diff --git a/spectrum/src/main.cpp b/spectrum/src/main.cpp
index d2da5047f9e7110b26e98e2c59ac65e3de9c4f8d..1665969a81a1cdeab0b2b2fe3577a3e771896a3a 100644
--- a/spectrum/src/main.cpp
+++ b/spectrum/src/main.cpp
@@ -125,6 +125,8 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 	std::string jid;
 
 	setlocale(LC_ALL, "");
+	putenv("MALLOC_CHECK_=2");
+	putenv("MALLOC_PERTURB_=B");
 
 #ifndef WIN32
 	if (signal(SIGINT, spectrum_sigint_handler) == SIG_ERR) {
diff --git a/spectrum_manager/src/main.cpp b/spectrum_manager/src/main.cpp
index 07618793e58b53da4e3196947a9c5151e0183114..ffbdc2394ea5037e0fd7d0c1efef37d7ab5a750b 100644
--- a/spectrum_manager/src/main.cpp
+++ b/spectrum_manager/src/main.cpp
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 #include <iterator>
 #include <algorithm>
 #include <boost/filesystem.hpp>
+#include <cstdlib>
 #include "signal.h"
 #include "sys/wait.h"
 
@@ -568,6 +569,9 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 		return 1;
 	}
 
+	putenv("MALLOC_CHECK_=2");
+	putenv("MALLOC_PERTURB_=B");
+
 	if (command[0] == "start") {
 		start_instances(&config);
 	}