diff --git a/doc/developer/topotests.rst b/doc/developer/topotests.rst
index 586c0967404a..eaa8e38a9ca1 100644
--- a/doc/developer/topotests.rst
+++ b/doc/developer/topotests.rst
@@ -411,6 +411,14 @@ for ``master`` branch:
 
 and create ``frr`` user and ``frrvty`` group as shown above.
 
+Newer versions of Address Sanitizers require a sysctl to be changed
+to allow for the tests to be successfully run.  This is also true
+for Undefined behavior Sanitizers as well as Memory Sanitizer.
+
+.. code:: shell
+
+   sysctl vm.mmap_rnd_bits=28
+
 Debugging Topotest Failures
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 
diff --git a/doc/developer/workflow.rst b/doc/developer/workflow.rst
index 166c96da33c6..a6bdec1e5bcf 100644
--- a/doc/developer/workflow.rst
+++ b/doc/developer/workflow.rst
@@ -1325,6 +1325,14 @@ but are no longer actively maintained. MemorySanitizer is not available in GCC.
    The different Sanitizers are mostly incompatible with each other.  Please
    refer to GCC/LLVM documentation for details.
 
+.. note::
+
+   The different sanitizers also require setting
+
+   sysctl vm.mmap_rnd_bits=28
+
+   in order to work properly.
+
 frr-format plugin
    This is a GCC plugin provided with FRR that does extended type checks for
    ``%pFX``-style printfrr extensions.  To use this plugin,