diff --git a/src/coverlet.collector/DataCollection/CoverageWrapper.cs b/src/coverlet.collector/DataCollection/CoverageWrapper.cs
index 9018ee387..0f8dc4287 100644
--- a/src/coverlet.collector/DataCollection/CoverageWrapper.cs
+++ b/src/coverlet.collector/DataCollection/CoverageWrapper.cs
@@ -33,7 +33,8 @@ public Coverage CreateCoverage(CoverletSettings settings, ILogger coverletLogger
                 UseSourceLink = settings.UseSourceLink,
                 SkipAutoProps = settings.SkipAutoProps,
                 DoesNotReturnAttributes = settings.DoesNotReturnAttributes,
-                DeterministicReport = settings.DeterministicReport
+                DeterministicReport = settings.DeterministicReport,
+                InstrumentModulesWithoutLocalSources = settings.InstrumentModulesWithoutLocalSources
             };
 
             return new Coverage(
diff --git a/src/coverlet.collector/DataCollection/CoverletSettings.cs b/src/coverlet.collector/DataCollection/CoverletSettings.cs
index bf04e6326..7a23e0a5e 100644
--- a/src/coverlet.collector/DataCollection/CoverletSettings.cs
+++ b/src/coverlet.collector/DataCollection/CoverletSettings.cs
@@ -81,6 +81,11 @@ internal class CoverletSettings
         /// </summary>
         public bool DeterministicReport { get; set; }
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Instruments modules even if the sources from the PDBs can't be resolved.
+        /// </summary>
+        public bool InstrumentModulesWithoutLocalSources { get;  set; }
+
         public override string ToString()
         {
             var builder = new StringBuilder();
@@ -98,6 +103,7 @@ public override string ToString()
             builder.AppendFormat("SkipAutoProps: '{0}'", SkipAutoProps);
             builder.AppendFormat("DoesNotReturnAttributes: '{0}'", string.Join(",", DoesNotReturnAttributes ?? Enumerable.Empty<string>()));
             builder.AppendFormat("DeterministicReport: '{0}'", DeterministicReport);
+            builder.AppendFormat("InstrumentModulesWithoutLocalSources: '{0}'", InstrumentModulesWithoutLocalSources);
 
             return builder.ToString();
         }
diff --git a/src/coverlet.collector/DataCollection/CoverletSettingsParser.cs b/src/coverlet.collector/DataCollection/CoverletSettingsParser.cs
index 4440b24d8..b1a77b1dc 100644
--- a/src/coverlet.collector/DataCollection/CoverletSettingsParser.cs
+++ b/src/coverlet.collector/DataCollection/CoverletSettingsParser.cs
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ public CoverletSettings Parse(XmlElement configurationElement, IEnumerable<strin
                 coverletSettings.SkipAutoProps = ParseSkipAutoProps(configurationElement);
                 coverletSettings.DoesNotReturnAttributes = ParseDoesNotReturnAttributes(configurationElement);
                 coverletSettings.DeterministicReport = ParseDeterministicReport(configurationElement);
+                coverletSettings.InstrumentModulesWithoutLocalSources = ParseInstrumentModulesWithoutLocalSources(configurationElement);
             }
 
             coverletSettings.ReportFormats = ParseReportFormats(configurationElement);
@@ -211,6 +212,18 @@ private static bool ParseDeterministicReport(XmlElement configurationElement)
             return deterministicReport;
         }
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Parse InstrumentModulesWithoutLocalSources flag
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="configurationElement">Configuration element</param>
+        /// <returns>InstrumentModulesWithoutLocalSources flag</returns>
+        private static bool ParseInstrumentModulesWithoutLocalSources(XmlElement configurationElement)
+        {
+            XmlElement instrumentModulesWithoutLocalSourcesElement = configurationElement[CoverletConstants.InstrumentModulesWithoutLocalSources];
+            bool.TryParse(instrumentModulesWithoutLocalSourcesElement?.InnerText, out bool instrumentModulesWithoutLocalSources);
+            return instrumentModulesWithoutLocalSources;
+        }
+
         /// <summary>
         /// Parse include test assembly flag
         /// </summary>
diff --git a/src/coverlet.collector/Utilities/CoverletConstants.cs b/src/coverlet.collector/Utilities/CoverletConstants.cs
index 5aff53cfb..a8bd770e7 100644
--- a/src/coverlet.collector/Utilities/CoverletConstants.cs
+++ b/src/coverlet.collector/Utilities/CoverletConstants.cs
@@ -26,5 +26,6 @@ internal static class CoverletConstants
         public const string SkipAutoProps = "SkipAutoProps";
         public const string DoesNotReturnAttributesElementName = "DoesNotReturnAttribute";
         public const string DeterministicReport = "DeterministicReport";
+        public const string InstrumentModulesWithoutLocalSources = "InstrumentModulesWithoutLocalSources";
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/coverlet.console/Program.cs b/src/coverlet.console/Program.cs
index 25f5f7350..a80f6ff31 100644
--- a/src/coverlet.console/Program.cs
+++ b/src/coverlet.console/Program.cs
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@ static int Main(string[] args)
             CommandOption mergeWith = app.Option("--merge-with", "Path to existing coverage result to merge.", CommandOptionType.SingleValue);
             CommandOption useSourceLink = app.Option("--use-source-link", "Specifies whether to use SourceLink URIs in place of file system paths.", CommandOptionType.NoValue);
             CommandOption doesNotReturnAttributes = app.Option("--does-not-return-attribute", "Attributes that mark methods that do not return.", CommandOptionType.MultipleValue);
+            CommandOption instrumentModulesWithoutLocalSources = app.Option("--instrument-modules-without-local-sources", "Specifies whether modules should be instrumented even if the sources from the PDBs can't be found locally.", CommandOptionType.NoValue);
 
