diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index a326a261..37845378 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -13,12 +13,13 @@ set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD_REQUIRED True)
 option(PCM_NO_ASAN "Disable address sanitizer" OFF)
 option(PCM_FUZZ "Enable fuzzing" OFF)
 option(PCM_BUILD_EXECUTABLES "Build PCM utilities" ON)
+option(PCM_NO_STATIC_LIBASAN OFF)
 
 if(MSVC)
     option(PCM_NO_STATIC_MSVC_RUNTIME_LIBRARY "Disable using static runtime under MSVC" OFF)
 endif()
 
-foreach(opt NO_STATIC_MSVC_RUNTIME_LIBRARY;FUZZ;NO_ASAN)
+foreach(opt NO_STATIC_MSVC_RUNTIME_LIBRARY;FUZZ;NO_ASAN;NO_STATIC_LIBASAN)
     if(${opt})
         message(DEPRECATION "Option \"${opt}\" is deprecated and will be removed soon. Please use \"PCM_${opt}\"")
         set(PCM_${opt} ${opt})
diff --git a/pcm.spec b/pcm.spec
index 803d4e9b..c75d4f90 100644
--- a/pcm.spec
+++ b/pcm.spec
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ Intel(r) Performance Counter Monitor (Intel(r) PCM) is an application programmin
 %build
 mkdir build
 cd build
-cmake -DNO_STATIC_LIBASAN=1 -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/usr/ -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=RelWithDebInfo ..
+cmake -DPCM_NO_STATIC_LIBASAN=ON -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/usr/ -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=RelWithDebInfo ..
 make -j 
 
 %install
diff --git a/src/CMakeLists.txt b/src/CMakeLists.txt
index 2b8a50cf..2e0b7fe2 100644
--- a/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -30,9 +30,9 @@ if (LINUX)
     endif()
 endif()
 
-if(NOT DEFINED NO_ASAN)
+if(NOT PCM_NO_ASAN)
     if(OS_ID STREQUAL "centos")
-        set(NO_STATIC_LIBASAN 1)
+        set(PCM_NO_STATIC_LIBASAN ON)
         message(STATUS "CentOS detected, using dynamic libasan")
     endif()
 endif()
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ if(UNIX)  # LINUX, FREE_BSD, APPLE
         set(PCM_DYNAMIC_ASAN "")
         set(PCM_STATIC_ASAN "")
     else()
-        if(NO_STATIC_LIBASAN)
+        if(PCM_NO_STATIC_LIBASAN)
             message(STATUS "Using dynamic libasan")
             set(PCM_DYNAMIC_ASAN "asan")
             set(PCM_STATIC_ASAN "")
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ 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 -DNO_STATIC_LIBASAN=1 option (required for CentOS)")
+            message(STATUS "To use dynamic libasan, use -DPCM_NO_STATIC_LIBASAN=1 option (required for CentOS)")
         endif()
     endif()