diff --git a/gcc.be0 b/gcc.be0
index 659ae7d79..751f56259 100755
--- a/gcc.be0
+++ b/gcc.be0
@@ -2,6 +2,11 @@
 
 # BEE_VERSION gcc-7.3.0-0
 
+# Note: The test suite runs address sanitizer tests. In the current mariux64 environment
+# this requires
+#
+#     sudo sysctl vm.overcommit_memory=0
+
 SRCURL[0]="https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/gcc/gcc-${PKGVERSION}/gcc-${PKGVERSION}.tar.xz"
 
 LIBEXECDIR=/usr/lib