diff --git a/Mono.Cecil/AssemblyReader.cs b/Mono.Cecil/AssemblyReader.cs
index d18a51ed0..552e49102 100644
--- a/Mono.Cecil/AssemblyReader.cs
+++ b/Mono.Cecil/AssemblyReader.cs
@@ -166,6 +166,7 @@ protected override void ReadModule ()
 
 		public void ReadModule (ModuleDefinition module, bool resolve_attributes)
 		{
+			module.ReadingMode = ReadingMode.Immediate;
 			this.resolve_attributes = resolve_attributes;
 
 			if (module.HasAssemblyReferences)
diff --git a/Mono.Cecil/ModuleDefinition.cs b/Mono.Cecil/ModuleDefinition.cs
index 22daecb9b..a254ae278 100644
--- a/Mono.Cecil/ModuleDefinition.cs
+++ b/Mono.Cecil/ModuleDefinition.cs
@@ -921,6 +921,12 @@ public IMetadataTokenProvider LookupToken (MetadataToken token)
 		{
 			return Read (token, (t, reader) => reader.LookupToken (t));
 		}
+		
+		public void ImmediateRead()
+		{
+			var moduleReader = new ImmediateModuleReader(Image);
+			moduleReader.ReadModule (this, resolve_attributes: true);
+		}
 
 		readonly object module_lock = new object();
 
diff --git a/Test/Mono.Cecil.Tests/ModuleTests.cs b/Test/Mono.Cecil.Tests/ModuleTests.cs
index 8e73750bf..a78ca4d7e 100644
--- a/Test/Mono.Cecil.Tests/ModuleTests.cs
+++ b/Test/Mono.Cecil.Tests/ModuleTests.cs
@@ -277,6 +277,17 @@ public void OpenModuleDeferred ()
 			}
 		}
 
+		
+		[Test]
+		public void OpenModuleDeferredAndThenPerformImmediateRead ()
+		{
+			using (var module = GetResourceModule ("hello.exe", ReadingMode.Deferred)) {
+				Assert.AreEqual (ReadingMode.Deferred, module.ReadingMode);
+				module.ImmediateRead();
+				Assert.AreEqual (ReadingMode.Immediate, module.ReadingMode);
+			}
+		}
+
 		[Test]
 		public void OwnedStreamModuleFileName ()
 		{