diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 4f7047a2..7990d229 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -99,3 +99,9 @@ build-aux/
 /perf.data
 perf.data
 perf.data.old
+*vgdump
+/lib/asan.log*
+/man/mu-mfind.1
+/mu/mu-memcheck
+mu-*-coverage
+mu*tar.xz
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index d04bf55f..e60dcbe3 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -252,6 +252,7 @@ AC_SUBST(MU_DOC_DIR, "${prefix}/share/doc/mu")
 AC_CONFIG_FILES([
 Makefile
 mu/Makefile
+mu/mu-memcheck
 lib/Makefile
 lib/doxyfile
 lib/utils/Makefile
@@ -269,6 +270,8 @@ toys/mug/Makefile
 man/Makefile
 m4/Makefile
 contrib/Makefile
+],[
+ [chmod +x mu/mu-memcheck]
 ])
 AC_OUTPUT
 
diff --git a/mu/mu-memcheck.in b/mu/mu-memcheck.in
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..73a23294
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mu/mu-memcheck.in
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+export G_SLICE=always-malloc
+export G_DEBUG=gc-friendly
+
+libtool --mode=execute valgrind --tool=memcheck --leak-check=full --show-possibly-lost=no --leak-resolution=med --track-origins=yes --num-callers=20 --log-file='@abs_top_builddir@/mu-%p.vgdump' @abs_top_builddir@/mu/mu $@