diff --git a/model/src/main/kotlin/config/ScannerConfiguration.kt b/model/src/main/kotlin/config/ScannerConfiguration.kt
index dedc38a1cbe64..3277841a8c65d 100644
--- a/model/src/main/kotlin/config/ScannerConfiguration.kt
+++ b/model/src/main/kotlin/config/ScannerConfiguration.kt
@@ -44,6 +44,11 @@ data class ScannerConfiguration(
      */
     val skipExcluded: Boolean = false,
 
+    /**
+     * A flag to indicate whether the scanner should add files without license to the scanner results.
+     */
+    val includeFilesWithoutFindings: Boolean = false,
+
     /**
      * Configuration of a [FileArchiver] that archives certain scanned files in an external [FileStorage].
      */
diff --git a/scanner/src/funTest/assets/scanner-integration-all-pkgs-expected-ort-result.yml b/scanner/src/funTest/assets/scanner-integration-all-pkgs-expected-ort-result.yml
index 235690a236417..f06de0fb7451b 100644
--- a/scanner/src/funTest/assets/scanner-integration-all-pkgs-expected-ort-result.yml
+++ b/scanner/src/funTest/assets/scanner-integration-all-pkgs-expected-ort-result.yml
@@ -197,6 +197,7 @@ scanner:
   config:
     skip_concluded: false
     skip_excluded: false
+    include_files_without_findings: false
     detected_license_mapping:
       LicenseRef-scancode-agpl-generic-additional-terms: "NOASSERTION"
       LicenseRef-scancode-free-unknown: "NOASSERTION"
diff --git a/scanner/src/funTest/assets/scanner-integration-subset-pkgs-expected-ort-result.yml b/scanner/src/funTest/assets/scanner-integration-subset-pkgs-expected-ort-result.yml
index dc7ebbb906431..68fb38c62559e 100644
--- a/scanner/src/funTest/assets/scanner-integration-subset-pkgs-expected-ort-result.yml
+++ b/scanner/src/funTest/assets/scanner-integration-subset-pkgs-expected-ort-result.yml
@@ -116,6 +116,7 @@ scanner:
   config:
     skip_concluded: false
     skip_excluded: false
+    include_files_without_findings: false
     detected_license_mapping:
       LicenseRef-scancode-agpl-generic-additional-terms: "NOASSERTION"
       LicenseRef-scancode-free-unknown: "NOASSERTION"
diff --git a/scanner/src/main/kotlin/Scanner.kt b/scanner/src/main/kotlin/Scanner.kt
index 27bb34dd80a44..615d4a76c9996 100644
--- a/scanner/src/main/kotlin/Scanner.kt
+++ b/scanner/src/main/kotlin/Scanner.kt
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ import org.ossreviewtoolkit.model.FileList
 import org.ossreviewtoolkit.model.Identifier
 import org.ossreviewtoolkit.model.Issue
 import org.ossreviewtoolkit.model.KnownProvenance
+import org.ossreviewtoolkit.model.LicenseFinding
 import org.ossreviewtoolkit.model.OrtResult
 import org.ossreviewtoolkit.model.Package
 import org.ossreviewtoolkit.model.PackageType
@@ -43,6 +44,8 @@ import org.ossreviewtoolkit.model.ProvenanceResolutionResult
 import org.ossreviewtoolkit.model.ScanResult
 import org.ossreviewtoolkit.model.ScanSummary
 import org.ossreviewtoolkit.model.ScannerRun
+import org.ossreviewtoolkit.model.TextLocation
+import org.ossreviewtoolkit.model.TextLocation.Companion.UNKNOWN_LINE
 import org.ossreviewtoolkit.model.VcsInfo
 import org.ossreviewtoolkit.model.config.DownloaderConfiguration
 import org.ossreviewtoolkit.model.config.ScannerConfiguration
@@ -67,6 +70,7 @@ import org.ossreviewtoolkit.utils.common.collectMessages
 import org.ossreviewtoolkit.utils.common.safeDeleteRecursively
 import org.ossreviewtoolkit.utils.ort.Environment
 import org.ossreviewtoolkit.utils.ort.showStackTrace
+import org.ossreviewtoolkit.utils.spdx.SpdxConstants
 import org.ossreviewtoolkit.utils.spdx.toSpdx
 
 class Scanner(
@@ -205,13 +209,36 @@ class Scanner(
             }
         }
 
+        val scanResults = if (scannerConfig.includeFilesWithoutFindings) {
+            filteredScanResults.mapTo(mutableSetOf()) { scanResult ->
+                val allPaths = controller.getAllFileLists()[scanResult.provenance]?.files?.mapTo(mutableSetOf()) {
+                    it.path
+                }.orEmpty()
+
+                val pathsWithFindings = scanResult.summary.licenseFindings.mapTo(mutableSetOf()) { it.location.path }
+                val pathsWithoutFindings = allPaths - pathsWithFindings
+
+                val findingsThatAreNone = pathsWithoutFindings.mapTo(mutableSetOf()) {
+                    LicenseFinding(SpdxConstants.NONE, TextLocation(it, UNKNOWN_LINE))
+                }
+
+                scanResult.copy(
+                    summary = scanResult.summary.copy(
+                        licenseFindings = scanResult.summary.licenseFindings + findingsThatAreNone
+                    )
+                )
+            }
+        } else {
+            filteredScanResults
+        }
+
         val scannerNames = scannerWrappers.mapTo(mutableSetOf()) { it.name }
         val scanners = packages.associateBy({ it.id }) { scannerNames }
 
         return ScannerRun.EMPTY.copy(
             config = scannerConfig,
             provenances = provenances,
-            scanResults = filteredScanResults,
+            scanResults = scanResults,
             files = files,
             scanners = scanners
         )