diff --git a/cmake/sanitizer.cmake b/cmake/sanitizer.cmake
index a0103788a1c..104f2d5a869 100644
--- a/cmake/sanitizer.cmake
+++ b/cmake/sanitizer.cmake
@@ -27,8 +27,14 @@ endif()
 
 if (ENABLE_THREAD_SANITIZER)
     set(SANITIZER_COMPILER_FLAGS "-g -fsanitize=thread -fno-omit-frame-pointer")
-    set(SANITIZER_LINKER_FLAGS "-fsanitize=thread -static-libsan")
-
+    set(SANITIZER_LINKER_FLAGS "-fsanitize=thread")
+    if(CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID MATCHES "^(Apple)?Clang$" AND NOT WIN32)
+        if(CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_VERSION VERSION_GREATER_EQUAL 8.0)
+            set(SANITIZER_LINKER_FLAGS "${SANITIZER_LINKER_FLAGS} -fuse-ld=lld")
+        else()
+            set(SANITIZER_LINKER_FLAGS "${SANITIZER_LINKER_FLAGS} -static-libsan")
+        endif()
+    endif()
     set(CMAKE_C_FLAGS "${CMAKE_C_FLAGS} ${SANITIZER_COMPILER_FLAGS}")
     set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} ${SANITIZER_COMPILER_FLAGS}")
     set(CMAKE_SHARED_LINKER_FLAGS "${CMAKE_SHARED_LINKER_FLAGS} ${SANITIZER_LINKER_FLAGS}")
diff --git a/inference-engine/CMakeLists.txt b/inference-engine/CMakeLists.txt
index 412a2bfaba4..39ff413bc5a 100644
--- a/inference-engine/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/inference-engine/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ function(ie_build_samples)
                 MINGW64 CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE CMAKE_MACOSX_RPATH)
         unset(${var})
     endforeach()
-
+    include(sanitizer)
     add_subdirectory(samples)
 endfunction()