diff --git a/src/dbg/_exports.cpp b/src/dbg/_exports.cpp
index d72f8f90..026f3b74 100644
--- a/src/dbg/_exports.cpp
+++ b/src/dbg/_exports.cpp
@@ -1010,6 +1010,7 @@ extern "C" DLL_EXPORT duint _dbg_sendmessage(DBGMSG type, void* param1, void* pa
         bVerboseExceptionLogging = settingboolget("Engine", "VerboseExceptionLogging");
         bNoWow64SingleStepWorkaround = settingboolget("Engine", "NoWow64SingleStepWorkaround");
         bQueryWorkingSet = settingboolget("Misc", "QueryWorkingSet");
+        bForceLoadSymbols = settingboolget("Misc", "ForceLoadSymbols");
         stackupdatesettings();
 
         duint setting;
diff --git a/src/dbg/debugger.cpp b/src/dbg/debugger.cpp
index 772a0f41..60bdba74 100644
--- a/src/dbg/debugger.cpp
+++ b/src/dbg/debugger.cpp
@@ -86,6 +86,7 @@ bool bNoForegroundWindow = false;
 bool bVerboseExceptionLogging = true;
 bool bNoWow64SingleStepWorkaround = false;
 bool bTraceBrowserNeedsUpdate = false;
+bool bForceLoadSymbols = false;
 duint DbgEvents = 0;
 duint maxSkipExceptionCount = 10000;
 HANDLE mProcHandle;
diff --git a/src/dbg/debugger.h b/src/dbg/debugger.h
index ebf00b62..19e9784c 100644
--- a/src/dbg/debugger.h
+++ b/src/dbg/debugger.h
@@ -123,6 +123,7 @@ extern bool bIgnoreInconsistentBreakpoints;
 extern bool bNoForegroundWindow;
 extern bool bVerboseExceptionLogging;
 extern bool bNoWow64SingleStepWorkaround;
+extern bool bForceLoadSymbols;
 extern duint maxSkipExceptionCount;
 extern HANDLE mProcHandle;
 extern HANDLE mForegroundHandle;
diff --git a/src/dbg/module.cpp b/src/dbg/module.cpp
index eedeff31..b35da799 100644
--- a/src/dbg/module.cpp
+++ b/src/dbg/module.cpp
@@ -571,8 +571,6 @@ void ReadDebugDirectory(MODINFO & Info, ULONG_PTR FileMapVA)
             strncat_s(pdbPath, ".pdb", _TRUNCATE);
             Info.pdbPaths.push_back(pdbPath);
         }
-
-
     }
 }
 
@@ -1119,7 +1117,7 @@ bool MODINFO::loadSymbols()
             {
                 GuiSymbolLogAdd(StringUtils::sprintf("[DIA] Skipping non-existent PDB: %s\n", pdbPath.c_str()).c_str());
             }
-            else if(symSource->loadPDB(pdbPath, base, size, &validationData))
+            else if(symSource->loadPDB(pdbPath, base, size, bForceLoadSymbols ? nullptr : &validationData))
             {
                 symSource->resizeSymbolBitmap(size);
 
diff --git a/src/dbg/pdbdiafile.cpp b/src/dbg/pdbdiafile.cpp
index c268ed88..06888771 100644
--- a/src/dbg/pdbdiafile.cpp
+++ b/src/dbg/pdbdiafile.cpp
@@ -320,6 +320,10 @@ bool PDBDiaFile::open(const wchar_t* file, uint64_t loadAddress, DiaValidationDa
             }
         }
     }
+    else
+    {
+        GuiSymbolLogAdd("Skipping PDB validation, expect invalid results!\n");
+    }
 
     if(loadAddress != 0)
     {