diff --git a/pitest-maven/src/main/java/org/pitest/maven/MojoToReportOptionsConverter.java b/pitest-maven/src/main/java/org/pitest/maven/MojoToReportOptionsConverter.java
index 258810e25..83480365b 100644
--- a/pitest-maven/src/main/java/org/pitest/maven/MojoToReportOptionsConverter.java
+++ b/pitest-maven/src/main/java/org/pitest/maven/MojoToReportOptionsConverter.java
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
 
 import java.io.File;
 import java.nio.file.FileSystems;
+import java.nio.file.Files;
 import java.nio.file.Path;
 import java.nio.file.Paths;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
@@ -44,6 +45,7 @@
 import java.util.function.Function;
 import java.util.function.Predicate;
 import java.util.stream.Collectors;
+import java.util.stream.Stream;
 
 public class MojoToReportOptionsConverter {
 
@@ -135,6 +137,7 @@ private ReportOptions parseReportOptions(final List<String> classPath) {
     final List<String> sourceRoots = new ArrayList<>();
     sourceRoots.addAll(this.mojo.getProject().getCompileSourceRoots());
     sourceRoots.addAll(this.mojo.getProject().getTestCompileSourceRoots());
+    sourceRoots.addAll(kotlinIfPresent());
 
     data.setSourceDirs(stringsToPaths(sourceRoots));
 
@@ -170,6 +173,17 @@ private ReportOptions parseReportOptions(final List<String> classPath) {
     return data;
   }
 
+  // Many maven projects will not have the kotlin sources dirs configured within the maven
+  // model. To work around this, the horrible hack below adds them if they are present
+  private Collection<String> kotlinIfPresent() {
+    Path test = Paths.get(this.mojo.getProject().getBasedir().getAbsolutePath(),"src","test","kotlin" );
+    Path main = Paths.get(this.mojo.getProject().getBasedir().getAbsolutePath(),"src","main","kotlin" );
+    return Stream.of(test, main)
+            .filter(Files::exists)
+            .map(p -> p.toFile().getAbsolutePath())
+            .collect(Collectors.toList());
+  }
+
   private void configureVerbosity(ReportOptions data) {
     if (this.mojo.isVerbose()) {
       data.setVerbosity(Verbosity.VERBOSE);
diff --git a/pitest-maven/src/test/java/org/pitest/maven/MojoToReportOptionsConverterTest.java b/pitest-maven/src/test/java/org/pitest/maven/MojoToReportOptionsConverterTest.java
index 0be58d7e7..98b3d332a 100644
--- a/pitest-maven/src/test/java/org/pitest/maven/MojoToReportOptionsConverterTest.java
+++ b/pitest-maven/src/test/java/org/pitest/maven/MojoToReportOptionsConverterTest.java
@@ -20,13 +20,17 @@
 import org.apache.maven.model.Model;
 import org.apache.maven.model.Plugin;
 import org.codehaus.plexus.util.xml.Xpp3Dom;
+import org.junit.rules.TemporaryFolder;
 import org.mockito.Mockito;
 import org.pitest.mutationtest.config.ConfigOption;
 import org.pitest.mutationtest.config.ReportOptions;
 import org.pitest.util.Unchecked;
 
 import java.io.File;
+import java.io.IOException;
 import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
+import java.nio.file.Files;
+import java.nio.file.Path;
 import java.nio.file.Paths;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Arrays;
@@ -66,6 +70,7 @@ public void setUp() throws Exception {
     Build build = new Build();
     build.setOutputDirectory("");
     when(this.project.getBuild()).thenReturn(build);
+    when(this.project.getBasedir()).thenReturn(new File("BASEDIR"));
   }
 
   public void testsParsesReportDir() {
@@ -444,6 +449,29 @@ public void testEvaluatesArgLineProperties() {
     assertThat(actual.getArgLine()).isEqualTo("fooValue barValue");
   }
 
+  public void testAutoAddsKotlinSourceDirsWhenPresent() throws IOException {
+    // we're stuck in junit 3 land but can
+    // use junit 4's temporary folder rule programatically
+    TemporaryFolder t = new TemporaryFolder();
+    try {
+      t.create();
+      File base = t.getRoot();
+      when(project.getBasedir()).thenReturn(base);
+
+      Path main = base.toPath().resolve("src").resolve("main").resolve("kotlin");
+      Path test = base.toPath().resolve("src").resolve("test").resolve("kotlin");
+      Files.createDirectories(main);
+      Files.createDirectories(test);
+
+      ReportOptions actual = parseConfig("");
+      assertThat(actual.getSourcePaths()).contains(main);
+    } finally {
+      t.delete();
+    }
+
+  }
+
+
   private ReportOptions parseConfig(final String xml) {
     try {
       final String pom = createPomWithConfiguration(xml);
diff --git a/pitest-maven/src/test/java/org/pitest/maven/PitMojoTest.java b/pitest-maven/src/test/java/org/pitest/maven/PitMojoTest.java
index e36718d8c..8759f6137 100644
--- a/pitest-maven/src/test/java/org/pitest/maven/PitMojoTest.java
+++ b/pitest-maven/src/test/java/org/pitest/maven/PitMojoTest.java
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ public void setUp() throws Exception {
     super.setUp();
 
     when(this.project.getExecutionProject()).thenReturn(executionProject);
+    when(this.project.getBasedir()).thenReturn(new File("BASEDIR"));
     when(this.executionProject.getBasedir()).thenReturn(new File("BASEDIR"));
   }