diff --git a/wscript b/wscript
index 5a34e32..37259da 100644
--- a/wscript
+++ b/wscript
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 
 def configure(conf):
     conf.load(['compiler_cxx', 'gnu_dirs',
-               'default-compiler-flags', 'sanitizers', 'sphinx_build', 'boost'])
+               'default-compiler-flags', 'sphinx_build', 'boost'])
 
     if 'PKG_CONFIG_PATH' not in os.environ:
         os.environ['PKG_CONFIG_PATH'] = Utils.subst_vars('${LIBDIR}/pkgconfig', conf.env)
@@ -34,6 +34,8 @@
 
     conf.recurse('tools')
 
+    conf.load('sanitizers')
+
 def build(bld):
     bld.env['VERSION'] = VERSION