diff --git a/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Razor/Internal/CSharpCompiler.cs b/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Razor/Internal/CSharpCompiler.cs
index d95de2584b..638c2911ed 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Razor/Internal/CSharpCompiler.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Razor/Internal/CSharpCompiler.cs
@@ -21,19 +21,15 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Razor.Internal
     {
         private readonly RazorReferenceManager _referenceManager;
         private readonly IHostingEnvironment _hostingEnvironment;
-        private readonly DebugInformationFormat _pdbFormat = SymbolsUtility.SupportsFullPdbGeneration() ?
-            DebugInformationFormat.Pdb :
-            DebugInformationFormat.PortablePdb;
         private bool _optionsInitialized;
         private CSharpParseOptions _parseOptions;
         private CSharpCompilationOptions _compilationOptions;
+        private EmitOptions _emitOptions;
 
         public CSharpCompiler(RazorReferenceManager manager, IHostingEnvironment hostingEnvironment)
         {
             _referenceManager = manager ?? throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(manager));
             _hostingEnvironment = hostingEnvironment ?? throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(hostingEnvironment));
-
-            EmitOptions = new EmitOptions(debugInformationFormat: _pdbFormat);
         }
 
         public virtual CSharpParseOptions ParseOptions
@@ -54,7 +50,14 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Razor.Internal
             }
         }
 
-        public EmitOptions EmitOptions { get; }
+        public virtual EmitOptions EmitOptions
+        {
+            get
+            {
+                EnsureOptions();
+                return _emitOptions;
+            }
+        }
 
         public SyntaxTree CreateSyntaxTree(SourceText sourceText)
         {
@@ -94,11 +97,47 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Razor.Internal
                 var dependencyContextOptions = GetDependencyContextCompilationOptions();
                 _parseOptions = GetParseOptions(_hostingEnvironment, dependencyContextOptions);
                 _compilationOptions = GetCompilationOptions(_hostingEnvironment, dependencyContextOptions);
+                _emitOptions = GetEmitOptions(dependencyContextOptions);
 
                 _optionsInitialized = true;
             }
         }
 
+        private EmitOptions GetEmitOptions(DependencyContextCompilationOptions dependencyContextOptions)
+        {
+            DebugInformationFormat debugInformationFormat;
+            if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(dependencyContextOptions.DebugType))
+            {
+                debugInformationFormat = SymbolsUtility.SupportsFullPdbGeneration() ?
+                    DebugInformationFormat.Pdb :
+                    DebugInformationFormat.PortablePdb;
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                // Based on https://github.com/dotnet/roslyn/blob/1d28ff9ba248b332de3c84d23194a1d7bde07e4d/src/Compilers/CSharp/Portable/CommandLine/CSharpCommandLineParser.cs#L624-L640
+                switch (dependencyContextOptions.DebugType.ToLower())
+                {
+                    case "portable":
+                        debugInformationFormat = DebugInformationFormat.PortablePdb;
+                        break;
+                    case "embedded":
+                        debugInformationFormat = DebugInformationFormat.Embedded;
+                        break;
+                    case "full":
+                    case "pdbonly":
+                        debugInformationFormat = SymbolsUtility.SupportsFullPdbGeneration() ?
+                            DebugInformationFormat.Pdb :
+                            DebugInformationFormat.PortablePdb;
+                        break;
+                    default:
+                        throw new InvalidOperationException(Resources.FormatUnsupportedDebugInformationFormat(dependencyContextOptions.DebugType));
+                }
+            }
+
+            var emitOptions = new EmitOptions(debugInformationFormat: debugInformationFormat);
+            return emitOptions;
+        }
+
         private static CSharpCompilationOptions GetCompilationOptions(
             IHostingEnvironment hostingEnvironment,
             DependencyContextCompilationOptions dependencyContextOptions)
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Razor/Properties/Resources.Designer.cs b/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Razor/Properties/Resources.Designer.cs
index 3ac504edc8..f82255ab10 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Razor/Properties/Resources.Designer.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Razor/Properties/Resources.Designer.cs
@@ -364,6 +364,20 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Razor
         internal static string FormatRazorViewCompiler_ViewPathsDifferOnlyInCase()
             => GetString("RazorViewCompiler_ViewPathsDifferOnlyInCase");
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// The debug type specified in the dependency context could be parsed. The debug type value '{0}' is not supported.
+        /// </summary>
+        internal static string UnsupportedDebugInformationFormat
+        {
+            get => GetString("UnsupportedDebugInformationFormat");
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// The debug type specified in the dependency context could be parsed. The debug type value '{0}' is not supported.
+        /// </summary>
+        internal static string FormatUnsupportedDebugInformationFormat(object p0)
+            => string.Format(CultureInfo.CurrentCulture, GetString("UnsupportedDebugInformationFormat"), p0);
+
         private static string GetString(string name, params string[] formatterNames)
         {
             var value = _resourceManager.GetString(name);
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Razor/Resources.resx b/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Razor/Resources.resx
index 777ba9eec7..63deeebd9b 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Razor/Resources.resx
+++ b/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Razor/Resources.resx
@@ -194,4 +194,7 @@
   <data name="RazorViewCompiler_ViewPathsDifferOnlyInCase" xml:space="preserve">
     <value>The following precompiled view paths differ only in case, which is not supported:</value>
   </data>
-</root>
\ No newline at end of file
+  <data name="UnsupportedDebugInformationFormat" xml:space="preserve">
+    <value>The debug type specified in the dependency context could be parsed. The debug type value '{0}' is not supported.</value>
+  </data>
+</root>
diff --git a/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Razor.Test/Internal/CSharpCompilerTest.cs b/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Razor.Test/Internal/CSharpCompilerTest.cs
index c6d9b94dd2..613bab7147 100644
--- a/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Razor.Test/Internal/CSharpCompilerTest.cs
+++ b/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Razor.Test/Internal/CSharpCompilerTest.cs
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Hosting;
 using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Razor.Compilation;
 using Microsoft.CodeAnalysis;
 using Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.CSharp;
+using Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.Emit;
 using Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.Text;
 using Moq;
 using Xunit;
@@ -172,6 +173,36 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Razor.Internal
             Assert.Equal(LanguageVersion.CSharp7_1, compilationOptions.LanguageVersion);
         }
 
+
+        [Theory]
+        [InlineData("portable", DebugInformationFormat.PortablePdb)]
+        [InlineData("embedded", DebugInformationFormat.Embedded)]
+        public void EmitOptions_ReadsDebugTypeFromDependencyContext(string debugType, DebugInformationFormat expected)
+        {
+            // Arrange
+            var dependencyContextOptions = new DependencyContextCompilationOptions(
+                new[] { "MyDefine" },
+                languageVersion: "7.1",
+                platform: null,
+                allowUnsafe: true,
+                warningsAsErrors: null,
+                optimize: null,
+                keyFile: null,
+                delaySign: null,
+                publicSign: null,
+                debugType: debugType,
+                emitEntryPoint: null,
+                generateXmlDocumentation: null);
+            var referenceManager = Mock.Of<RazorReferenceManager>();
+            var hostingEnvironment = Mock.Of<IHostingEnvironment>();
+
+            var compiler = new TestCSharpCompiler(referenceManager, hostingEnvironment, dependencyContextOptions);
+
+            // Act & Assert
+            var emitOptions = compiler.EmitOptions;
+            Assert.Equal(expected, emitOptions.DebugInformationFormat);
+        }
+
         [Fact]
         public void Constructor_ConfiguresAllowUnsafe()
         {