diff --git a/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.OData/Extensions/HttpRequestExtensions.cs b/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.OData/Extensions/HttpRequestExtensions.cs
index 83beb1bc1..91caeeb62 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.OData/Extensions/HttpRequestExtensions.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.OData/Extensions/HttpRequestExtensions.cs
@@ -271,12 +271,6 @@ public static IServiceProvider GetRouteServices(this HttpRequest request)
                 return requestContainer;
             }
 
-            // if the prefixName == null, it's a non-model scenario
-            if (request.ODataFeature().RoutePrefix == null)
-            {
-                return null;
-            }
-
             // HTTP routes will not have chance to call CreateRequestContainer. We have to call it.
             return request.CreateRouteServices(request.ODataFeature().RoutePrefix);
         }
@@ -300,6 +294,12 @@ public static IServiceProvider CreateRouteServices(this HttpRequest request, str
             }
 
             IServiceScope requestScope = request.CreateRequestScope(routePrefix);
+            if (requestScope == null)
+            {
+                // non-model scenario with dependency injection non enabled
+                return null;
+            }
+
             IServiceProvider requestContainer = requestScope.ServiceProvider;
 
             request.ODataFeature().RequestScope = requestScope;
@@ -341,15 +341,17 @@ private static IServiceScope CreateRequestScope(this HttpRequest request, string
         {
             ODataOptions options = request.ODataOptions();
 
-            IServiceProvider rootContainer = options.GetRouteServices(routePrefix);
-            IServiceScope scope = rootContainer.GetRequiredService<IServiceScopeFactory>().CreateScope();
-
-            // Bind scoping request into the OData container.
-            if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(routePrefix))
+            IServiceProvider rootContainer = options?.GetRouteServices(routePrefix);
+            if (rootContainer == null)
             {
-                scope.ServiceProvider.GetRequiredService<HttpRequestScope>().HttpRequest = request;
+                return null;
             }
 
+            IServiceScope scope = rootContainer.GetRequiredService<IServiceScopeFactory>().CreateScope();
+
+            // Bind scoping request into the OData container.            
+            scope.ServiceProvider.GetRequiredService<HttpRequestScope>().HttpRequest = request;
+
             return scope;
         }
 
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.OData/Microsoft.AspNetCore.OData.xml b/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.OData/Microsoft.AspNetCore.OData.xml
index e900babf5..f6ad8baf4 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.OData/Microsoft.AspNetCore.OData.xml
+++ b/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.OData/Microsoft.AspNetCore.OData.xml
@@ -6160,6 +6160,21 @@
             </summary>
             <remarks>DO NOT modify this dictionary yourself. Instead, use the 'AddRouteComponents()` methods for registering model instances.</remarks>
         </member>
+        <member name="M:Microsoft.AspNetCore.OData.ODataOptions.AddRouteComponents(System.Action{Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection.IServiceCollection})">
+            <summary>
+            Configures service collection for non-EDM scenario
+            </summary>
+            <param name="configureServices">The sub service configuration action.</param>
+            <returns>The current <see cref="T:Microsoft.AspNetCore.OData.ODataOptions"/> instance to enable fluent configuration.</returns>
+        </member>
+        <member name="M:Microsoft.AspNetCore.OData.ODataOptions.AddRouteComponents(Microsoft.OData.ODataVersion,System.Action{Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection.IServiceCollection})">
+            <summary>
+            Configures service collection for non-EDM scenario
+            </summary>
+            <param name="version">The OData version to be used.</param>
+            <param name="configureServices">The sub service configuration action.</param>
+            <returns>The current <see cref="T:Microsoft.AspNetCore.OData.ODataOptions"/> instance to enable fluent configuration.</returns>
+        </member>
         <member name="M:Microsoft.AspNetCore.OData.ODataOptions.AddRouteComponents(Microsoft.OData.Edm.IEdmModel)">
             <summary>
             Adds an <see cref="T:Microsoft.OData.Edm.IEdmModel"/> to the default route.
@@ -6285,8 +6300,8 @@
             Build the container.
             </summary>
             <param name="model">The Edm model.</param>
-            <param name="setupAction">The setup config.</param>
             <param name="version">The OData version config.</param>
+            <param name="setupAction">The setup config.</param>
             <returns>The built service provider.</returns>
         </member>
         <member name="M:Microsoft.AspNetCore.OData.ODataOptions.SanitizeRoutePrefix(System.String)">
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.OData/ODataOptions.cs b/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.OData/ODataOptions.cs
index 09edefefa..e0efdf8dd 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.OData/ODataOptions.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.OData/ODataOptions.cs
@@ -29,6 +29,8 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.OData
     public class ODataOptions
     {
         #region Settings
+        private IServiceProvider _serviceProvider;
+
         /// <summary>
         /// Gets or sets the <see cref="ODataUrlKeyDelimiter"/> to use while parsing, specifically
         /// whether to recognize keys as segments or not.
@@ -61,7 +63,7 @@ public class ODataOptions
         /// <summary>
         /// Gets the <see cref="RouteOptions"/> instance responsible for configuring the route template.
         /// </summary>
-        public ODataRouteOptions RouteOptions { get; } = new ODataRouteOptions();
+        public ODataRouteOptions RouteOptions { get; } = new ODataRouteOptions();        
 
