diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 331ffe0490..ec6a04f83c 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,11 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## Unreleased
+
+### Features
+
+- Added `io.sentry.ndk.sdk-name` Android manifest option to configure the native SDK's name ([#5027](https://github.com/getsentry/sentry-java/pull/5027))
+
 ## 8.30.0
 
 ### Fixes
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 8cb301778b..7fed68da6d 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
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ final class ManifestMetadataReader {
   static final String AUTO_INIT = "io.sentry.auto-init";
   static final String NDK_ENABLE = "io.sentry.ndk.enable";
   static final String NDK_SCOPE_SYNC_ENABLE = "io.sentry.ndk.scope-sync.enable";
+  static final String NDK_SDK_NAME = "io.sentry.ndk.sdk-name";
   static final String RELEASE = "io.sentry.release";
   static final String ENVIRONMENT = "io.sentry.environment";
   static final String SDK_NAME = "io.sentry.sdk.name";
@@ -252,6 +253,12 @@ static void applyMetadata(
         options.setEnableScopeSync(
             readBool(metadata, logger, NDK_SCOPE_SYNC_ENABLE, options.isEnableScopeSync()));
 
+        final @Nullable String nativeSdkName =
+            readString(metadata, logger, NDK_SDK_NAME, options.getNativeSdkName());
+        if (nativeSdkName != null) {
+          options.setNativeSdkName(nativeSdkName);
+        }
+
         options.setRelease(readString(metadata, logger, RELEASE, options.getRelease()));
 
         options.setEnvironment(readString(metadata, logger, ENVIRONMENT, options.getEnvironment()));
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 c17334120b..1c4a4d3f33 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
@@ -646,6 +646,32 @@ class ManifestMetadataReaderTest {
     assertTrue(fixture.options.isEnableScopeSync)
   }
 
+  @Test
+  fun `applyMetadata reads nativeSdkName to options`() {
+    // Arrange
+    val expectedValue = "sentry.native.android.unity"
+    val bundle = bundleOf(ManifestMetadataReader.NDK_SDK_NAME to expectedValue)
+    val context = fixture.getContext(metaData = bundle)
+
+    // Act
+    ManifestMetadataReader.applyMetadata(context, fixture.options, fixture.buildInfoProvider)
+
+    // Assert
+    assertEquals(expectedValue, fixture.options.nativeSdkName)
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  fun `applyMetadata reads nativeSdkName and keeps default`() {
+    // Arrange
+    val context = fixture.getContext()
+
+    // Act
+    ManifestMetadataReader.applyMetadata(context, fixture.options, fixture.buildInfoProvider)
+
+    // Assert
+    assertNull(fixture.options.nativeSdkName)
+  }
+
   @Test
   fun `applyMetadata reads tracesSampleRate from metadata`() {
     // Arrange