diff --git a/Mono.Cecil.PE/ImageReader.cs b/Mono.Cecil.PE/ImageReader.cs
index a34e64d36..f73401e0a 100644
--- a/Mono.Cecil.PE/ImageReader.cs
+++ b/Mono.Cecil.PE/ImageReader.cs
@@ -351,8 +351,10 @@ void ReadDebugHeader ()
 					AddressOfRawData = ReadInt32 (),
 					PointerToRawData = ReadInt32 (),
 				};
-
-				if (directory.PointerToRawData == 0 || directory.SizeOfData < 0) {
+				
+				// directory.Characteristics  <-- has to be 0 (https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/debug/pe-format#the-debug-section)
+				// if this is not the case, an obfuscation of the file could be the case resulting in wrong SizeOfData 
+				if (directory.PointerToRawData == 0 || directory.Characteristics != 0 || directory.SizeOfData < 0) {
 					entries [i] = new ImageDebugHeaderEntry (directory, Empty<byte>.Array);
 					continue;
 				}
diff --git a/Test/Mono.Cecil.Tests/ImageReadTests.cs b/Test/Mono.Cecil.Tests/ImageReadTests.cs
index fb5c558c6..fc1a48f4b 100644
--- a/Test/Mono.Cecil.Tests/ImageReadTests.cs
+++ b/Test/Mono.Cecil.Tests/ImageReadTests.cs
@@ -214,6 +214,20 @@ public void Net471TargetingAssembly ()
 				Assert.AreEqual (0, module.Image.SubSystemMinor);
 			});
 		}
+		
+		[Test]
+		public void ObfuscatedAssembly ()
+		{
+			using (var image = GetResourceImage ("libhello_obfuscated.dll")) {
+				Assert.AreEqual (3, image.DebugHeader.Entries.Length);
+				Assert.AreEqual (67, image.DebugHeader.Entries[0].Data.Length);
+				Assert.AreEqual (0, image.DebugHeader.Entries[1].Data.Length);
+				Assert.AreEqual (0, image.DebugHeader.Entries[2].Data.Length);
+			}
+
+			
+		}
+
 
 		[Test]
 		public void LocallyScopedConstantArray ()
diff --git a/Test/Resources/assemblies/libhello_obfuscated.dll b/Test/Resources/assemblies/libhello_obfuscated.dll
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..dfed95123
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