diff --git a/Documentation/GlobalTool.md b/Documentation/GlobalTool.md
index b87964a2d..4dc47e652 100644
--- a/Documentation/GlobalTool.md
+++ b/Documentation/GlobalTool.md
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ Options:
   --use-source-link                     Specifies whether to use SourceLink URIs in place of file system paths.
   --does-not-return-attribute           Attributes that mark methods that do not return.
   --exclude-assemblies-without-sources  Specifies behaviour of heuristic to ignore assemblies with missing source documents.
+  --use-mapping-file                    Specifies the path to a SourceRootsMappings file.
   --version                             Show version information
   -?, -h, --help                        Show help and usage information
 ```
@@ -237,6 +238,18 @@ You can also include coverage of the test assembly itself by specifying the `--i
 
 Coverlet supports [SourceLink](https://github.com/dotnet/sourcelink) custom debug information contained in PDBs. When you specify the `--use-source-link` flag, Coverlet will generate results that contain the URL to the source files in your source control instead of local file paths.
 
+## Path Mappings
+
+Coverlet has the ability to map the paths contained inside the debug sources into a local path where the source is currently located using the option `--source-mapping-file`. This is useful if the source was built using a deterministic build which sets the path to `/_/` or if it was built on a different host where the source is located in a different path.
+
+The value for `--source-mapping-file` should be a file with each line being in the format `|path to map to=path in debug symbol`. For example to map the local checkout of a project `C:\git\coverlet` to project that was built with `<Deterministic>true</Deterministic>` which sets the sources to `/_/*` the following line must be in the mapping file.
+
+```
+|C:\git\coverlet\=/_/
+```
+
+During coverage collection, Coverlet will translate any path that starts with `/_/` to `C:\git\coverlet\` allowing the collector to find the source file.
+
 ## Exit Codes
 
 Coverlet outputs specific exit codes to better support build automation systems for determining the kind of failure so the appropriate action can be taken.
diff --git a/src/coverlet.console/Program.cs b/src/coverlet.console/Program.cs
index 1a4bde021..7bf4dad77 100644
--- a/src/coverlet.console/Program.cs
+++ b/src/coverlet.console/Program.cs
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ static int Main(string[] args)
       var useSourceLink = new Option<bool>("--use-source-link", "Specifies whether to use SourceLink URIs in place of file system paths.") { Arity = ArgumentArity.Zero };
       var doesNotReturnAttributes = new Option<string[]>("--does-not-return-attribute", "Attributes that mark methods that do not return") { Arity = ArgumentArity.ZeroOrMore };
       var excludeAssembliesWithoutSources = new Option<string>("--exclude-assemblies-without-sources", "Specifies behaviour of heuristic to ignore assemblies with missing source documents.") { Arity = ArgumentArity.ZeroOrOne };
+      var sourceMappingFile = new Option<string>("--source-mapping-file", "Specifies the path to a SourceRootsMappings file.") { Arity = ArgumentArity.ZeroOrOne };
 
       RootCommand rootCommand = new()
       {
@@ -71,7 +72,8 @@ static int Main(string[] args)
         mergeWith,
         useSourceLink,
         doesNotReturnAttributes,
-        excludeAssembliesWithoutSources
+        excludeAssembliesWithoutSources,
+        sourceMappingFile
       };
 
       rootCommand.Description = "Cross platform .NET Core code coverage tool";
@@ -99,6 +101,7 @@ static int Main(string[] args)
         bool useSourceLinkValue = context.ParseResult.GetValueForOption(useSourceLink);
         string[] doesNotReturnAttributesValue = context.ParseResult.GetValueForOption(doesNotReturnAttributes);
         string excludeAssembliesWithoutSourcesValue = context.ParseResult.GetValueForOption(excludeAssembliesWithoutSources);
+        string sourceMappingFileValue = context.ParseResult.GetValueForOption(sourceMappingFile);
 
         if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(moduleOrAppDirectoryValue) || string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(moduleOrAppDirectoryValue))
           throw new ArgumentException("No test assembly or application directory specified.");
@@ -123,7 +126,8 @@ static int Main(string[] args)
                       mergeWithValue,
                       useSourceLinkValue,
                       doesNotReturnAttributesValue,
-                      excludeAssembliesWithoutSourcesValue);
+                      excludeAssembliesWithoutSourcesValue,
+                      sourceMappingFileValue);
         context.ExitCode = taskStatus;
 
       });
@@ -149,7 +153,8 @@ private static Task<int> HandleCommand(string moduleOrAppDirectory,
                                                            string mergeWith,
                                                            bool useSourceLink,
                                                            string[] doesNotReturnAttributes,
-                                                           string excludeAssembliesWithoutSources
+                                                           string excludeAssembliesWithoutSources,
+                                                           string sourceMappingFile
              )
