diff --git a/Directory.Build.props b/Directory.Build.props
index 39e103c..5aefb17 100644
--- a/Directory.Build.props
+++ b/Directory.Build.props
@@ -32,6 +32,9 @@
         <ServerGarbageCollection>true</ServerGarbageCollection>
         <LangVersion>preview</LangVersion>
         <OtherFlags>$(OtherFlags) --test:GraphBasedChecking --test:ParallelOptimization --test:ParallelIlxGen</OtherFlags>
+        <!-- Set to true and adjust the path to your local repo if you want to use that instead of the nuget packages -->
+        <UseLocalAnalyzersSDK>false</UseLocalAnalyzersSDK>
+        <LocalAnalyzersSDKRepo>../../../FSharp.Analyzers.SDK</LocalAnalyzersSDKRepo>
     </PropertyGroup>
 
     <ItemGroup Condition="'$(IsPackable)' == 'true'">
diff --git a/Directory.Packages.props b/Directory.Packages.props
index 88b3d0d..beaa095 100644
--- a/Directory.Packages.props
+++ b/Directory.Packages.props
@@ -5,12 +5,14 @@
   <ItemGroup>
     <PackageVersion Include="FSharp.Core" Version="[7.0.400]" />
     <PackageVersion Include="FSharp.Compiler.Service" Version="[43.7.400]" />
-    <PackageVersion Include="FSharp.Analyzers.SDK" Version="[0.19.0]" />
-    <PackageVersion Include="FSharp.Analyzers.SDK.Testing" Version="[0.19.0]" />
     <PackageVersion Include="Ionide.KeepAChangelog.Tasks" Version="0.1.8" />
     <PackageVersion Include="DotNet.ReproducibleBuilds" Version="1.1.1" />
     <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.NET.Test.Sdk" Version="17.7.2" />
     <PackageVersion Include="NUnit" Version="3.14.0" />
     <PackageVersion Include="NUnit3TestAdapter" Version="4.5.0" />
   </ItemGroup>
+  <ItemGroup Condition="'$(UseLocalAnalyzersSDK)' == 'false'">
+    <PackageVersion Include="FSharp.Analyzers.SDK" Version="[0.19.0]" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="FSharp.Analyzers.SDK.Testing" Version="[0.19.0]" />    
+  </ItemGroup>
 </Project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/docs/content/contributions.md b/docs/content/contributions.md
index 437033a..946ee66 100644
--- a/docs/content/contributions.md
+++ b/docs/content/contributions.md
@@ -69,3 +69,8 @@ Please add [a new entry](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.1.0/) for your changes.
 
 Unless, there are technical reason blocking us, we will try and ship your contribution as soon as possible.  
 Our CI process should pick up new version from the changelog and push new packages to NuGet.org once the code is on the `main` branch.
+
+## Using a local analyzers SDK
+
+You might run into a situation when the SDK packages don't provide the features you need for your analyzers development.  
+In such a case, you can edit the `Directory.Build.props` file and set `UseLocalAnalyzersSDK` to `true` and let `LocalAnalyzersSDKRepo` point to your local SDK repository.
diff --git a/src/Ionide.Analyzers/Ionide.Analyzers.fsproj b/src/Ionide.Analyzers/Ionide.Analyzers.fsproj
index 91822c3..b63570f 100644
--- a/src/Ionide.Analyzers/Ionide.Analyzers.fsproj
+++ b/src/Ionide.Analyzers/Ionide.Analyzers.fsproj
@@ -19,8 +19,15 @@
         <Compile Include="Style\SquareBracketArrayAnalyzer.fs"/>
     </ItemGroup>
 
+    <ItemGroup Condition="'$(UseLocalAnalyzersSDK)' == 'true'">
+        <ProjectReference Include="$(LocalAnalyzersSDKRepo)/src/FSharp.Analyzers.SDK/FSharp.Analyzers.SDK.fsproj" />
+    </ItemGroup>
+
     <ItemGroup>
         <PackageReference Update="FSharp.Core"/>
+    </ItemGroup>
+    
+    <ItemGroup Condition="'$(UseLocalAnalyzersSDK)' == 'false'">
         <PackageReference Include="FSharp.Analyzers.SDK"/>
     </ItemGroup>
 
diff --git a/tests/Ionide.Analyzers.Tests/Ionide.Analyzers.Tests.fsproj b/tests/Ionide.Analyzers.Tests/Ionide.Analyzers.Tests.fsproj
index 9acd169..554b868 100644
--- a/tests/Ionide.Analyzers.Tests/Ionide.Analyzers.Tests.fsproj
+++ b/tests/Ionide.Analyzers.Tests/Ionide.Analyzers.Tests.fsproj
@@ -20,11 +20,18 @@
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.NET.Test.Sdk" />
     <PackageReference Include="NUnit" />
     <PackageReference Include="NUnit3TestAdapter" />
+  </ItemGroup>
+  
+  <ItemGroup Condition="'$(UseLocalAnalyzersSDK)' == 'false'">
     <PackageReference Include="FSharp.Analyzers.SDK.Testing" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
     <ProjectReference Include="..\..\src\Ionide.Analyzers\Ionide.Analyzers.fsproj" />
   </ItemGroup>
+  
+  <ItemGroup Condition="'$(UseLocalAnalyzersSDK)' == 'true'">
+    <ProjectReference Include="$(LocalAnalyzersSDKRepo)/src/FSharp.Analyzers.SDK.Testing/FSharp.Analyzers.SDK.Testing.fsproj" />
+  </ItemGroup>
 
 </Project>