diff --git a/examples/android-instrumentation-sample/build.gradle.kts b/examples/android-instrumentation-sample/build.gradle.kts
index a6e3821a..9dad2e69 100644
--- a/examples/android-instrumentation-sample/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/examples/android-instrumentation-sample/build.gradle.kts
@@ -108,6 +108,7 @@ sentry {
 
     includeSourceContext.set(true)
     autoUploadSourceContext.set(CI.canAutoUpload())
+    autoUploadSourceContextBuildTypes.set(setOf("debug", "release"))
     additionalSourceDirsForSourceContext.set(setOf("src/custom/java"))
 
     org.set("sentry-sdks")
diff --git a/plugin-build/src/main/kotlin/io/sentry/android/gradle/AndroidComponentsConfig.kt b/plugin-build/src/main/kotlin/io/sentry/android/gradle/AndroidComponentsConfig.kt
index 745106b4..c49a57e6 100644
--- a/plugin-build/src/main/kotlin/io/sentry/android/gradle/AndroidComponentsConfig.kt
+++ b/plugin-build/src/main/kotlin/io/sentry/android/gradle/AndroidComponentsConfig.kt
@@ -305,10 +305,9 @@ private fun Variant.configureSourceBundleTasks(
                 taskSuffix
             )
 
-            if (variant.buildTypeName == "release") {
+            if (extension.autoUploadSourceContextBuildTypes.get().contains(variant.buildTypeName)) {
                 sourceContextTasks.uploadSourceBundleTask.hookWithAssembleTasks(project, variant)
             }
-
             return sourceContextTasks
         } else {
             project.logger.info {
diff --git a/plugin-build/src/main/kotlin/io/sentry/android/gradle/AppConfig.kt b/plugin-build/src/main/kotlin/io/sentry/android/gradle/AppConfig.kt
index e40cd9ea..51ae8655 100644
--- a/plugin-build/src/main/kotlin/io/sentry/android/gradle/AppConfig.kt
+++ b/plugin-build/src/main/kotlin/io/sentry/android/gradle/AppConfig.kt
@@ -228,7 +228,7 @@ private fun ApplicationVariant.configureSourceBundleTasks(
             taskSuffix
         )
 
-        if (variant.buildTypeName == "release") {
+        if (extension.autoUploadSourceContextBuildTypes.get().contains(variant.buildTypeName)) {
             sourceContextTasks.uploadSourceBundleTask.hookWithAssembleTasks(project, variant)
         }
 
diff --git a/plugin-build/src/main/kotlin/io/sentry/android/gradle/extensions/SentryPluginExtension.kt b/plugin-build/src/main/kotlin/io/sentry/android/gradle/extensions/SentryPluginExtension.kt
index 17ea100e..6701d302 100644
--- a/plugin-build/src/main/kotlin/io/sentry/android/gradle/extensions/SentryPluginExtension.kt
+++ b/plugin-build/src/main/kotlin/io/sentry/android/gradle/extensions/SentryPluginExtension.kt
@@ -156,6 +156,13 @@ abstract class SentryPluginExtension @Inject constructor(project: Project) {
     val autoUploadSourceContext: Property<Boolean> = objects
         .property(Boolean::class.java).convention(true)
 
+    /**
+     * Which build types should be considered for automatic source context upload.
+     * Default is "release" only.
+     */
+    val autoUploadSourceContextBuildTypes: SetProperty<String> = objects
+        .setProperty(String::class.java).convention(setOf("release"))
+
     /**
      * Configure additional directories to be included in the source bundle which is used for
      * source context. The directories should be specified relative to the Gradle module/project's