diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index c369ef789e..ac4cbaffd5 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 
 - Add Hermes Debug Info flag to React Native Context ([#3290](https://github.com/getsentry/sentry-react-native/pull/3290))
   - This flag equals `true` when Hermes Bundle contains Debug Info (Hermes Source Map was not emitted)
+- Add `enableNdk` property to ReactNativeOptions for Android. ([#3304](https://github.com/getsentry/sentry-react-native/pull/3304))
 
 ## 5.9.2
 
diff --git a/android/src/main/java/io/sentry/react/RNSentryModuleImpl.java b/android/src/main/java/io/sentry/react/RNSentryModuleImpl.java
index 158847b0ca..1da6d09511 100644
--- a/android/src/main/java/io/sentry/react/RNSentryModuleImpl.java
+++ b/android/src/main/java/io/sentry/react/RNSentryModuleImpl.java
@@ -185,6 +185,9 @@ public void initNativeSdk(final ReadableMap rnOptions, Promise promise) {
             if (rnOptions.hasKey("maxQueueSize")) {
                 options.setMaxQueueSize(rnOptions.getInt("maxQueueSize"));
             }
+            if (rnOptions.hasKey("enableNdk")) {
+                options.setEnableNdk(rnOptions.getBoolean("enableNdk"));
+            }
 
             options.setBeforeSend((event, hint) -> {
                 // React native internally throws a JavascriptException
diff --git a/src/js/options.ts b/src/js/options.ts
index 37bfb8276a..dacd4610cf 100644
--- a/src/js/options.ts
+++ b/src/js/options.ts
@@ -41,7 +41,15 @@ export interface BaseReactNativeOptions {
   /** The interval to end a session if the App goes to the background. */
   sessionTrackingIntervalMillis?: number;
 
-  /** Enable scope sync from Java to NDK on Android */
+  /** Enable NDK on Android
+   *
+   * @default true
+   */
+  enableNdk?: boolean;
+
+  /** Enable scope sync from Java to NDK on Android
+   * Only has an effect if `enableNdk` is `true`.
+   */
   enableNdkScopeSync?: boolean;
 
   /** When enabled, all the threads are automatically attached to all logged events on Android */
diff --git a/src/js/sdk.tsx b/src/js/sdk.tsx
index 4cc6571c49..82915707d7 100644
--- a/src/js/sdk.tsx
+++ b/src/js/sdk.tsx
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ const DEFAULT_OPTIONS: ReactNativeOptions = {
   maxQueueSize: DEFAULT_BUFFER_SIZE,
   attachStacktrace: true,
   enableCaptureFailedRequests: false,
+  enableNdk: true,
 };
 
 /**