diff --git a/tests/misra/test_misra.sh b/tests/misra/test_misra.sh
index dc991a46e3..c35ed02a13 100755
--- a/tests/misra/test_misra.sh
+++ b/tests/misra/test_misra.sh
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ cppcheck() {
           -I "$(arm-none-eabi-gcc -print-file-name=include)" \
           -I $PANDA_DIR/board/stm32f4/inc/ -I $PANDA_DIR/board/stm32h7/inc/ \
           --suppressions-list=$DIR/suppressions.txt --suppress=*:*inc/* \
-          --suppress=*:*include/* --error-exitcode=2 --check-level=exhaustive \
+          --suppress=*:*include/* --error-exitcode=2 --check-level=exhaustive --safety \
           --platform=arm32-wchar_t4 $COMMON_DEFINES --checkers-report=$CHECKLIST.tmp \
           --std=c11 "$@" |& tee $OUTPUT