     {
 
@@ -160,7 +165,7 @@ string excludeAssembliesWithoutSources
       serviceCollection.AddTransient<ILogger, ConsoleLogger>();
       // We need to keep singleton/static semantics
       serviceCollection.AddSingleton<IInstrumentationHelper, InstrumentationHelper>();
-      serviceCollection.AddSingleton<ISourceRootTranslator, SourceRootTranslator>(provider => new SourceRootTranslator(provider.GetRequiredService<ILogger>(), provider.GetRequiredService<IFileSystem>()));
+      serviceCollection.AddSingleton<ISourceRootTranslator, SourceRootTranslator>(provider => new SourceRootTranslator(sourceMappingFile, provider.GetRequiredService<ILogger>(), provider.GetRequiredService<IFileSystem>()));
       serviceCollection.AddSingleton<ICecilSymbolHelper, CecilSymbolHelper>();
 
       ServiceProvider serviceProvider = serviceCollection.BuildServiceProvider();
diff --git a/src/coverlet.core/Helpers/SourceRootTranslator.cs b/src/coverlet.core/Helpers/SourceRootTranslator.cs
index 7c2cfeb36..d5a0dfcc7 100644
--- a/src/coverlet.core/Helpers/SourceRootTranslator.cs
+++ b/src/coverlet.core/Helpers/SourceRootTranslator.cs
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ internal class SourceRootTranslator : ISourceRootTranslator
     private readonly IFileSystem _fileSystem;
     private readonly Dictionary<string, List<SourceRootMapping>> _sourceRootMapping;
     private readonly Dictionary<string, List<string>> _sourceToDeterministicPathMapping;
-    private readonly string _mappingFileName;
     private Dictionary<string, string> _resolutionCacheFiles;
 
     public SourceRootTranslator(ILogger logger, IFileSystem fileSystem)
@@ -32,6 +31,13 @@ public SourceRootTranslator(ILogger logger, IFileSystem fileSystem)
       _sourceRootMapping = new Dictionary<string, List<SourceRootMapping>>();
     }
 
+    public SourceRootTranslator(string sourceMappingFile, ILogger logger, IFileSystem fileSystem)
+    {
+      _logger = logger ?? throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(logger));
+      _fileSystem = fileSystem ?? throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(fileSystem));
+      _sourceRootMapping = LoadSourceRootMapping(sourceMappingFile);
+    }
+
     public SourceRootTranslator(string moduleTestPath, ILogger logger, IFileSystem fileSystem, IAssemblyAdapter assemblyAdapter)
     {
       _logger = logger ?? throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(logger));
@@ -46,11 +52,11 @@ public SourceRootTranslator(string moduleTestPath, ILogger logger, IFileSystem f
       }
 
       string assemblyName = assemblyAdapter.GetAssemblyName(moduleTestPath);
-      _mappingFileName = $"CoverletSourceRootsMapping_{assemblyName}";
+      string mappingFileName = $"CoverletSourceRootsMapping_{assemblyName}";
 
-      _logger.LogInformation($"_mapping file name: '{_mappingFileName}'", true);
+      _logger.LogInformation($"_mapping file name: '{mappingFileName}'", true);
 
-      _sourceRootMapping = LoadSourceRootMapping(Path.GetDirectoryName(moduleTestPath));
+      _sourceRootMapping = LoadSourceRootMapping(Path.Combine(Path.GetDirectoryName(moduleTestPath), mappingFileName));
       _sourceToDeterministicPathMapping = LoadSourceToDeterministicPathMapping(_sourceRootMapping);
     }
 
@@ -77,11 +83,10 @@ private static Dictionary<string, List<string>> LoadSourceToDeterministicPathMap
       return sourceToDeterministicPathMapping;
     }
 
-    private Dictionary<string, List<SourceRootMapping>> LoadSourceRootMapping(string directory)
+    private Dictionary<string, List<SourceRootMapping>> LoadSourceRootMapping(string mappingFilePath)
     {
       var mapping = new Dictionary<string, List<SourceRootMapping>>();
 
-      string mappingFilePath = Path.Combine(directory, _mappingFileName);
       if (!_fileSystem.Exists(mappingFilePath))
       {
         return mapping;
diff --git a/test/coverlet.core.tests/Helpers/SourceRootTranslatorTests.cs b/test/coverlet.core.tests/Helpers/SourceRootTranslatorTests.cs
index c09a988f5..c860678c8 100644
--- a/test/coverlet.core.tests/Helpers/SourceRootTranslatorTests.cs
+++ b/test/coverlet.core.tests/Helpers/SourceRootTranslatorTests.cs
@@ -51,6 +51,25 @@ public void TranslatePathRoot_Success()
       Assert.Equal(@"C:\git\coverlet\", translator.ResolvePathRoot("/_/")[0].OriginalPath);
     }
 
+    [ConditionalFact]
+    [SkipOnOS(OS.Linux, "Windows path format only")]
+    [SkipOnOS(OS.MacOS, "Windows path format only")]
+    public void TranslateWithDirectFile_Success()
+    {
+      var logger = new Mock<ILogger>();
+      var assemblyAdapter = new Mock<IAssemblyAdapter>();
+      assemblyAdapter.Setup(x => x.GetAssemblyName(It.IsAny<string>())).Returns("testLib");
+      var fileSystem = new Mock<IFileSystem>();
+      fileSystem.Setup(f => f.Exists(It.IsAny<string>())).Returns((string p) =>
+      {
+        if (p == "testLib.dll" || p == @"C:\git\coverlet\src\coverlet.core\obj\Debug\netstandard2.0\coverlet.core.pdb" || p == "CoverletSourceRootsMapping_testLib") return true;
+        return false;
+      });
+      fileSystem.Setup(f => f.ReadAllLines(It.IsAny<string>())).Returns(File.ReadAllLines(@"TestAssets/CoverletSourceRootsMappingTest"));
+      var translator = new SourceRootTranslator("CoverletSourceRootsMapping_testLib", logger.Object, fileSystem.Object);
+      Assert.Equal(@"C:\git\coverlet\", translator.ResolvePathRoot("/_/")[0].OriginalPath);
+    }
+
     [Fact]
     public void Translate_EmptyFile()
     {