diff --git a/.github/workflows/ruby_asan_on_ubuntu.yml b/.github/workflows/ruby_asan_on_ubuntu.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..12652c51
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/ruby_asan_on_ubuntu.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,71 @@
+name: Ubuntu
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - main
+  pull_request:
+    types:
+      - opened
+      - synchronize
+      - reopened
+
+jobs:
+  test:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        ruby: ['asan']
+        duckdb: ['1.1.3', '1.1.1', '1.2.0']
+
+    steps:
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+    - name: Set up Ruby
+      uses: ruby/setup-ruby@v1
+      with:
+        ruby-version: ${{ matrix.ruby }}
+
+    - name: duckdb cache
+      id: duckdb-cache
+      uses: actions/cache@v4
+      with:
+        path: duckdb-v${{ matrix.duckdb }}
+        key: ${{ runner.os }}-duckdb-v${{ matrix.duckdb }}
+
+    - name: Build duckdb ${{ matrix.duckdb }}
+      env:
+        DUCKDB_VERSION: ${{ matrix.duckdb }}
+      if: steps.duckdb-cache.outputs.cache-hit != 'true'
+      run: |
+        git clone -b v$DUCKDB_VERSION https://github.com/cwida/duckdb.git duckdb-tmp-v$DUCKDB_VERSION
+        cd duckdb-tmp-v$DUCKDB_VERSION && make && cd ..
+        rm -rf duckdb-v$DUCKDB_VERSION
+        mkdir -p duckdb-v$DUCKDB_VERSION/build/release/src duckdb-v$DUCKDB_VERSION/src
+        cp -rip duckdb-tmp-v$DUCKDB_VERSION/build/release/src/*.so duckdb-v$DUCKDB_VERSION/build/release/src
+        cp -rip duckdb-tmp-v$DUCKDB_VERSION/src/include duckdb-v$DUCKDB_VERSION/src/
+
+    - name: bundle install with Ruby ${{ matrix.ruby }}
+      env:
+        DUCKDB_VERSION: ${{ matrix.duckdb }}
+      run: |
+        bundle install --jobs 4 --retry 3
+
+    - name: Build test with DUCKDB_API_NO_DEPRECATED and Ruby ${{ matrix.ruby }}
+      env:
+        DUCKDB_VERSION: ${{ matrix.duckdb }}
+      run: |
+        env DUCKDB_API_NO_DEPRECATED=1 bundle exec rake build -- --with-duckdb-include=${GITHUB_WORKSPACE}/duckdb-v${DUCKDB_VERSION}/src/include --with-duckdb-lib=${GITHUB_WORKSPACE}/duckdb-v${DUCKDB_VERSION}/build/release/src/
+        bundle exec rake clean
+
+    - name: Build with Ruby ${{ matrix.ruby }}
+      env:
+        DUCKDB_VERSION: ${{ matrix.duckdb }}
+      run: |
+        bundle exec rake build -- --with-duckdb-include=${GITHUB_WORKSPACE}/duckdb-v${DUCKDB_VERSION}/src/include --with-duckdb-lib=${GITHUB_WORKSPACE}/duckdb-v${DUCKDB_VERSION}/build/release/src/
+
+    - name: test with Ruby ${{ matrix.ruby }}
+      env:
+        DUCKDB_VERSION: ${{ matrix.duckdb }}
+      run: |
+        env RUBYOPT=-W:deprecated ruby -Ilib test/duckdb_test/ruby_asan_test.rb
diff --git a/ext/duckdb/prepared_statement.c b/ext/duckdb/prepared_statement.c
index e8ca553d..fbeab38a 100644
--- a/ext/duckdb/prepared_statement.c
+++ b/ext/duckdb/prepared_statement.c
@@ -81,6 +81,10 @@ VALUE rbduckdb_prepared_statement_new(duckdb_connection con, duckdb_extracted_st
 static VALUE duckdb_prepared_statement_initialize(VALUE self, VALUE con, VALUE query) {
     rubyDuckDBConnection *ctxcon;
     rubyDuckDBPreparedStatement *ctx;
+    duckdb_state state;
+    const char *error;
+    char *pquery;
+    VALUE msg;
 
     if (!rb_obj_is_kind_of(con, cDuckDBConnection)) {
         rb_raise(rb_eTypeError, "1st argument should be instance of DackDB::Connection");
@@ -89,10 +93,16 @@ static VALUE duckdb_prepared_statement_initialize(VALUE self, VALUE con, VALUE q
     TypedData_Get_Struct(self, rubyDuckDBPreparedStatement, &prepared_statement_data_type, ctx);
     ctxcon = get_struct_connection(con);
 
-    if (duckdb_prepare(ctxcon->con, StringValuePtr(query), &(ctx->prepared_statement)) == DuckDBError) {
-        const char *error = duckdb_prepare_error(ctx->prepared_statement);
-        rb_raise(eDuckDBError, "%s", error ? error : "Failed to prepare statement(Database connection closed?).");
+    pquery = StringValueCStr(query);
+    state = duckdb_prepare(ctxcon->con, pquery, &(ctx->prepared_statement));
+
+    // If preparation failed, raise Ruby exception with the error message
+    if (state == DuckDBError) {
+        error = duckdb_prepare_error(ctx->prepared_statement);
+        msg = rb_str_new2(error ? error : "Failed to execute prepared statement.");
+        rb_raise(eDuckDBError, "%s", StringValueCStr(msg));
     }
+
     return self;
 }
 
diff --git a/test/duckdb_test/ruby_asan_test.rb b/test/duckdb_test/ruby_asan_test.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..891c47f6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/duckdb_test/ruby_asan_test.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+# frozen_string_literal: true
+require 'duckdb'
+
+def run_duckdb_asan_test
+  db = DuckDB::Database.open
+  con = db.connect
+  con.query('CREATE TABLE test (a INTEGER, b VARCHAR)')
+  DuckDB::PreparedStatement.new(con, 'INSERT INTO test VALUES (?, ?)')
+  # DuckDB::PreparedStatement.new(con, 'INSERT INTO test VALUES (?, "hello")')
+rescue StandardError => e
+  p e
+end
+
+run_duckdb_asan_test