diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index f6c787322b..6e97eeca71 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## Unreleased
+
+* Fix: Allow disabling sending of client reports via Android Manifest and external options (#2007)
+
 ## 6.0.0-alpha.6
 
 * Feat: Add sentry-servlet-jakarta module (#1987)
diff --git a/sentry-android-core/src/main/java/io/sentry/android/core/ManifestMetadataReader.java b/sentry-android-core/src/main/java/io/sentry/android/core/ManifestMetadataReader.java
index 63ef31a5e6..54e4389b39 100644
--- a/sentry-android-core/src/main/java/io/sentry/android/core/ManifestMetadataReader.java
+++ b/sentry-android-core/src/main/java/io/sentry/android/core/ManifestMetadataReader.java
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@ final class ManifestMetadataReader {
   static final String PROGUARD_UUID = "io.sentry.proguard-uuid";
 
   static final String ATTACH_SCREENSHOT = "io.sentry.attach-screenshot";
+  static final String CLIENT_REPORTS_ENABLE = "io.sentry.send-client-reports";
 
   /** ManifestMetadataReader ctor */
   private ManifestMetadataReader() {}
@@ -201,6 +202,9 @@ static void applyMetadata(
         options.setAttachScreenshot(
             readBool(metadata, logger, ATTACH_SCREENSHOT, options.isAttachScreenshot()));
 
+        options.setSendClientReports(
+            readBool(metadata, logger, CLIENT_REPORTS_ENABLE, options.isSendClientReports()));
+
         if (options.getTracesSampleRate() == null) {
           final Double tracesSampleRate = readDouble(metadata, logger, TRACES_SAMPLE_RATE);
           if (tracesSampleRate != -1) {
diff --git a/sentry-android-core/src/test/java/io/sentry/android/core/ManifestMetadataReaderTest.kt b/sentry-android-core/src/test/java/io/sentry/android/core/ManifestMetadataReaderTest.kt
index adad606d2d..a33acddc49 100644
--- a/sentry-android-core/src/test/java/io/sentry/android/core/ManifestMetadataReaderTest.kt
+++ b/sentry-android-core/src/test/java/io/sentry/android/core/ManifestMetadataReaderTest.kt
@@ -813,4 +813,29 @@ class ManifestMetadataReaderTest {
         // Assert
         assertFalse(fixture.options.isAttachScreenshot)
     }
+
+    @Test
+    fun `applyMetadata reads send client reports to options`() {
+        // Arrange
+        val bundle = bundleOf(ManifestMetadataReader.CLIENT_REPORTS_ENABLE to false)
+        val context = fixture.getContext(metaData = bundle)
+
+        // Act
+        ManifestMetadataReader.applyMetadata(context, fixture.options)
+
+        // Assert
+        assertFalse(fixture.options.isSendClientReports)
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun `applyMetadata reads send client reports and keep default value if not found`() {
+        // Arrange
+        val context = fixture.getContext()
+
+        // Act
+        ManifestMetadataReader.applyMetadata(context, fixture.options)
+
+        // Assert
+        assertTrue(fixture.options.isSendClientReports)
+    }
 }
diff --git a/sentry/api/sentry.api b/sentry/api/sentry.api
index bceaa14271..a0bfdc2887 100644
--- a/sentry/api/sentry.api
+++ b/sentry/api/sentry.api
@@ -161,6 +161,7 @@ public final class io/sentry/ExternalOptions {
 	public fun getProguardUuid ()Ljava/lang/String;
 	public fun getProxy ()Lio/sentry/SentryOptions$Proxy;
 	public fun getRelease ()Ljava/lang/String;
+	public fun getSendClientReports ()Ljava/lang/Boolean;
 	public fun getServerName ()Ljava/lang/String;
 	public fun getTags ()Ljava/util/Map;
 	public fun getTracesSampleRate ()Ljava/lang/Double;
@@ -176,6 +177,7 @@ public final class io/sentry/ExternalOptions {
 	public fun setProguardUuid (Ljava/lang/String;)V
 	public fun setProxy (Lio/sentry/SentryOptions$Proxy;)V
 	public fun setRelease (Ljava/lang/String;)V
+	public fun setSendClientReports (Ljava/lang/Boolean;)V
 	public fun setServerName (Ljava/lang/String;)V
 	public fun setTag (Ljava/lang/String;Ljava/lang/String;)V
 	public fun setTracesSampleRate (Ljava/lang/Double;)V
diff --git a/sentry/src/main/java/io/sentry/ExternalOptions.java b/sentry/src/main/java/io/sentry/ExternalOptions.java
index 8f10ca8c40..b9ba68a80a 100644
--- a/sentry/src/main/java/io/sentry/ExternalOptions.java
+++ b/sentry/src/main/java/io/sentry/ExternalOptions.java
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ public final class ExternalOptions {
   private final @NotNull Set<Class<? extends Throwable>> ignoredExceptionsForType =
       new CopyOnWriteArraySet<>();
   private @Nullable Boolean printUncaughtStackTrace;
+  private @Nullable Boolean sendClientReports;
 
   @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
   public static @NotNull ExternalOptions from(
@@ -54,6 +55,7 @@ public final class ExternalOptions {
     options.setTracesSampleRate(propertiesProvider.getDoubleProperty("traces-sample-rate"));
     options.setDebug(propertiesProvider.getBooleanProperty("debug"));
     options.setEnableDeduplication(propertiesProvider.getBooleanProperty("enable-deduplication"));
+    options.setSendClientReports(propertiesProvider.getBooleanProperty("send-client-reports"));
     final String maxRequestBodySize = propertiesProvider.getProperty("max-request-body-size");
     if (maxRequestBodySize != null) {
       options.setMaxRequestBodySize(
@@ -263,4 +265,12 @@ public void setTag(final @NotNull String key, final @NotNull String value) {
   public void setPrintUncaughtStackTrace(final @Nullable Boolean printUncaughtStackTrace) {
     this.printUncaughtStackTrace = printUncaughtStackTrace;
   }
+
+  public @Nullable Boolean getSendClientReports() {
+    return sendClientReports;
+  }
+
+  public void setSendClientReports(final @Nullable Boolean sendClientReports) {
+    this.sendClientReports = sendClientReports;
+  }
 }
diff --git a/sentry/src/main/java/io/sentry/SentryOptions.java b/sentry/src/main/java/io/sentry/SentryOptions.java
index 25a7b9a960..b293233bde 100644
--- a/sentry/src/main/java/io/sentry/SentryOptions.java
+++ b/sentry/src/main/java/io/sentry/SentryOptions.java
@@ -1692,6 +1692,9 @@ void merge(final @NotNull ExternalOptions options) {
     if (options.getEnableDeduplication() != null) {
       setEnableDeduplication(options.getEnableDeduplication());
     }
+    if (options.getSendClientReports() != null) {
+      setSendClientReports(options.getSendClientReports());
+    }
     final Map<String, String> tags = new HashMap<>(options.getTags());
     for (final Map.Entry<String, String> tag : tags.entrySet()) {
       this.tags.put(tag.getKey(), tag.getValue());
diff --git a/sentry/src/test/java/io/sentry/ExternalOptionsTest.kt b/sentry/src/test/java/io/sentry/ExternalOptionsTest.kt
index 0e7ea3d931..09f0777477 100644
--- a/sentry/src/test/java/io/sentry/ExternalOptionsTest.kt
+++ b/sentry/src/test/java/io/sentry/ExternalOptionsTest.kt
@@ -122,6 +122,15 @@ class ExternalOptionsTest {
         }
     }
 
+    @Test
+    fun `creates options with sendClientReports using external properties`() {
+        withPropertiesFile("send-client-reports=false") {
+            assertNotNull(it.sendClientReports) {
+                assertFalse(it)
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
     @Test
     fun `creates options with maxRequestBodySize using external properties`() {
         withPropertiesFile("max-request-body-size=small") {