diff --git a/make/autoconf/jdk-options.m4 b/make/autoconf/jdk-options.m4
index d8788ca2587..a76fdab5ae5 100644
--- a/make/autoconf/jdk-options.m4
+++ b/make/autoconf/jdk-options.m4
@@ -434,8 +434,9 @@ AC_DEFUN_ONCE([JDKOPT_SETUP_ADDRESS_SANITIZER],
         elif test "x$TOOLCHAIN_TYPE" = "xmicrosoft"; then
           # -Oy- is equivalent to -fno-omit-frame-pointer in GCC/Clang.
           ASAN_CFLAGS="-fsanitize=address -Oy- -DADDRESS_SANITIZER"
-          # MSVC produces a warning if you pass -fsanitize=address to the linker.
-          ASAN_LDFLAGS=""
+          # MSVC produces a warning if you pass -fsanitize=address to the linker. It also complains
+          $ if -DEBUG is not passed to the linker when building with ASan.
+          ASAN_LDFLAGS="-debug"
         fi
         JVM_CFLAGS="$JVM_CFLAGS $ASAN_CFLAGS"
         JVM_LDFLAGS="$JVM_LDFLAGS $ASAN_LDFLAGS"