diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 65f97c0fc2a78146b514ec62f39a45b7ae17e94e..675626691b9b86a74d658d9c28aa3f7739afb217 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -2,4 +2,7 @@ module github.com/libp2p/go-cidranger
 
 go 1.14
 
-require github.com/stretchr/testify v1.4.0
+require (
+	github.com/ipfs/go-detect-race v0.0.1
+	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.4.0
+)
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 8fdee5854f19a573b93126b69063e996ad3fddd2..266bbff3f8aa7d42474961ba35492b0720aaa102 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.0 h1:ZDRjVQ15GmhC3fiQ8ni8+OwkZQO4DARzQgrnXU1Liz8=
 github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.0/go.mod h1:J7Y8YcW2NihsgmVo/mv3lAwl/skON4iLHjSsI+c5H38=
+github.com/ipfs/go-detect-race v0.0.1 h1:qX/xay2W3E4Q1U7d9lNs1sU9nvguX0a7319XbyQ6cOk=
+github.com/ipfs/go-detect-race v0.0.1/go.mod h1:8BNT7shDZPo99Q74BpGMK+4D8Mn4j46UU0LZ723meps=
 github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0 h1:4DBwDE0NGyQoBHbLQYPwSUPoCMWR5BEzIk/f1lZbAQM=
 github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0/go.mod h1:iKH77koFhYxTK1pcRnkKkqfTogsbg7gZNVY4sRDYZ/4=
 github.com/stretchr/objx v0.1.0/go.mod h1:HFkY916IF+rwdDfMAkV7OtwuqBVzrE8GR6GFx+wExME=
diff --git a/trie_test.go b/trie_test.go
index 5b987d7672c75bfa420872412cf25e85fc4a456b..1461702bd3b34597f8dbe6f9160dc41952e76117 100644
--- a/trie_test.go
+++ b/trie_test.go
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package cidranger
 
 import (
 	"encoding/binary"
+	detectrace "github.com/ipfs/go-detect-race"
 	"math/rand"
 	"net"
 	"runtime"
@@ -486,6 +487,11 @@ func TestTrieMemUsage(t *testing.T) {
 	if testing.Short() {
 		t.Skip("Skipping memory test in `-short` mode")
 	}
+
+	if detectrace.WithRace() {
+		t.Skip("Skipping memory test in `-race` mode")
+	}
+
 	numIPs := 100000
 	runs := 10