diff --git a/ICSharpCode.Decompiler.Tests/PdbGenerationTestRunner.cs b/ICSharpCode.Decompiler.Tests/PdbGenerationTestRunner.cs
index 7047f9abc..b22dcad56 100644
--- a/ICSharpCode.Decompiler.Tests/PdbGenerationTestRunner.cs
+++ b/ICSharpCode.Decompiler.Tests/PdbGenerationTestRunner.cs
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.IO;
 using System.Linq;
 using System.Reflection.Metadata;
@@ -64,7 +65,8 @@ namespace ICSharpCode.Decompiler.Tests
 			using (FileStream pdbStream = File.Open(Path.Combine(TestCasePath, nameof(CustomPdbId) + ".pdb"), FileMode.OpenOrCreate, FileAccess.ReadWrite))
 			{
 				pdbStream.SetLength(0);
-				PortablePdbWriter.WritePdb(moduleDefinition, decompiler, new DecompilerSettings(), pdbStream, noLogo: true, pdbId: expectedPdbId);
+				new PortablePdbWriter { NoLogo = true, PdbId = expectedPdbId }
+					.WritePdb(moduleDefinition, decompiler, new DecompilerSettings(), pdbStream);
 
 				pdbStream.Position = 0;
 				var metadataReader = MetadataReaderProvider.FromPortablePdbStream(pdbStream).GetMetadataReader();
@@ -75,6 +77,68 @@ namespace ICSharpCode.Decompiler.Tests
 			}
 		}
 
+		[Test]
+		public void EmbedSourceFiles_False_Omits_Embedded_Source()
+		{
+			// Generating a PDB alongside a project export (where the .cs are already on disk) should be
+			// able to skip embedding the source again. EmbedSourceFiles = false must drop the
+			// EmbeddedSource custom debug info (smaller PDB, no embeddedSourceLength) while keeping the
+			// document checksum/hash intact.
+
+			// Compile HelloWorld's source into a uniquely-named assembly so this test never collides
+			// with the HelloWorld fixture's .expected files under the fixture's parallel scope.
+			string sourceXml = Path.Combine(TestCasePath, nameof(HelloWorld) + ".xml");
+			var files = XDocument.Parse(File.ReadAllText(sourceXml))
+				.Descendants("file").ToDictionary(f => f.Attribute("name").Value, f => f.Value);
+			string outputBase = Path.Combine(TestCasePath, nameof(EmbedSourceFiles_False_Omits_Embedded_Source) + ".expected");
+			Tester.CompileCSharpWithPdb(outputBase, files);
+			string peFileName = outputBase + ".dll";
+
+			var module = new PEFile(peFileName);
+			var resolver = new UniversalAssemblyResolver(peFileName, false,
+				module.Metadata.DetectTargetFrameworkId(), null, PEStreamOptions.PrefetchEntireImage);
+
+			byte[] WritePdbBytes(bool embedSources)
+			{
+				var decompiler = new CSharpDecompiler(module, resolver, new DecompilerSettings());
+				using var ms = new MemoryStream();
+				new PortablePdbWriter { NoLogo = true, EmbedSourceFiles = embedSources }
+					.WritePdb(module, decompiler, new DecompilerSettings(), ms);
+				return ms.ToArray();
+			}
+
+			// Inspect the portable PDB metadata directly (environment-independent): count the
+			// EmbeddedSource custom-debug-information rows and the source documents.
+			(int EmbeddedSources, int Documents) Inspect(byte[] pdb)
+			{
+				using var ms = new MemoryStream(pdb);
+				var reader = MetadataReaderProvider.FromPortablePdbStream(ms).GetMetadataReader();
+				int embedded = 0;
+				foreach (var handle in reader.CustomDebugInformation)
+				{
+					var cdi = reader.GetCustomDebugInformation(handle);
+					if (reader.GetGuid(cdi.Kind) == KnownGuids.EmbeddedSource)
+						embedded++;
+				}
+				return (embedded, reader.Documents.Count);
+			}
+
+			var withEmbed = WritePdbBytes(embedSources: true);
+			var withoutEmbed = WritePdbBytes(embedSources: false);
+
+			var embedInfo = Inspect(withEmbed);
+			var noEmbedInfo = Inspect(withoutEmbed);
+
+			Assert.That(embedInfo.EmbeddedSources, Is.GreaterThan(0),
+				"the default (embed = true) keeps the embedded-source blobs");
+			Assert.That(noEmbedInfo.EmbeddedSources, Is.EqualTo(0),
+				"embed = false must omit every embedded-source blob");
+			Assert.That(noEmbedInfo.Documents, Is.EqualTo(embedInfo.Documents).And.GreaterThan(0),
+				"the source documents (with their checksum/hash) must remain even without embedded source");
+			Assert.That(withoutEmbed.Length, Is.LessThan(withEmbed.Length),
+				"omitting embedded source must produce a strictly smaller PDB");
+		}
+
 		[Test]
 		public void ProgressReporting()
 		{
@@ -104,7 +168,8 @@ namespace ICSharpCode.Decompiler.Tests
 			using (FileStream pdbStream = File.Open(Path.Combine(TestCasePath, nameof(ProgressReporting) + ".pdb"), FileMode.OpenOrCreate, FileAccess.ReadWrite))
 			{
 				pdbStream.SetLength(0);
-				PortablePdbWriter.WritePdb(moduleDefinition, decompiler, new DecompilerSettings(), pdbStream, noLogo: true, progress: new TestProgressReporter(reportFunc));
+				new PortablePdbWriter { NoLogo = true, Progress = new TestProgressReporter(reportFunc) }
+					.WritePdb(moduleDefinition, decompiler, new DecompilerSettings(), pdbStream);
 
