()