diff --git a/ui/build/config.go b/ui/build/config.go
index 434047bc5..665d2f0fa 100644
--- a/ui/build/config.go
+++ b/ui/build/config.go
@@ -180,6 +180,11 @@ func NewConfig(ctx Context, args ...string) Config {
 
 	ret.environ.Set("TMPDIR", absPath(ctx, ret.TempDir()))
 
+	// Always set ASAN_SYMBOLIZER_PATH so that ASAN-based tools can symbolize any crashes
+	symbolizerPath := filepath.Join("prebuilts/clang/host", ret.HostPrebuiltTag(),
+		"llvm-binutils-stable/llvm-symbolizer")
+	ret.environ.Set("ASAN_SYMBOLIZER_PATH", absPath(ctx, symbolizerPath))
+
 	// Precondition: the current directory is the top of the source tree
 	checkTopDir(ctx)
 
diff --git a/ui/build/kati.go b/ui/build/kati.go
index 9ddbbea0d..a7799eadc 100644
--- a/ui/build/kati.go
+++ b/ui/build/kati.go
@@ -171,6 +171,7 @@ func runKatiPackage(ctx Context, config Config) {
 			"TMPDIR",
 
 			// Tool configs
+			"ASAN_SYMBOLIZER_PATH",
 			"JAVA_HOME",
 			"PYTHONDONTWRITEBYTECODE",