diff --git a/cc/object.go b/cc/object.go
index f619c7923..1f1ac8e1c 100644
--- a/cc/object.go
+++ b/cc/object.go
@@ -52,8 +52,9 @@ type ObjectLinkerProperties struct {
 // input to a cc_genrule module.
 func ObjectFactory() android.Module {
 	module := newBaseModule(android.HostAndDeviceSupported, android.MultilibBoth)
+	module.sanitize = &sanitize{}
 	module.linker = &objectLinker{
-		baseLinker: NewBaseLinker(nil),
+		baseLinker: NewBaseLinker(module.sanitize),
 	}
 	module.compiler = NewBaseCompiler()
 
diff --git a/cc/sanitize.go b/cc/sanitize.go
index 415518c10..c0a7c63e0 100644
--- a/cc/sanitize.go
+++ b/cc/sanitize.go
@@ -674,7 +674,7 @@ func (sanitize *sanitize) isSanitizerEnabled(t sanitizerType) bool {
 
 func isSanitizableDependencyTag(tag blueprint.DependencyTag) bool {
 	t, ok := tag.(dependencyTag)
-	return ok && t.library || t == reuseObjTag
+	return ok && t.library || t == reuseObjTag || t == objDepTag
 }
 
 // Propagate sanitizer requirements down from binaries