 				pdbStream.Position = 0;
 				var metadataReader = MetadataReaderProvider.FromPortablePdbStream(pdbStream).GetMetadataReader();
@@ -142,7 +207,8 @@ namespace ICSharpCode.Decompiler.Tests
 			using (FileStream pdbStream = File.Open(Path.Combine(TestCasePath, testName + ".pdb"), FileMode.OpenOrCreate, FileAccess.ReadWrite))
 			{
 				pdbStream.SetLength(0);
-				PortablePdbWriter.WritePdb(moduleDefinition, decompiler, new DecompilerSettings(), pdbStream, noLogo: true);
+				new PortablePdbWriter { NoLogo = true }
+					.WritePdb(moduleDefinition, decompiler, new DecompilerSettings(), pdbStream);
 				pdbStream.Position = 0;
 				using (Stream peStream = File.OpenRead(peFileName))
 				using (Stream expectedPdbStream = File.OpenRead(pdbFileName))
diff --git a/ICSharpCode.Decompiler/DebugInfo/PortablePdbWriter.cs b/ICSharpCode.Decompiler/DebugInfo/PortablePdbWriter.cs
index e43abdcfe..9ece8f447 100644
--- a/ICSharpCode.Decompiler/DebugInfo/PortablePdbWriter.cs
+++ b/ICSharpCode.Decompiler/DebugInfo/PortablePdbWriter.cs
@@ -45,6 +45,29 @@ namespace ICSharpCode.Decompiler.DebugInfo
 	{
 		const string decompilerVersion = DecompilerVersionInfo.Version;
 
+		/// <summary>Suppresses the "generated by ICSharpCode.Decompiler" header comment in each source file.</summary>
+		public bool NoLogo { get; set; }
+
+		/// <summary>
+		/// The PDB id (GUID + stamp) to stamp into the generated PDB. When <c>null</c> (the default) the
+		/// id is taken from the assembly's CodeView debug-directory entry so the PDB matches the PE.
+		/// </summary>
+		public BlobContentId? PdbId { get; set; }
+
+		/// <summary>Optional per-file progress reporter.</summary>
+		public IProgress<DecompilationProgress> Progress { get; set; }
+
+		/// <summary>The title surfaced through <see cref="Progress"/>.</summary>
+		public string CurrentProgressTitle { get; set; } = "Generating portable PDB...";
+
+		/// <summary>
+		/// When <c>true</c> (the default) each decompiled source file is embedded into the PDB. Set to
+		/// <c>false</c> when the source is already written to disk (e.g. alongside a project export) so
+		/// the PDB stays small and references the on-disk files instead. The per-document checksum/hash
+		/// is written either way.
+		/// </summary>
+		public bool EmbedSourceFiles { get; set; } = true;
+
 		public static bool HasCodeViewDebugDirectoryEntry(PEFile file)
 		{
 			return file != null && file.Reader.ReadDebugDirectory().Any(entry => entry.Type == DebugDirectoryEntryType.CodeView);
@@ -65,16 +88,13 @@ namespace ICSharpCode.Decompiler.DebugInfo
 			return true;
 		}
 
-		public static void WritePdb(
+		public void WritePdb(
 			PEFile file,
 			CSharpDecompiler decompiler,
 			DecompilerSettings settings,
-			Stream targetStream,
-			bool noLogo = false,
-			BlobContentId? pdbId = null,
-			IProgress<DecompilationProgress> progress = null,
-			string currentProgressTitle = "Generating portable PDB...")
+			Stream targetStream)
 		{
+			BlobContentId? pdbId = PdbId;
 			MetadataBuilder metadata = new MetadataBuilder();
 			MetadataReader reader = file.Metadata;
 			var entrypointHandle = MetadataTokens.MethodDefinitionHandle(file.Reader.PEHeaders.CorHeader.EntryPointTokenOrRelativeVirtualAddress);
@@ -100,7 +120,7 @@ namespace ICSharpCode.Decompiler.DebugInfo
 			DecompilationProgress currentProgress = new() {
 				TotalUnits = sourceFiles.Count,
 				UnitsCompleted = 0,
-				Title = currentProgressTitle
+				Title = CurrentProgressTitle
 			};
 
 			foreach (var sourceFile in sourceFiles)
@@ -108,17 +128,17 @@ namespace ICSharpCode.Decompiler.DebugInfo
 				// Generate syntax tree
 				var syntaxTree = decompiler.DecompileTypes(sourceFile);
 
