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) {