diff --git a/Directory.Build.props b/Directory.Build.props
index 703db742..ce00ccbc 100644
--- a/Directory.Build.props
+++ b/Directory.Build.props
@@ -74,7 +74,10 @@
     <!-- Optional: Include the PDB in the built .nupkg -->
     <AllowedOutputExtensionsInPackageBuildOutputFolder>$(AllowedOutputExtensionsInPackageBuildOutputFolder);.pdb</AllowedOutputExtensionsInPackageBuildOutputFolder>
     <SourceRootLocation>$(MSBuildThisFileDirectory)</SourceRootLocation>
-    <!-- Maps paths injected by CallerFilePath attribute to be related and independent from repository location on hard drive -->
-    <PathMap>$(MSBuildThisFileDirectory)=/</PathMap>
+    <!-- 
+      Maps paths injected by CallerFilePath attribute to be related and independent from repository location on hard drive to keep automatic log tags independent of the build location.
+      Doing this prevents debugger from finding symbols, so setting is disabled for debug builds.
+    -->
+    <PathMap Condition="'$(Configuration)' != 'Debug'">$(MSBuildThisFileDirectory)=/</PathMap>
   </PropertyGroup>
 </Project>
diff --git a/tests/Abstractions.UnitTests/TagTests.cs b/tests/Abstractions.UnitTests/TagTests.cs
index ff3d6af0..39d734b9 100644
--- a/tests/Abstractions.UnitTests/TagTests.cs
+++ b/tests/Abstractions.UnitTests/TagTests.cs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
+// Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
 // Licensed under the MIT license.
 
 using Microsoft.Extensions.Logging;
@@ -22,8 +22,17 @@ namespace Microsoft.Omex.Extensions.Abstractions.UnitTests
 
 
 			string relativePath = "/tests/Abstractions.UnitTests/" + nameof(TagTests) + ".cs"; //This value should be change in case of changing file path or name
-			Assert.AreEqual(tag1.Name, relativePath, "tag1 Name should point to current file");
-			Assert.AreEqual(tag2.Name, relativePath, "tag2 Name should point to current file");
+			AssertTagNames(relativePath, tag1.Name, "tag1 Name should point to current file");
+			AssertTagNames(relativePath, tag2.Name, "tag2 Name should point to current file");
+		}
+
+		private static void AssertTagNames(string expectedTag, string? actualTag, string message)
+		{
+#if DEBUG
+			StringAssert.EndsWith(actualTag?.Replace('\\','/'), expectedTag, message);
+#else
+			Assert.AreEqual(expectedTag, actualTag, message);
+#endif
 		}
 
 		[DataTestMethod]