diff --git a/src/main/java/org/sonarqube/gradle/SonarPropertyComputer.java b/src/main/java/org/sonarqube/gradle/SonarPropertyComputer.java
index cce4bd81..a0c70196 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/sonarqube/gradle/SonarPropertyComputer.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/sonarqube/gradle/SonarPropertyComputer.java
@@ -107,17 +107,13 @@ private void computeSonarProperties(Project project, Map<String, Object> propert
     if (isAndroidProject(project)) {
       AndroidUtils.configureForAndroid(project, SonarQubePlugin.getConfiguredAndroidVariant(project), rawProperties);
     }
-
-    ActionBroadcast<SonarProperties> actionBroadcast = actionBroadcastMap.get(project.getPath());
-    if (actionBroadcast != null) {
-      evaluateSonarPropertiesBlocks(actionBroadcast, rawProperties);
-    }
-    if (project.equals(targetProject)) {
-      addEnvironmentProperties(rawProperties);
-      addSystemProperties(rawProperties);
+    if (isRootProject(project)) {
       addKotlinBuildScriptsToSources(project, rawProperties);
     }
 
+    overrideWithUserDefinedProperties(project, rawProperties);
+
+    // This is required if "sonar.sources" are neither found nor defined by user
     rawProperties.putIfAbsent(SONAR_SOURCES_PROP, "");
 
     if (project.equals(targetProject)) {
@@ -156,6 +152,20 @@ private void computeSonarProperties(Project project, Map<String, Object> propert
     properties.put(convertKey("sonar.modules", prefix), String.join(",", moduleIds));
   }
 
+  private void overrideWithUserDefinedProperties(Project project, Map<String, Object> rawProperties) {
+    ActionBroadcast<SonarProperties> actionBroadcast = actionBroadcastMap.get(project.getPath());
+    if (actionBroadcast != null) {
+      evaluateSonarPropertiesBlocks(actionBroadcast, rawProperties);
+    }
+    if (isRootProject(project)) {
+      addEnvironmentProperties(rawProperties);
+      addSystemProperties(rawProperties);
+    }
+  }
+
+  private boolean isRootProject(Project project) {
+    return project.equals(targetProject);
+  }
 
   private static void evaluateSonarPropertiesBlocks(ActionBroadcast<? super SonarProperties> propertiesActions, Map<String, Object> properties) {
     SonarProperties sqProperties = new SonarProperties(properties);
diff --git a/src/test/groovy/org/sonarqube/gradle/GradleKtsTests.groovy b/src/test/groovy/org/sonarqube/gradle/GradleKtsTests.groovy
index 199e3c8a..ef04c7ee 100644
--- a/src/test/groovy/org/sonarqube/gradle/GradleKtsTests.groovy
+++ b/src/test/groovy/org/sonarqube/gradle/GradleKtsTests.groovy
@@ -199,6 +199,27 @@ class GradleKtsTests extends Specification {
 
     }
 
+    def "don't add .gradle.kts files if sources are overridden"() {
+        given:
+        addBuildKtsWithCustomSources()
+        addSettingsKts()
+
+        when:
+        GradleRunner.create()
+                .withProjectDir(testProjectDir.toFile())
+                .forwardOutput()
+                .withArguments('sonarqube', '--info', '-Dsonar.scanner.dumpToFile=' + outFile.toAbsolutePath())
+                .withPluginClasspath()
+                .build()
+
+        def props = new Properties()
+        props.load(outFile.newDataInputStream())
+
+        then:
+        props["sonar.sources"] == "src/main/custom"
+
+    }
+
     private def addSettings() {
         settingsFile = testProjectDir.resolve('settings.gradle')
         settingsFile << "rootProject.name = 'java-task-toolchains'"
@@ -230,6 +251,22 @@ class GradleKtsTests extends Specification {
                      """
     }
 
+    private def addBuildKtsWithCustomSources() {
+        buildFile = testProjectDir.resolve('build.gradle.kts')
+        buildFile << """
+                     plugins {
+                         java
+                         id("org.sonarqube")
+                     }
+                     
+                     sonar {
+                         properties {
+                             property("sonar.sources", "src/main/custom")
+                         }
+                     }
+                     """
+    }
+
     private def addSubProject() {
         settingsFile << """
                         include("subproject")