diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index f6afc462d4..aff92b632d 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 * Fix: set correct transaction status for unhandled exceptions in SentryTracingFilter (#1406)
 * Fix: handle network errors in SentrySpanClientHttpRequestInterceptor (#1407)
 * Fix: set scope on transaction (#1409)
+* Fix: Pass maxBreadcrumbs config. to sentry-native (#1425)
 
 # 4.4.0-alpha.2
 
diff --git a/sentry-android-ndk/src/main/jni/sentry.c b/sentry-android-ndk/src/main/jni/sentry.c
index 2fdc4f0598..7d0ff47554 100644
--- a/sentry-android-ndk/src/main/jni/sentry.c
+++ b/sentry-android-ndk/src/main/jni/sentry.c
@@ -193,6 +193,7 @@ Java_io_sentry_android_ndk_SentryNdk_initSentryNative(
     jmethodID environment_mid = (*env)->GetMethodID(env, options_cls, "getEnvironment",
                                                     "()Ljava/lang/String;");
     jmethodID dist_mid = (*env)->GetMethodID(env, options_cls, "getDist", "()Ljava/lang/String;");
+    jmethodID max_crumbs_mid = (*env)->GetMethodID(env, options_cls, "getMaxBreadcrumbs", "()I");
 
     jstring outbox_path_j = (jstring) (*env)->CallObjectMethod(env, sentry_sdk_options,
                                                                outbox_path_mid);
@@ -202,6 +203,7 @@ Java_io_sentry_android_ndk_SentryNdk_initSentryNative(
     jstring environment = (jstring) (*env)->CallObjectMethod(env, sentry_sdk_options,
                                                              environment_mid);
     jstring dist = (jstring) (*env)->CallObjectMethod(env, sentry_sdk_options, dist_mid);
+    jint max_crumbs = (jint) (*env)->CallIntMethod(env, sentry_sdk_options, max_crumbs_mid);
 
     ENSURE(outbox_path_j);
     const char *outbox_path_str = (*env)->GetStringUTFChars(env, outbox_path_j, 0);
@@ -229,6 +231,8 @@ Java_io_sentry_android_ndk_SentryNdk_initSentryNative(
 
     sentry_options_set_transport(options, transport);
     sentry_options_set_debug(options, debug);
+    sentry_options_set_max_breadcrumbs(options, max_crumbs);
+
     const char *dsn_str = (*env)->GetStringUTFChars(env, dsn, 0);
     sentry_options_set_dsn(options, dsn_str);
     (*env)->ReleaseStringUTFChars(env, dsn, dsn_str);