             app.OnExecute(() =>
             {
@@ -97,7 +98,8 @@ static int Main(string[] args)
                     MergeWith = mergeWith.Value(),
                     UseSourceLink = useSourceLink.HasValue(),
                     SkipAutoProps = skipAutoProp.HasValue(),
-                    DoesNotReturnAttributes = doesNotReturnAttributes.Values.ToArray()
+                    DoesNotReturnAttributes = doesNotReturnAttributes.Values.ToArray(),
+                    InstrumentModulesWithoutLocalSources = instrumentModulesWithoutLocalSources.HasValue(),
                 };
 
                 ISourceRootTranslator sourceRootTranslator = serviceProvider.GetRequiredService<ISourceRootTranslator>();
diff --git a/src/coverlet.core/Coverage.cs b/src/coverlet.core/Coverage.cs
index 25a415b5b..d0357997e 100644
--- a/src/coverlet.core/Coverage.cs
+++ b/src/coverlet.core/Coverage.cs
@@ -43,6 +43,8 @@ internal class CoverageParameters
         public bool SkipAutoProps { get; set; }
         [DataMember]
         public bool DeterministicReport { get; set; }
+        [DataMember]
+        public bool InstrumentModulesWithoutLocalSources { get; set; }
     }
 
     internal class Coverage
diff --git a/src/coverlet.core/Instrumentation/Instrumenter.cs b/src/coverlet.core/Instrumentation/Instrumenter.cs
index 42a1a1835..36d195c50 100644
--- a/src/coverlet.core/Instrumentation/Instrumenter.cs
+++ b/src/coverlet.core/Instrumentation/Instrumenter.cs
@@ -94,6 +94,11 @@ public bool CanInstrument()
             {
                 if (_instrumentationHelper.HasPdb(_module, out bool embeddedPdb))
                 {
+                    if (this._parameters.InstrumentModulesWithoutLocalSources)
+                    {
+                        return true;
+                    }
+					
                     if (embeddedPdb)
                     {
                         if (_instrumentationHelper.EmbeddedPortablePdbHasLocalSource(_module, out string firstNotFoundDocument))
diff --git a/src/coverlet.core/Reporters/CoberturaReporter.cs b/src/coverlet.core/Reporters/CoberturaReporter.cs
index 57571df9a..e3d299fda 100644
--- a/src/coverlet.core/Reporters/CoberturaReporter.cs
+++ b/src/coverlet.core/Reporters/CoberturaReporter.cs
@@ -227,9 +227,6 @@ private static string GetRelativePathFromBase(IEnumerable<string> basePaths, str
                     return path.Substring(basePath.Length);
                 }
             }
-
-            Debug.Assert(false, "Unexpected, we should find at least one path starts with one pre-build roots list");
-
             return path;
         }
     }
diff --git a/src/coverlet.msbuild.tasks/InstrumentationTask.cs b/src/coverlet.msbuild.tasks/InstrumentationTask.cs
index 2ec4910da..b43f152d4 100644
--- a/src/coverlet.msbuild.tasks/InstrumentationTask.cs
+++ b/src/coverlet.msbuild.tasks/InstrumentationTask.cs
@@ -47,6 +47,8 @@ public class InstrumentationTask : BaseTask
 
         public bool DeterministicReport { get; set; }
 
+        public bool InstrumentModulesWithoutLocalSources { get; set; }
+
         [Output]
         public ITaskItem InstrumenterState { get; set; }
 
@@ -99,6 +101,7 @@ public override bool Execute()
                     UseSourceLink = UseSourceLink,
                     SkipAutoProps = SkipAutoProps,
                     DeterministicReport = DeterministicReport,
+                    InstrumentModulesWithoutLocalSources = InstrumentModulesWithoutLocalSources,
                     DoesNotReturnAttributes = DoesNotReturnAttribute?.Split(',')
                 };