diff --git a/src/Main.ps1 b/src/Main.ps1
index 8bd8e4426..f35f190af 100644
--- a/src/Main.ps1
+++ b/src/Main.ps1
@@ -702,6 +702,8 @@ function Invoke-Pester {
 
             & $SafeCommands['Get-Variable'] 'Configuration' -Scope Local | Remove-Variable
 
+            Resolve-AutoEnabledConfiguration -PesterPreference $PesterPreference
+
             # $sessionState = Set-SessionStateHint -PassThru  -Hint "Caller - Captured in Invoke-Pester" -SessionState $PSCmdlet.SessionState
             $sessionState = $PSCmdlet.SessionState
 
@@ -1092,6 +1094,13 @@ function Convert-PesterLegacyParameterSet ($BoundParameters) {
     return $Configuration
 }
 
+function Resolve-AutoEnabledConfiguration {
+    param ([PesterConfiguration] $PesterPreference)
+
+    $PesterPreference.CodeCoverage.ResolveEnabled()
+    $PesterPreference.TestResult.ResolveEnabled()
+}
+
 
 function ConvertTo-Pester4Result {
     <#
diff --git a/src/csharp/Pester/ConfigurationSection.cs b/src/csharp/Pester/ConfigurationSection.cs
index 27e0bbba7..cf6a297ed 100644
--- a/src/csharp/Pester/ConfigurationSection.cs
+++ b/src/csharp/Pester/ConfigurationSection.cs
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@
 // to have in "type accelerator" form, but without the hassle of actually adding it as a type accelerator
 // that way you can easily do `[PesterConfiguration]::Default` and then inspect it, or cast a hashtable to it
 
+using System.Reflection;
+
 namespace Pester
 {
     public abstract class ConfigurationSection
@@ -29,5 +31,36 @@ public override string ToString()
         {
             return _description;
         }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// If this section has an Enabled option that was not explicitly modified,
+        /// and any other option in the section was modified, auto-enable the section.
+        /// </summary>
+        public void ResolveEnabled()
+        {
+            var enabledProperty = GetType().GetProperty("Enabled", BindingFlags.Public | BindingFlags.Instance);
+            if (enabledProperty == null || enabledProperty.PropertyType != typeof(BoolOption))
+                return;
+
+            var enabled = (BoolOption)enabledProperty.GetValue(this);
+            if (enabled == null || enabled.IsModified)
+                return;
+
+            foreach (var property in GetType().GetProperties(BindingFlags.Public | BindingFlags.Instance))
+            {
+                if (property.Name == "Enabled")
+                    continue;
+
+                if (!typeof(Option).IsAssignableFrom(property.PropertyType))
+                    continue;
+
+                var option = (Option)property.GetValue(this);
+                if (option != null && option.IsModified)
+                {
+                    enabledProperty.SetValue(this, (BoolOption)true);
+                    return;
+                }
+            }
+        }
     }
 }
diff --git a/tst/Pester.RSpec.Configuration.ts.ps1 b/tst/Pester.RSpec.Configuration.ts.ps1
index b37945939..dee8a5d6d 100644
--- a/tst/Pester.RSpec.Configuration.ts.ps1
+++ b/tst/Pester.RSpec.Configuration.ts.ps1
@@ -583,6 +583,150 @@ i -PassThru:$PassThru {
         }
     }
 
+    b "auto-enabling output features" {
+        t "CodeCoverage.Path auto-enables code coverage" {
+            $coverageScript = "$PSScriptRoot/CoverageTestFile.ps1"
+            $coverageOutputPath = [IO.Path]::GetTempFileName()
+            Remove-Item $coverageOutputPath -Force
+
+            try {
+                $r = Invoke-Pester -Configuration ([PesterConfiguration]@{
+                        Run          = @{
+                            ScriptBlock = {
+                                Describe "auto coverage" {
+                                    It "covers script" {
+                                        . $coverageScript
+                                    }
+                                }
+                            }.GetNewClosure()
+                            PassThru    = $true
+                        }
+                        Output       = @{
+                            Verbosity = 'None'
+                        }
+                        CodeCoverage = @{
+                            Path       = $coverageScript
+                            OutputPath = $coverageOutputPath
+                        }
+                    })
+
+                $r.CodeCoverage | Verify-NotNull
+                (Test-Path $coverageOutputPath) | Verify-True
+            }
+            finally {
+                if (Test-Path $coverageOutputPath) {
+                    Remove-Item $coverageOutputPath -Force -ErrorAction Ignore
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        t "CodeCoverage.Enabled = `$false still disables code coverage" {
+            $coverageScript = "$PSScriptRoot/CoverageTestFile.ps1"
+            $coverageOutputPath = [IO.Path]::GetTempFileName()
+            Remove-Item $coverageOutputPath -Force
+
+            try {
+                $r = Invoke-Pester -Configuration ([PesterConfiguration]@{
+                        Run          = @{
+                            ScriptBlock = {
+                                Describe "disabled coverage" {
+                                    It "does not export coverage" {
+                                        . $coverageScript
+                                    }
+                                }
+                            }.GetNewClosure()
+                            PassThru    = $true
+                        }
+                        Output       = @{
+                            Verbosity = 'None'
+                        }
+                        CodeCoverage = @{
+                            Enabled    = $false
+                            Path       = $coverageScript
+                            OutputPath = $coverageOutputPath
+                        }
+                    })
+
+                $r.CodeCoverage | Verify-Null
+                (Test-Path $coverageOutputPath) | Verify-False
+            }
+            finally {
+                if (Test-Path $coverageOutputPath) {
+                    Remove-Item $coverageOutputPath -Force -ErrorAction Ignore
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        t "TestResult.OutputPath auto-enables test result export" {
+            $testResultOutputPath = [IO.Path]::GetTempFileName()
+            Remove-Item $testResultOutputPath -Force
+
+            try {
+                $r = Invoke-Pester -Configuration ([PesterConfiguration]@{
+                        Run        = @{
+                            ScriptBlock = {
+                                Describe "auto testresult" {
+                                    It "exports xml" {
+                                        $true | Should -Be $true
+                                    }
+                                }
+                            }
+                            PassThru    = $true
+                        }
+                        Output     = @{
+                            Verbosity = 'None'
+                        }
+                        TestResult = @{
+                            OutputPath = $testResultOutputPath
+                        }
+                    })
+
+                $r.Result | Verify-Equal 'Passed'
+                (Test-Path $testResultOutputPath) | Verify-True
+            }
+            finally {
+                if (Test-Path $testResultOutputPath) {
+                    Remove-Item $testResultOutputPath -Force -ErrorAction Ignore
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        t "TestResult.Enabled = `$false still disables test result export" {
+            $testResultOutputPath = [IO.Path]::GetTempFileName()
+            Remove-Item $testResultOutputPath -Force
+
+            try {
+                $r = Invoke-Pester -Configuration ([PesterConfiguration]@{
+                        Run        = @{
+                            ScriptBlock = {
+                                Describe "disabled testresult" {
+                                    It "does not export xml" {
+                                        $true | Should -Be $true
+                                    }
+                                }
+                            }
+                            PassThru    = $true
+                        }
+                        Output     = @{
+                            Verbosity = 'None'
+                        }
+                        TestResult = @{
+                            Enabled    = $false
+                            OutputPath = $testResultOutputPath
+                        }
+                    })
+
+                $r.Result | Verify-Equal 'Passed'
+                (Test-Path $testResultOutputPath) | Verify-False
+            }
+            finally {
+                if (Test-Path $testResultOutputPath) {
+                    Remove-Item $testResultOutputPath -Force -ErrorAction Ignore
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
     b "configuration modified at runtime" {
         t "changes at runtime doesn't leak to advanced configuration object" {
             $c = [PesterConfiguration] @{