diff --git a/lib/include/srsran/adt/bounded_bitset.h b/lib/include/srsran/adt/bounded_bitset.h
index 552d98319..82b2749b9 100644
--- a/lib/include/srsran/adt/bounded_bitset.h
+++ b/lib/include/srsran/adt/bounded_bitset.h
@@ -13,8 +13,8 @@
 #ifndef SRSRAN_DYN_BITSET_H
 #define SRSRAN_DYN_BITSET_H
 
-#include "srsran/common/srsran_assert.h"
 #include "srsran/srslog/bundled/fmt/format.h"
+#include "support/srsran_assert.h"
 #include <cstdint>
 #include <inttypes.h>
 #include <string>
diff --git a/lib/include/srsran/adt/bounded_vector.h b/lib/include/srsran/adt/bounded_vector.h
index 0d6b7fd04..7f3b00ec4 100644
--- a/lib/include/srsran/adt/bounded_vector.h
+++ b/lib/include/srsran/adt/bounded_vector.h
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 #define SRSRAN_BOUNDED_VECTOR_H
 
 #include "srsran/adt/detail/type_storage.h"
-#include "srsran/common/srsran_assert.h"
+#include "support/srsran_assert.h"
 #include <iterator>
 #include <memory>
 #include <type_traits>
diff --git a/lib/include/srsran/adt/circular_buffer.h b/lib/include/srsran/adt/circular_buffer.h
index 058dda42c..e411831bb 100644
--- a/lib/include/srsran/adt/circular_buffer.h
+++ b/lib/include/srsran/adt/circular_buffer.h
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 #include "srsran/adt/detail/type_storage.h"
 #include "srsran/adt/expected.h"
 #include "srsran/adt/pool/pool_utils.h"
-#include "srsran/common/srsran_assert.h"
+#include "support/srsran_assert.h"
 
 #include <array>
 #include <cassert>
diff --git a/lib/include/srsran/adt/circular_map.h b/lib/include/srsran/adt/circular_map.h
index ce6500112..4d1c9b87f 100644
--- a/lib/include/srsran/adt/circular_map.h
+++ b/lib/include/srsran/adt/circular_map.h
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 
 #include "detail/type_storage.h"
 #include "expected.h"
-#include "srsran/common/srsran_assert.h"
+#include "support/srsran_assert.h"
 #include <array>
 
 namespace srsran {
diff --git a/lib/include/srsran/adt/expected.h b/lib/include/srsran/adt/expected.h
index 51a68dda1..ff6e0760d 100644
--- a/lib/include/srsran/adt/expected.h
+++ b/lib/include/srsran/adt/expected.h
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 #ifndef SRSRAN_EXPECTED_H
 #define SRSRAN_EXPECTED_H
 
-#include "srsran/common/srsran_assert.h"
+#include "support/srsran_assert.h"
 #include <memory>
 #include <system_error>
 
diff --git a/lib/include/srsran/adt/interval.h b/lib/include/srsran/adt/interval.h
index c20ffe499..c2a9ff9a9 100644
--- a/lib/include/srsran/adt/interval.h
+++ b/lib/include/srsran/adt/interval.h
@@ -13,8 +13,8 @@
 #ifndef SRSRAN_INTERVAL_H
 #define SRSRAN_INTERVAL_H
 
-#include "srsran/common/srsran_assert.h"
 #include "srsran/srslog/bundled/fmt/format.h"
+#include "support/srsran_assert.h"
 #include <cassert>
 #include <string>
 #include <type_traits>
diff --git a/lib/include/srsran/adt/move_callback.h b/lib/include/srsran/adt/move_callback.h
index a80d3aa80..7526b76a5 100644
--- a/lib/include/srsran/adt/move_callback.h
+++ b/lib/include/srsran/adt/move_callback.h
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 #define SRSRAN_MOVE_CALLBACK_H
 
 #include "detail/type_storage.h"
-#include "srsran/common/srsran_assert.h"
+#include "support/srsran_assert.h"
 #include <cstddef>
 #include <cstdint>
 #include <cstdio>
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ public:
   constexpr empty_table_t() = default;
   R         call(void* src, Args... args) const final
   {
-    srsran_terminate("ERROR: bad function call (cause: function ptr is empty)");
+    srsran_assertion_failure("bad function call (cause: function ptr is empty)");
   }
   void move(void* src, void* dest) const final {}
   void dtor(void* src) const final {}
diff --git a/lib/include/srsran/adt/optional.h b/lib/include/srsran/adt/optional.h
index 9f938d41c..bcdb9c574 100644
--- a/lib/include/srsran/adt/optional.h
+++ b/lib/include/srsran/adt/optional.h
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 #define SRSRAN_OPTIONAL_H
 
 #include "detail/type_storage.h"
-#include "srsran/common/srsran_assert.h"
+#include "support/srsran_assert.h"
 
 namespace srsran {
 
diff --git a/lib/include/srsran/adt/pool/batch_mem_pool.h b/lib/include/srsran/adt/pool/batch_mem_pool.h
index 1829fca26..dea333e2a 100644
--- a/lib/include/srsran/adt/pool/batch_mem_pool.h
+++ b/lib/include/srsran/adt/pool/batch_mem_pool.h
@@ -15,8 +15,8 @@
 
 #include "memblock_cache.h"
 #include "pool_utils.h"
-#include "srsran/common/srsran_assert.h"
 #include "srsran/common/thread_pool.h"
+#include "support/srsran_assert.h"
 #include <memory>
 #include <mutex>
 
diff --git a/lib/include/srsran/adt/pool/linear_allocator.h b/lib/include/srsran/adt/pool/linear_allocator.h
index bcfc05044..c79fd9f15 100644
--- a/lib/include/srsran/adt/pool/linear_allocator.h
+++ b/lib/include/srsran/adt/pool/linear_allocator.h
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 #define SRSRAN_LINEAR_ALLOCATOR_H
 
 #include "pool_utils.h"
-#include "srsran/common/srsran_assert.h"
+#include "support/srsran_assert.h"
 
 namespace srsran {
 
diff --git a/lib/include/srsran/asn1/asn1_utils.h b/lib/include/srsran/asn1/asn1_utils.h
index f86f7eee1..e130d271c 100644
--- a/lib/include/srsran/asn1/asn1_utils.h
+++ b/lib/include/srsran/asn1/asn1_utils.h
@@ -13,8 +13,8 @@
 #ifndef SRSASN_COMMON_UTILS_H
 #define SRSASN_COMMON_UTILS_H
 
-#include "srsran/common/srsran_assert.h"
 #include "srsran/srslog/srslog.h"
+#include "support/srsran_assert.h"
 #include <algorithm>
 #include <array>
 #include <cmath>
diff --git a/lib/include/srsran/common/slot_point.h b/lib/include/srsran/common/slot_point.h
index 70477312e..97b0bbed1 100644
--- a/lib/include/srsran/common/slot_point.h
+++ b/lib/include/srsran/common/slot_point.h
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 #define SRSRAN_SLOT_POINT_H
 
 #include "srsran/adt/interval.h"
-#include "srsran/common/srsran_assert.h"
+#include "support/srsran_assert.h"
 
 namespace srsran {
 
diff --git a/lib/include/srsran/common/test_common.h b/lib/include/srsran/common/test_common.h
index 76180d184..7457eb951 100644
--- a/lib/include/srsran/common/test_common.h
+++ b/lib/include/srsran/common/test_common.h
@@ -19,9 +19,9 @@
 
 #include "srsran/common/buffer_pool.h"
 #include "srsran/common/crash_handler.h"
-#include "srsran/common/srsran_assert.h"
 #include "srsran/common/standard_streams.h"
 #include "srsran/srslog/srslog.h"
+#include "support/srsran_assert.h"
 #include <atomic>
 #include <cstdio>
 
diff --git a/lib/include/srsran/common/tti_point.h b/lib/include/srsran/common/tti_point.h
index 8ae0fd803..aac2e0b80 100644
--- a/lib/include/srsran/common/tti_point.h
+++ b/lib/include/srsran/common/tti_point.h
@@ -15,8 +15,8 @@
 
 #include "srsran/adt/interval.h"
 #include "srsran/common/common.h"
-#include "srsran/common/srsran_assert.h"
 #include "srsran/srslog/srslog.h"
+#include "support/srsran_assert.h"
 #include <cstdint>
 #include <limits>
 
diff --git a/lib/include/srsran/rlc/rlc_am_lte.h b/lib/include/srsran/rlc/rlc_am_lte.h
index 9066f3236..19cd565c9 100644
--- a/lib/include/srsran/rlc/rlc_am_lte.h
+++ b/lib/include/srsran/rlc/rlc_am_lte.h
@@ -19,13 +19,13 @@
 #include "srsran/adt/intrusive_list.h"
 #include "srsran/common/buffer_pool.h"
 #include "srsran/common/common.h"
-#include "srsran/common/srsran_assert.h"
 #include "srsran/common/task_scheduler.h"
 #include "srsran/common/timeout.h"
 #include "srsran/interfaces/pdcp_interface_types.h"
 #include "srsran/rlc/rlc_am_base.h"
 #include "srsran/rlc/rlc_common.h"
 #include "srsran/upper/byte_buffer_queue.h"
+#include "support/srsran_assert.h"
 #include <deque>
 #include <list>
 #include <map>
diff --git a/lib/include/srsran/common/srsran_assert.h b/lib/include/support/srsran_assert.h
similarity index 52%
rename from lib/include/srsran/common/srsran_assert.h
rename to lib/include/support/srsran_assert.h
index 45eaa4a6d..91c6e8369 100644
--- a/lib/include/srsran/common/srsran_assert.h
+++ b/lib/include/support/srsran_assert.h
@@ -13,38 +13,54 @@
 #ifndef SRSRAN_ASSERT_H
 #define SRSRAN_ASSERT_H
 
+#ifdef __cplusplus
 #include "srsran/srslog/srslog.h"
 #include <cstdio>
+#include <stdarg.h>
 
 #define srsran_unlikely(expr) __builtin_expect(!!(expr), 0)
 
-#define srsran_terminate(fmt, ...)                                                                                     \
-  srslog::flush();                                                                                                     \
-  std::fprintf(stderr, "%s:%d: " fmt "\n", __FILE__, __LINE__, ##__VA_ARGS__);                                         \
-  std::abort()
+/**
+ * Command to terminate srsRAN application with an error message, ensuring first that the log is flushed
+ */
+[[gnu::noinline, noreturn]] inline bool srsran_terminate(const char* fmt, ...)
+{
+  va_list args;
+  va_start(args, fmt);
+  srslog::flush();
+  vfprintf(stderr, fmt, args);
+  va_end(args);
+  std::abort();
+}
 
-#ifdef ASSERTS_ENABLED
+#define srsran_assertion_failure(fmt, ...)                                                                             \
+  srsran_terminate("%s:%d: Assertion Failure: " fmt "\n", __FILE__, __LINE__, ##__VA_ARGS__)
 
 /**
- * Macro that asserts condition is true. If false, it logs the remaining parameters, prints the backtrace and closes
- * the application
+ * Macro that asserts condition is true. If false, it logs the remaining macro args, flushes the log,
+ * prints the backtrace (if it was activated) and closes the application.
  */
-#define srsran_assert(condition, fmt, ...)                                                                             \
-  do {                                                                                                                 \
-    if (srsran_unlikely(not(condition))) {                                                                             \
-      srsran_terminate(fmt, ##__VA_ARGS__);                                                                            \
-    }                                                                                                                  \
-  } while (0)
+#define srsran_always_assert(condition, fmt, ...) (void)((condition) || srsran_assertion_failure(fmt, ##__VA_ARGS__))
+
+#define SRSRAN_IS_DEFINED(x) SRSRAN_IS_DEFINED2(x)
+#define SRSRAN_IS_DEFINED2(x) (#x[0] == 0 || (#x[0] >= '1' && #x[0] <= '9'))
+
+/**
+ * Same as "srsran_always_assert" but it is only active when "enable_check" flag is defined
+ */
+#define srsran_assert_ifdef(enable_check, condition, fmt, ...)                                                         \
+  (void)((not SRSRAN_IS_DEFINED(enable_check)) || (srsran_always_assert(condition, fmt, ##__VA_ARGS__), 0))
+
+/**
+ * Specialization of "srsran_assert_ifdef" for the ASSERTS_ENABLED flag
+ */
+#define srsran_assert(condition, fmt, ...) srsran_assert_ifdef(ASSERTS_ENABLED, condition, fmt, ##__VA_ARGS__)
 
 #ifdef STOP_ON_WARNING
 
-/**
- * Macro that verifies if condition is true. If false, and STOP_ON_WARNING is true, it behaves like srsran_assert.
- * If STOP_ON_WARNING is false, it logs a warning.
- */
 #define srsran_expect(condition, fmt, ...) srsran_assert(condition, fmt, ##__VA_ARGS__)
 
-#else // STOP_ON_WARNING
+#else
 
 #define srsran_expect(condition, fmt, ...)                                                                             \
   do {                                                                                                                 \
@@ -53,16 +69,20 @@
     }                                                                                                                  \
   } while (0)
 
-#endif // STOP_ON_WARNING
+#endif
 
-#else // ASSERTS_ENABLED
+#else // __ifcplusplus
 
+#include <cassert>
+
+#ifdef ASSERTS_ENABLED
+#define srsran_assert(condition, fmt, ...) (void)((condition) || (__assert(#condition, __FILE__, __FLAG__), 0))
+#else
 #define srsran_assert(condition, fmt, ...)                                                                             \
   do {                                                                                                                 \
   } while (0)
-
-#define srsran_expect(condition, fmt, ...) srsran_assert(condition, fmt, ##__VA_ARGS__)
-
 #endif
 
+#endif // __ifcplusplus
+
 #endif // SRSRAN_ASSERT_H
diff --git a/lib/src/common/phy_cfg_nr_default.cc b/lib/src/common/phy_cfg_nr_default.cc
index 1c1eca71e..e8b5d91ab 100644
--- a/lib/src/common/phy_cfg_nr_default.cc
+++ b/lib/src/common/phy_cfg_nr_default.cc
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ phy_cfg_nr_default_t::reference_cfg_t::reference_cfg_t(const std::string& args)
 
     // Skip if size is invalid
     if (param.size() != 2) {
-      srsran_terminate("Invalid reference argument '%s'", e.c_str());
+      srsran_assertion_failure("Invalid reference argument '%s'", e.c_str());
     }
 
     if (param.front() == "carrier") {
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ phy_cfg_nr_default_t::reference_cfg_t::reference_cfg_t(const std::string& args)
       }
       srsran_assert(pdsch != R_PDSCH_COUNT, "Invalid PDSCH reference configuration '%s'", param.back().c_str());
     } else {
-      srsran_terminate("Invalid %s reference component", param.front().c_str());
+      srsran_assertion_failure("Invalid %s reference component", param.front().c_str());
     }
   }
 }
@@ -212,7 +212,7 @@ void make_nzp_csi_rs_ts38101_table_5_2_1(const srsran_carrier_nr_t& carrier, srs
     res3.periodicity.offset = 21;
     res4.periodicity.offset = 21;
   } else {
-    srsran_terminate("Invalid subcarrier spacing %d kHz", 15U << (uint32_t)carrier.scs);
+    srsran_assertion_failure("Invalid subcarrier spacing %d kHz", 15U << (uint32_t)carrier.scs);
   }
 
   res1.resource_mapping.freq_band = {0, carrier.nof_prb};
@@ -370,7 +370,7 @@ phy_cfg_nr_default_t::phy_cfg_nr_default_t(const reference_cfg_t& reference_cfg)
       make_carrier_custom_20MHz(carrier);
       break;
     case reference_cfg_t::R_CARRIER_COUNT:
-      srsran_terminate("Invalid carrier reference");
+      srsran_assertion_failure("Invalid carrier reference");
   }
 
   switch (reference_cfg.tdd) {
@@ -381,7 +381,7 @@ phy_cfg_nr_default_t::phy_cfg_nr_default_t(const reference_cfg_t& reference_cfg)
       make_tdd_fr1_15_1(tdd);
       break;
     case reference_cfg_t::R_TDD_COUNT:
-      srsran_terminate("Invalid TDD reference");
+      srsran_assertion_failure("Invalid TDD reference");
   }
 
   switch (reference_cfg.pdcch) {
@@ -398,7 +398,7 @@ phy_cfg_nr_default_t::phy_cfg_nr_default_t(const reference_cfg_t& reference_cfg)
       make_pdsch_2_1_1_tdd(carrier, pdsch);
       break;
     case reference_cfg_t::R_PDSCH_COUNT:
-      srsran_terminate("Invalid PDSCH reference configuration");
+      srsran_assertion_failure("Invalid PDSCH reference configuration");
   }
 
   switch (reference_cfg.pusch) {
diff --git a/srsenb/hdr/stack/mac/sched_phy_ch/sched_phy_resource.h b/srsenb/hdr/stack/mac/sched_phy_ch/sched_phy_resource.h
index 144948750..8e218b3da 100644
--- a/srsenb/hdr/stack/mac/sched_phy_ch/sched_phy_resource.h
+++ b/srsenb/hdr/stack/mac/sched_phy_ch/sched_phy_resource.h
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 
 #include "srsran/adt/bounded_bitset.h"
 #include "srsran/adt/interval.h"
-#include "srsran/common/srsran_assert.h"
+#include "support/srsran_assert.h"
 extern "C" {
 #include "srsran/phy/phch/ra.h"
 }
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ inline uint32_t cell_nof_prb_to_rbg(uint32_t nof_prbs)
     case 100:
       return 25;
     default:
-      srsran_terminate("Provided nof PRBs not valid");
+      srsran_assertion_failure("Provided nof PRBs not valid");
   }
   return 0;
 }
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ inline uint32_t cell_nof_rbg_to_prb(uint32_t nof_rbgs)
     case 25:
       return 100;
     default:
-      srsran_terminate("Provided nof PRBs not valid");
+      srsran_assertion_failure("Provided nof PRBs not valid");
   }
   return 0;
 }
diff --git a/srsenb/src/stack/rrc/rrc_ue.cc b/srsenb/src/stack/rrc/rrc_ue.cc
index 4083cdb85..6ac359cae 100644
--- a/srsenb/src/stack/rrc/rrc_ue.cc
+++ b/srsenb/src/stack/rrc/rrc_ue.cc
@@ -18,11 +18,11 @@
 #include "srsenb/hdr/stack/rrc/ue_rr_cfg.h"
 #include "srsran/asn1/rrc_utils.h"
 #include "srsran/common/enb_events.h"
-#include "srsran/common/srsran_assert.h"
 #include "srsran/common/standard_streams.h"
 #include "srsran/interfaces/enb_pdcp_interfaces.h"
 #include "srsran/interfaces/enb_rlc_interfaces.h"
 #include "srsran/interfaces/enb_s1ap_interfaces.h"
+#include "support/srsran_assert.h"
 
 using namespace asn1::rrc;
 
@@ -1420,7 +1420,7 @@ void rrc::ue::apply_rlc_rb_updates(const rr_cfg_ded_s& pending_rr_cfg)
     } else if (srb.srb_id == 2) {
       srb_cfg = &parent->cfg.srb2_cfg;
     } else {
-      srsran_terminate("Invalid LTE SRB id=%d", srb.srb_id);
+      srsran_assertion_failure("Invalid LTE SRB id=%d", srb.srb_id);
     }
 
     if (srb_cfg->rlc_cfg.type() == srb_to_add_mod_s::rlc_cfg_c_::types_opts::explicit_value) {
diff --git a/srsenb/src/stack/upper/gtpu.cc b/srsenb/src/stack/upper/gtpu.cc
index 4931e9dbc..0f105cf03 100644
--- a/srsenb/src/stack/upper/gtpu.cc
+++ b/srsenb/src/stack/upper/gtpu.cc
@@ -13,11 +13,11 @@
 #include "srsran/upper/gtpu.h"
 #include "srsenb/hdr/stack/upper/gtpu.h"
 #include "srsran/common/network_utils.h"
-#include "srsran/common/srsran_assert.h"
 #include "srsran/common/standard_streams.h"
 #include "srsran/common/string_helpers.h"
 #include "srsran/interfaces/enb_interfaces.h"
 #include "srsran/interfaces/enb_pdcp_interfaces.h"
+#include "support/srsran_assert.h"
 
 #include <errno.h>
 #include <linux/ip.h>