diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 40e9e7e1..39b57bb9 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ env:
 matrix:
   exclude:
     - os: osx
-      env: QA_SANITIZER=memory  # unsupported option '-fsanitize=memory'
+      env: MODE=qa-sh QA_COMPILER=clang CC=clang CXX=clang++ LD=clang++ QA_SANITIZER=memory
 
 addons:
   homebrew: