diff --git a/Lib/test/test_subprocess.py b/Lib/test/test_subprocess.py
index 727b0e6dc578c2..846f76ba6d73d3 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_subprocess.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_subprocess.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import unittest
 from unittest import mock
 from test import support
+from test.support import check_sanitizer
 from test.support import import_helper
 from test.support import os_helper
 from test.support import warnings_helper
@@ -789,6 +790,8 @@ def test_env(self):
     @unittest.skipIf(sysconfig.get_config_var('Py_ENABLE_SHARED') == 1,
                      'The Python shared library cannot be loaded '
                      'with an empty environment.')
+    @unittest.skipIf(check_sanitizer(address=True),
+                     'AddressSanitizer adds to the environment.')
     def test_empty_env(self):
         """Verify that env={} is as empty as possible."""