diff --git a/src/Cli/dotnet/Commands/Pack/PackCommand.cs b/src/Cli/dotnet/Commands/Pack/PackCommand.cs
index b703c614c56f..1c7119492b72 100644
--- a/src/Cli/dotnet/Commands/Pack/PackCommand.cs
+++ b/src/Cli/dotnet/Commands/Pack/PackCommand.cs
@@ -121,6 +121,9 @@ public static int RunPackCommand(ParseResult parseResult)
         if (version != null)
             packArgs.Version = version.ToNormalizedString();
 
+        if (parseResult.GetValue(definition.IncludeSymbolsOption))
+            packArgs.Symbols = true;
+
         var configuration = parseResult.GetValue(definition.ConfigurationOption) ?? "Debug";
         packArgs.Properties["configuration"] = configuration;