-				if (progress != null)
+				if (Progress != null)
 				{
 					currentProgress.UnitsCompleted++;
-					progress.Report(currentProgress);
+					Progress.Report(currentProgress);
 				}
 
 				if (!syntaxTree.HasChildren)
 					continue;
 
 				// Generate source and checksum
-				if (!noLogo)
+				if (!NoLogo)
 					syntaxTree.InsertChildAfter(null, new Comment(" PDB and source generated by ICSharpCode.Decompiler " + decompilerVersion), Roles.Comment);
 				var sourceText = SyntaxTreeToString(syntaxTree, settings);
 
@@ -131,7 +151,8 @@ namespace ICSharpCode.Decompiler.DebugInfo
 
 				lock (metadata)
 				{
-					var sourceBlob = WriteSourceToBlob(metadata, sourceText, out var sourceCheckSum);
+					// The document hash is always required; the source blob is only embedded when asked.
+					var sourceCheckSum = ComputeSourceChecksum(sourceText);
 					var name = metadata.GetOrAddDocumentName(sourceFile.Key);
 
 					// Create Document(Handle)
@@ -141,9 +162,12 @@ namespace ICSharpCode.Decompiler.DebugInfo
 						language: metadata.GetOrAddGuid(KnownGuids.CSharpLanguageGuid));
 
 					// Add embedded source to the PDB
-					customDebugInfo.Add((document,
-						metadata.GetOrAddGuid(KnownGuids.EmbeddedSource),
-						sourceBlob));
+					if (EmbedSourceFiles)
+					{
+						customDebugInfo.Add((document,
+							metadata.GetOrAddGuid(KnownGuids.EmbeddedSource),
+							WriteSourceToBlob(metadata, sourceText)));
+					}
 
 					debugInfoGen.GenerateImportScopes(metadata, globalImportScope);
 
@@ -291,7 +315,14 @@ namespace ICSharpCode.Decompiler.DebugInfo
 			return builder;
 		}
 
-		static BlobHandle WriteSourceToBlob(MetadataBuilder metadata, string sourceText, out byte[] sourceCheckSum)
+		static byte[] ComputeSourceChecksum(string sourceText)
+		{
+			byte[] bytes = Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(sourceText);
+			using var hasher = SHA256.Create();
+			return hasher.ComputeHash(bytes);
+		}
+
+		static BlobHandle WriteSourceToBlob(MetadataBuilder metadata, string sourceText)
 		{
 			var builder = new BlobBuilder();
 			using (var memory = new MemoryStream())
@@ -303,10 +334,6 @@ namespace ICSharpCode.Decompiler.DebugInfo
 				byte[] buffer = memory.ToArray();
 				builder.WriteInt32(bytes.Length); // compressed
 				builder.WriteBytes(buffer);
-				using (var hasher = SHA256.Create())
-				{
-					sourceCheckSum = hasher.ComputeHash(bytes);
-				}
 			}
 
 			return metadata.GetOrAddBlob(builder);
diff --git a/ICSharpCode.ILSpyCmd/IlspyCmdProgram.cs b/ICSharpCode.ILSpyCmd/IlspyCmdProgram.cs
index 221b74e09..fe770ef8d 100644
--- a/ICSharpCode.ILSpyCmd/IlspyCmdProgram.cs
+++ b/ICSharpCode.ILSpyCmd/IlspyCmdProgram.cs
@@ -613,7 +613,7 @@ Examples:
 			using (FileStream stream = new FileStream(pdbFileName, FileMode.Create, FileAccess.Write))
 			{
 				var decompiler = GetDecompiler(assemblyFileName);
-				PortablePdbWriter.WritePdb(module, decompiler, GetSettings(module), stream);
+				new PortablePdbWriter().WritePdb(module, decompiler, GetSettings(module), stream);
 			}
 
 			return 0;
diff --git a/ILSpy/Commands/GeneratePdbContextMenuEntry.cs b/ILSpy/Commands/GeneratePdbContextMenuEntry.cs
index 213cb38b9..6e3994fbf 100644
--- a/ILSpy/Commands/GeneratePdbContextMenuEntry.cs
+++ b/ILSpy/Commands/GeneratePdbContextMenuEntry.cs
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ namespace ILSpy.Commands
 							var decompiler = new CSharpDecompiler(file, resolver, settings) {
 								CancellationToken = token,
 							};
-							PortablePdbWriter.WritePdb(file, decompiler, settings, stream);
+							new PortablePdbWriter().WritePdb(file, decompiler, settings, stream);
 							output.Write(string.Format(Resources.GeneratedPDBFile, pdbFileName));
 							output.WriteLine();
 						}