diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 5fc20c4226..f668fb9b05 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,11 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## Unreleased
+
+### Fixes
+
+- Fix assembly not found on Android in Debug configuration ([#2175](https://github.com/getsentry/sentry-dotnet/pull/2175))
+
 ## 3.28.1
 
 ### Fixes
diff --git a/src/Sentry.Android.AssemblyReader/AndroidAssemblyDirectoryReader.cs b/src/Sentry.Android.AssemblyReader/AndroidAssemblyDirectoryReader.cs
index 7c485e8055..b32a11112f 100644
--- a/src/Sentry.Android.AssemblyReader/AndroidAssemblyDirectoryReader.cs
+++ b/src/Sentry.Android.AssemblyReader/AndroidAssemblyDirectoryReader.cs
@@ -8,6 +8,13 @@ public AndroidAssemblyDirectoryReader(ZipArchive zip, IList<string> supportedAbi
 
     public PEReader? TryReadAssembly(string name)
     {
+        if (File.Exists(name))
+        {
+            // The assembly is already extracted to the file system.  Just read it.
+            var stream = File.OpenRead(name);
+            return new PEReader(stream);
+        }
+
         var zipEntry = FindAssembly(name);
         if (zipEntry is null)
         {