         #endregion
 
@@ -73,6 +75,28 @@ public class ODataOptions
         /// <remarks>DO NOT modify this dictionary yourself. Instead, use the 'AddRouteComponents()` methods for registering model instances.</remarks>
         public IDictionary<string, (IEdmModel EdmModel, IServiceProvider ServiceProvider)> RouteComponents { get; } = new Dictionary<string, (IEdmModel, IServiceProvider)>();
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Configures service collection for non-EDM scenario
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="configureServices">The sub service configuration action.</param>
+        /// <returns>The current <see cref="ODataOptions"/> instance to enable fluent configuration.</returns>
+        public ODataOptions AddRouteComponents(Action<IServiceCollection> configureServices)
+        {
+            return AddRouteComponents(ODataVersion.V4, configureServices);
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Configures service collection for non-EDM scenario
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="version">The OData version to be used.</param>
+        /// <param name="configureServices">The sub service configuration action.</param>
+        /// <returns>The current <see cref="ODataOptions"/> instance to enable fluent configuration.</returns>
+        public ODataOptions AddRouteComponents(ODataVersion version, Action<IServiceCollection> configureServices)
+        {
+            _serviceProvider = BuildRouteContainer(null, version, configureServices);
+            return this;
+        }
+
         /// <summary>
         /// Adds an <see cref="IEdmModel"/> to the default route.
         /// </summary>
@@ -171,7 +195,7 @@ public IServiceProvider GetRouteServices(string routePrefix)
         {
             if (routePrefix == null)
             {
-                return null;
+                return _serviceProvider;
             }
 
             string sanitizedRoutePrefix = SanitizeRoutePrefix(routePrefix);
@@ -298,13 +322,11 @@ public ODataOptions SetMaxTop(int? maxTopValue)
         /// Build the container.
         /// </summary>
         /// <param name="model">The Edm model.</param>
-        /// <param name="setupAction">The setup config.</param>
         /// <param name="version">The OData version config.</param>
+        /// <param name="setupAction">The setup config.</param>
         /// <returns>The built service provider.</returns>
         private IServiceProvider BuildRouteContainer(IEdmModel model, ODataVersion version, Action<IServiceCollection> setupAction)
         {
-            Contract.Assert(model != null);
-
             ServiceCollection services = new ServiceCollection();
             DefaultContainerBuilder builder = new DefaultContainerBuilder();
 
@@ -325,10 +347,13 @@ private IServiceProvider BuildRouteContainer(IEdmModel model, ODataVersion versi
                     EnableNoDollarQueryOptions = EnableNoDollarQueryOptions // retrieve it from global setting
                 });
 
-            // Inject the Edm model.
-            // From Current ODL implement, such injection only be used in reader and writer if the input
-            // model is null.
-            builder.Services.AddSingleton(sp => model);
+            if (model != null)
+            {
+                // Inject the Edm model.
+                // From Current ODL implement, such injection only be used in reader and writer if the input
+                // model is null.
+                builder.Services.AddSingleton(sp => model);
+            }
 
             // Inject the customized services.
             setupAction?.Invoke(builder.Services);
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.OData/PublicAPI.Unshipped.txt b/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.OData/PublicAPI.Unshipped.txt
index ae7f1bcaa..a0b0d361e 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.OData/PublicAPI.Unshipped.txt
+++ b/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.OData/PublicAPI.Unshipped.txt
@@ -648,6 +648,8 @@ Microsoft.AspNetCore.OData.ODataMvcOptionsSetup
 Microsoft.AspNetCore.OData.ODataMvcOptionsSetup.Configure(Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.MvcOptions options) -> void
 Microsoft.AspNetCore.OData.ODataMvcOptionsSetup.ODataMvcOptionsSetup() -> void
 Microsoft.AspNetCore.OData.ODataOptions
+Microsoft.AspNetCore.OData.ODataOptions.AddRouteComponents(System.Action<Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection.IServiceCollection> configureServices) -> Microsoft.AspNetCore.OData.ODataOptions
+Microsoft.AspNetCore.OData.ODataOptions.AddRouteComponents(Microsoft.OData.ODataVersion version, System.Action<Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection.IServiceCollection> configureServices) -> Microsoft.AspNetCore.OData.ODataOptions
 Microsoft.AspNetCore.OData.ODataOptions.AddRouteComponents(Microsoft.OData.Edm.IEdmModel model) -> Microsoft.AspNetCore.OData.ODataOptions
 Microsoft.AspNetCore.OData.ODataOptions.AddRouteComponents(Microsoft.OData.Edm.IEdmModel model, Microsoft.AspNetCore.OData.Batch.ODataBatchHandler batchHandler) -> Microsoft.AspNetCore.OData.ODataOptions
 Microsoft.AspNetCore.OData.ODataOptions.AddRouteComponents(string routePrefix, Microsoft.OData.Edm.IEdmModel model) -> Microsoft.AspNetCore.OData.ODataOptions
diff --git a/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.OData.E2E.Tests/Microsoft.AspNetCore.OData.E2E.Tests.csproj b/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.OData.E2E.Tests/Microsoft.AspNetCore.OData.E2E.Tests.csproj
index 6c795b7bd..234789ddd 100644
--- a/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.OData.E2E.Tests/Microsoft.AspNetCore.OData.E2E.Tests.csproj
+++ b/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.OData.E2E.Tests/Microsoft.AspNetCore.OData.E2E.Tests.csproj
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
 
   <PropertyGroup>
+    <TargetFrameworks>netcoreapp3.1;net5.0</TargetFrameworks>
+    <TargetFrameworks Condition="'$(VisualStudioVersion)' == '' or '$(VisualStudioVersion)' &gt;= '17.0'">$(TargetFrameworks);net6.0</TargetFrameworks>
     <TargetFrameworks>netcoreapp3.1;net6.0</TargetFrameworks>
     <AssemblyName>Microsoft.AspNetCore.OData.E2E.Tests</AssemblyName>
     <RootNamespace>Microsoft.AspNetCore.OData.E2E.Tests</RootNamespace>
diff --git a/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.OData.E2E.Tests/NonEdm/CustomersController.cs b/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.OData.E2E.Tests/NonEdm/CustomersController.cs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..589e04bb0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.OData.E2E.Tests/NonEdm/CustomersController.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// <copyright file="CustomersController.cs" company=".NET Foundation">
+//      Copyright (c) .NET Foundation and Contributors. All rights reserved.
+//      See License.txt in the project root for license information.
+// </copyright>
+//------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+using System.Linq;
+using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc;
+using Microsoft.AspNetCore.OData.Query;
+
+namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.OData.E2E.Tests.NonEdm
+{
+    [ApiController]
+    [Route("api/[controller]")]
+    public class CustomersController : ControllerBase
+    {
+        [HttpGet]
+        public IActionResult Get(ODataQueryOptions<Customer> options)
+        {
+            return Ok(options.ApplyTo(NonEdmDbContext.GetCustomers().AsQueryable()));
+        }
+
+        [HttpGet("WithEnableQueryAttribute")]
+        [EnableQuery]
+        public IActionResult GetWithEnableQueryAttribute()
+        {
+            return Ok(NonEdmDbContext.GetCustomers());
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.OData.E2E.Tests/NonEdm/NonEdmDataModel.cs b/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.OData.E2E.Tests/NonEdm/NonEdmDataModel.cs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0e23f85e6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.OData.E2E.Tests/NonEdm/NonEdmDataModel.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// <copyright file="NonEdmDataModel.cs" company=".NET Foundation">
+//      Copyright (c) .NET Foundation and Contributors. All rights reserved.
+//      See License.txt in the project root for license information.
+// </copyright>
+//------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.OData.E2E.Tests.NonEdm
+{
+    public class Customer
+    {
+        public int Id { get; set; }
+        public string Name { get; set; }
+        public Gender Gender { get; set; }
+    }
+
+    public enum Gender
+    {
+        Male = 1,
+        Female = 2
+    }
+}
diff --git a/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.OData.E2E.Tests/NonEdm/NonEdmDbContext.cs b/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.OData.E2E.Tests/NonEdm/NonEdmDbContext.cs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b49537984
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.OData.E2E.Tests/NonEdm/NonEdmDbContext.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// <copyright file="NonEdmDbContext.cs" company=".NET Foundation">
+//      Copyright (c) .NET Foundation and Contributors. All rights reserved.
+//      See License.txt in the project root for license information.
+// </copyright>
+//------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Linq;
+
+namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.OData.E2E.Tests.NonEdm
+{
+    public class NonEdmDbContext
+    {
+        private static IList<Customer> _customers;
+
+        public static IList<Customer> GetCustomers()
+        {
+            if (_customers == null)
+            {
+                Generate();
+            }
+            return _customers;
+        }
+
+        private static void Generate()
+        {
+            _customers = Enumerable.Range(1, 10).Select(e =>
+                new Customer
+                {
+                    Id = e,
+                    Name = "Customer #" + e,
+                    Gender = e%2 == 0 ? Gender.Female : Gender.Male,
+                }).ToList();
+        }
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.OData.E2E.Tests/NonEdm/NonEdmTests.cs b/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.OData.E2E.Tests/NonEdm/NonEdmTests.cs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..864a30ec2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.OData.E2E.Tests/NonEdm/NonEdmTests.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,73 @@
+//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// <copyright file="NonEdmTests.cs" company=".NET Foundation">
+//      Copyright (c) .NET Foundation and Contributors. All rights reserved.
+//      See License.txt in the project root for license information.
+// </copyright>
+//------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+using System.Linq;
+using System.Net.Http;
+using System.Threading.Tasks;
+using Microsoft.AspNetCore.OData.E2E.Tests.Extensions;
+using Microsoft.AspNetCore.OData.TestCommon;
+using Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection;
+using Microsoft.OData.UriParser;
+using Newtonsoft.Json.Linq;
+using Xunit;
+
+namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.OData.E2E.Tests.NonEdm
+{
+    public class NonEdmTests : WebApiTestBase<NonEdmTests>
+    {
+        public NonEdmTests(WebApiTestFixture<NonEdmTests> fixture)
+            : base(fixture)
+        {
+        }
+
+        protected static void UpdateConfigureServices(IServiceCollection services)
+        {
+            services.ConfigureControllers(typeof(CustomersController));
+            services.AddControllers().AddOData(opt =>
+            {
+                opt.EnableQueryFeatures();
+                opt.AddRouteComponents(services =>
+                {
+                    services.AddSingleton<ODataUriResolver>(sp => new StringAsEnumResolver() { EnableCaseInsensitive = true });
+                });
+            });
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public async Task NonEdmFilterByEnumString()
+        {
+            Assert.Equal(5, (await GetResponse<Customer[]>("$filter=Gender eq 'MaLe'")).Length);
+        }        
+
+        [Fact]
+        public async Task NonEdmFilterByEnumStringWithEnableQueryAttribute()
+        {
+            Assert.Equal(5, (await GetResponse<Customer[]>("$filter=Gender eq 'MaLe'", "WithEnableQueryAttribute")).Length);
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public async Task NonEdmSumFilteredByEnumString()
+        {
+            var response = await GetResponse<JArray>("$apply=filter(Gender eq 'female')/aggregate(Id with sum as Sum)");
+            Assert.Equal(30, response.Single()["Sum"].Value<int>());
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public async Task NonEdmSelectTopFilteredByEnumString()
+        {
+            var response = await GetResponse<Customer[]>("$filter(Gender eq 'female')&$orderby=Id desc&$select=Name&$top=1&$skip=1");
+            Assert.Equal("Customer #9", response.Single().Name);
+        }
+
+        private async Task<T> GetResponse<T>(string queryOptions, string method = null)
+        {
+            using var response = await CreateClient().SendAsync(
+                new HttpRequestMessage(HttpMethod.Get, $"api/Customers/{method ?? string.Empty}?{queryOptions}"));
+            return await response.Content.ReadAsObject<T>();
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.OData.Tests/PublicApi/Microsoft.AspNetCore.OData.PublicApi.Net5.bsl b/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.OData.Tests/PublicApi/Microsoft.AspNetCore.OData.PublicApi.Net5.bsl
index 41ec65407..0620d35ba 100644
--- a/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.OData.Tests/PublicApi/Microsoft.AspNetCore.OData.PublicApi.Net5.bsl
+++ b/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.OData.Tests/PublicApi/Microsoft.AspNetCore.OData.PublicApi.Net5.bsl
@@ -117,6 +117,7 @@ public class Microsoft.AspNetCore.OData.ODataOptions {
 	public Microsoft.AspNetCore.OData.ODataOptions AddRouteComponents (string routePrefix, Microsoft.OData.Edm.IEdmModel model)
 	public Microsoft.AspNetCore.OData.ODataOptions AddRouteComponents (string routePrefix, Microsoft.OData.Edm.IEdmModel model, Microsoft.AspNetCore.OData.Batch.ODataBatchHandler batchHandler)
 	public Microsoft.AspNetCore.OData.ODataOptions AddRouteComponents (string routePrefix, Microsoft.OData.Edm.IEdmModel model, System.Action`1[[Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection.IServiceCollection]] configureServices)
+	public Microsoft.AspNetCore.OData.ODataOptions ConfigureServiceCollection (System.Action`1[[Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection.IServiceCollection]] configureServices)
 	public Microsoft.AspNetCore.OData.ODataOptions Count ()
 	public Microsoft.AspNetCore.OData.ODataOptions EnableQueryFeatures (params System.Nullable`1[[System.Int32]] maxTopValue)
 	public Microsoft.AspNetCore.OData.ODataOptions Expand ()