diff --git a/src/Microsoft.TestPlatform.CrossPlatEngine/Client/ProxyExecutionManager.cs b/src/Microsoft.TestPlatform.CrossPlatEngine/Client/ProxyExecutionManager.cs
index 07c15ac150..c2b3c6796a 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.TestPlatform.CrossPlatEngine/Client/ProxyExecutionManager.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.TestPlatform.CrossPlatEngine/Client/ProxyExecutionManager.cs
@@ -37,6 +37,12 @@ internal class ProxyExecutionManager : ProxyOperationManager, IProxyExecutionMan
         private bool skipDefaultAdapters;
         private readonly IFileHelper fileHelper;
 
+        // Only send coverlet inproc datacollector dll to be initialized via testhost, 
+        // ideally this should get initialized via InProcessDC Node in runsettings, but 
+        // somehow it is failing, hence putting this ugly HACK, to fix issues like
+        // https://developercommunity.visualstudio.com/content/problem/738856/could-not-load-file-or-assembly-microsoftintellitr.html
+        private const string CoverletDataCollector = "coverlet.collector.dll";
+
         /// <inheritdoc/>
         public bool IsInitialized { get; private set; } = false;
 
@@ -261,7 +267,9 @@ private void LogMessage(TestMessageLevel testMessageLevel, string message)
         private void InitializeExtensions(IEnumerable<string> sources)
         {
             var extensions = TestPluginCache.Instance.GetExtensionPaths(TestPlatformConstants.TestAdapterEndsWithPattern, this.skipDefaultAdapters);
-            extensions = extensions.Concat(TestPluginCache.Instance.GetExtensionPaths(TestPlatformConstants.DataCollectorEndsWithPattern, true)).ToList();
+            
+            // remove this line once we figure out why coverlet inproc DC is not initialized via runsetting inproc node.
+            extensions = extensions.Concat(TestPluginCache.Instance.GetExtensionPaths(ProxyExecutionManager.CoverletDataCollector, true)).ToList();
 
             // Filter out non existing extensions
             var nonExistingExtensions = extensions.Where(extension => !this.fileHelper.Exists(extension));
diff --git a/test/Microsoft.TestPlatform.CrossPlatEngine.UnitTests/Client/ProxyExecutionManagerTests.cs b/test/Microsoft.TestPlatform.CrossPlatEngine.UnitTests/Client/ProxyExecutionManagerTests.cs
index 1f00950e37..33f9635197 100644
--- a/test/Microsoft.TestPlatform.CrossPlatEngine.UnitTests/Client/ProxyExecutionManagerTests.cs
+++ b/test/Microsoft.TestPlatform.CrossPlatEngine.UnitTests/Client/ProxyExecutionManagerTests.cs
@@ -303,11 +303,11 @@ public void StartTestRunShouldInitializeExtensionsWithExistingExtensionsOnly()
         }
 
         [TestMethod]
-        public void StartTestRunShouldInitializeExtensionsWithExistingDataCOllectorExtensions()
+        public void StartTestRunShouldInitializeExtensionsOnlyWithCoverletDataCollectorExtensions()
         {
             TestPluginCache.Instance = null;
-            TestPluginCache.Instance.UpdateExtensions(new List<string> { "abc.TestAdapter.dll", "def.TestAdapter.dll", "xyz.TestAdapter.dll", "abc.DataCollector.dll" }, false);
-            var expectedOutputPaths = new[] { "abc.TestAdapter.dll", "xyz.TestAdapter.dll", "abc.DataCollector.dll" };
+            TestPluginCache.Instance.UpdateExtensions(new List<string> { "abc.TestAdapter.dll", "def.TestAdapter.dll", "xyz.TestAdapter.dll", "abc.DataCollector.dll", "xyz.coverlet.collector.dll" }, false);
+            var expectedOutputPaths = new[] { "abc.TestAdapter.dll", "xyz.TestAdapter.dll", "xyz.coverlet.collector.dll" };
 
             this.mockTestHostManager.SetupGet(th => th.Shared).Returns(false);
             this.mockRequestSender.Setup(s => s.WaitForRequestHandlerConnection(It.IsAny<int>(), It.IsAny<CancellationToken>())).Returns(true);
@@ -324,6 +324,7 @@ public void StartTestRunShouldInitializeExtensionsWithExistingDataCOllectorExten
             this.mockFileHelper.Setup(fh => fh.Exists("abc.TestAdapter.dll")).Returns(true);
             this.mockFileHelper.Setup(fh => fh.Exists("xyz.TestAdapter.dll")).Returns(true);
             this.mockFileHelper.Setup(fh => fh.Exists("abc.DataCollector.dll")).Returns(true);
+            this.mockFileHelper.Setup(fh => fh.Exists("xyz.coverlet.collector.dll")).Returns(true); 
 
             var mockTestRunEventsHandler = new Mock<ITestRunEventsHandler>();
             this.testExecutionManager.StartTestRun(this.mockTestRunCriteria.Object, mockTestRunEventsHandler.Object);