diff --git a/src/ReportPortal.Shared/Build/ReportPortal.Shared.props b/src/ReportPortal.Shared/Build/ReportPortal.Shared.props
index 2ffc1e55..a5f5a072 100644
--- a/src/ReportPortal.Shared/Build/ReportPortal.Shared.props
+++ b/src/ReportPortal.Shared/Build/ReportPortal.Shared.props
@@ -5,6 +5,10 @@
     <None Include="ReportPortal.config.json" Condition=" Exists('ReportPortal.config.json') ">
       <CopyToOutputDirectory>PreserveNewest</CopyToOutputDirectory>
     </None>
+
+    <None Include="ReportPortal.json" Condition=" Exists('ReportPortal.json') ">
+      <CopyToOutputDirectory>PreserveNewest</CopyToOutputDirectory>
+    </None>
   </ItemGroup>
 
 </Project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/ReportPortal.Shared/Configuration/ConfigurationBuilderExtensions.cs b/src/ReportPortal.Shared/Configuration/ConfigurationBuilderExtensions.cs
index ba791701..0073d6c6 100644
--- a/src/ReportPortal.Shared/Configuration/ConfigurationBuilderExtensions.cs
+++ b/src/ReportPortal.Shared/Configuration/ConfigurationBuilderExtensions.cs
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ public static IConfigurationBuilder AddDefaults(this IConfigurationBuilder build
         {
             if (builder == null) throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(builder));
 
+            builder.AddJsonFile(Path.Combine(baseDir, "ReportPortal.json"), optional: true);
             builder.AddJsonFile(Path.Combine(baseDir, "ReportPortal.config.json"), optional: true);
             builder.AddDirectoryProbing(baseDir);
             builder.AddEnvironmentVariables();
diff --git a/test/ReportPortal.Shared.Tests/Configuration/ConfigurationBuilderTest.cs b/test/ReportPortal.Shared.Tests/Configuration/ConfigurationBuilderTest.cs
index f59808d8..3a387adb 100644
--- a/test/ReportPortal.Shared.Tests/Configuration/ConfigurationBuilderTest.cs
+++ b/test/ReportPortal.Shared.Tests/Configuration/ConfigurationBuilderTest.cs
@@ -459,10 +459,12 @@ public void ShouldUseDefaultsWithBaseDir()
             var dir = Directory.CreateDirectory(Path.GetRandomFileName());
             File.AppendAllText(dir + "/ReportPortal_prop1", "value1");
             File.AppendAllText(dir + "/ReportPortal.config.json", @"{""prop2"": ""value2""}");
+            File.AppendAllText(dir + "/ReportPortal.json", @"{""prop3"": ""value3""}");
 
             var config = new ConfigurationBuilder().AddDefaults(dir.FullName).Build();
 
-            config.Properties.Should().HaveCountGreaterOrEqualTo(2).And.ContainKeys("prop1", "prop2");
+            config.Properties.Should().HaveCountGreaterOrEqualTo(3)
+                .And.ContainKeys("prop1", "prop2", "prop3");
 
             dir.Delete(true);
         }