diff --git a/programs/test/metatest.c b/programs/test/metatest.c
index 6ab240c..a3d9d40 100644
--- a/programs/test/metatest.c
+++ b/programs/test/metatest.c
@@ -332,6 +332,13 @@
     { "read_uninitialized_stack", "msan", read_uninitialized_stack },
     { "memory_leak", "asan", memory_leak },
     { "test_memory_poison_0_0_8", "asan", test_memory_poison },
+    { "test_memory_poison_0_7_8", "asan", test_memory_poison },
+    { "test_memory_poison_0_0_1", "asan", test_memory_poison },
+    { "test_memory_poison_0_1_2", "asan", test_memory_poison },
+    { "test_memory_poison_7_0_8", "asan", test_memory_poison },
+    { "test_memory_poison_7_7_8", "asan", test_memory_poison },
+    { "test_memory_poison_7_0_1", "asan", test_memory_poison },
+    { "test_memory_poison_7_1_2", "asan", test_memory_poison },
     { "mutex_lock_not_initialized", "pthread", mutex_lock_not_initialized },
     { "mutex_unlock_not_initialized", "pthread", mutex_unlock_not_initialized },
     { "mutex_free_not_initialized", "pthread", mutex_free_not_initialized },
diff --git a/tests/include/test/memory.h b/tests/include/test/memory.h
index 27baf7a..f610a97 100644
--- a/tests/include/test/memory.h
+++ b/tests/include/test/memory.h
@@ -40,6 +40,10 @@
  * Poison a memory area so that any attempt to read or write from it will
  * cause a runtime failure.
  *
+ * Depending on the implementation, this may poison a few bytes beyond the
+ * indicated region, but will never poison a separate object on the heap
+ * or a separate object with more than the alignment of a long long.
+ *
  * The behavior is undefined if any part of the memory area is invalid.
  *
  * This is a no-op in builds without a poisoning method.
diff --git a/tests/src/test_memory.c b/tests/src/test_memory.c
index 6b1404b..c277be8 100644
--- a/tests/src/test_memory.c
+++ b/tests/src/test_memory.c
@@ -19,11 +19,27 @@
 #endif
 
 #if defined(MBEDTLS_TEST_HAVE_ASAN)
+static void align_for_asan(const unsigned char **p_ptr, size_t *p_size)
+{
+    uintptr_t start = (uintptr_t) *p_ptr;
+    uintptr_t end = start + (uintptr_t) *p_size;
+    /* ASan can only poison regions with 8-byte alignment, and only poisons a
+     * region if it's fully within the requested range. We want to poison the
+     * whole requested region and don't mind a few extra bytes. Therefore,
+     * align start down to an 8-byte boundary, and end up to an 8-byte
+     * boundary. */
+    start = start & ~(uintptr_t) 7;
+    end = (end + 7) & ~(uintptr_t) 7;
+    *p_ptr = (const unsigned char *) start;
+    *p_size = end - start;
+}
+
 void mbedtls_test_memory_poison(const unsigned char *ptr, size_t size)
 {
     if (size == 0) {
         return;
     }
+    align_for_asan(&ptr, &size);
     __asan_poison_memory_region(ptr, size);
 }
 
@@ -32,6 +48,7 @@
     if (size == 0) {
         return;
     }
+    align_for_asan(&ptr, &size);
     __asan_unpoison_memory_region(ptr, size);
 }
 #endif /* Asan */