Index: lib/sanitizer_common/sanitizer_flags.inc
===================================================================
--- lib/sanitizer_common/sanitizer_flags.inc
+++ lib/sanitizer_common/sanitizer_flags.inc
@@ -62,8 +62,7 @@
 COMMON_FLAG(
     int, verbosity, 0,
     "Verbosity level (0 - silent, 1 - a bit of output, 2+ - more output).")
-COMMON_FLAG(bool, detect_leaks, SANITIZER_WORDSIZE == 64,
-            "Enable memory leak detection.")
+COMMON_FLAG(bool, detect_leaks, true, "Enable memory leak detection.")
 COMMON_FLAG(
     bool, leak_check_at_exit, true,
     "Invoke leak checking in an atexit handler. Has no effect if "