diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 3a290e2b3e..f8075eb9f6 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,11 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## Unreleased
+
+### Features
+
+- Support the `io.sentry.tombstone.report-historical` manifest option to enable historical tombstone reporting via `AndroidManifest.xml` `<meta-data>` ([#5683](https://github.com/getsentry/sentry-java/pull/5683))
+
 ## 8.47.0
 
 ### Behavioral Changes
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 c34ee0dbfa..6ae9be3e8b 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 TOMBSTONE_ENABLE = "io.sentry.tombstone.enable";
   static final String TOMBSTONE_ATTACH_RAW = "io.sentry.tombstone.attach-raw";
+  static final String TOMBSTONE_REPORT_HISTORICAL = "io.sentry.tombstone.report-historical";
 
   static final String AUTO_INIT = "io.sentry.auto-init";
   static final String NDK_ENABLE = "io.sentry.ndk.enable";
@@ -232,6 +233,12 @@ static void applyMetadata(
             readBool(metadata, logger, TOMBSTONE_ENABLE, options.isTombstoneEnabled()));
         options.setAttachRawTombstone(
             readBool(metadata, logger, TOMBSTONE_ATTACH_RAW, options.isAttachRawTombstone()));
+        options.setReportHistoricalTombstones(
+            readBool(
+                metadata,
+                logger,
+                TOMBSTONE_REPORT_HISTORICAL,
+                options.isReportHistoricalTombstones()));
 
         // use enableAutoSessionTracking as fallback
         options.setEnableAutoSessionTracking(
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 3b12e6489a..94da78fcfa 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
@@ -313,6 +313,56 @@ class ManifestMetadataReaderTest {
     assertEquals(false, fixture.options.isAttachRawTombstone)
   }
 
+  @Test
+  fun `applyMetadata reads tombstone enable to options`() {
+    // Arrange
+    val bundle = bundleOf(ManifestMetadataReader.TOMBSTONE_ENABLE to true)
+    val context = fixture.getContext(metaData = bundle)
+
+    // Act
+    ManifestMetadataReader.applyMetadata(context, fixture.options, fixture.buildInfoProvider)
+
+    // Assert
+    assertEquals(true, fixture.options.isTombstoneEnabled)
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  fun `applyMetadata reads tombstone enable to options and keeps default`() {
+    // Arrange
+    val context = fixture.getContext()
+
+    // Act
+    ManifestMetadataReader.applyMetadata(context, fixture.options, fixture.buildInfoProvider)
+
+    // Assert
+    assertEquals(false, fixture.options.isTombstoneEnabled)
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  fun `applyMetadata reads tombstone report historical to options`() {
+    // Arrange
+    val bundle = bundleOf(ManifestMetadataReader.TOMBSTONE_REPORT_HISTORICAL to true)
+    val context = fixture.getContext(metaData = bundle)
+
+    // Act
+    ManifestMetadataReader.applyMetadata(context, fixture.options, fixture.buildInfoProvider)
+
+    // Assert
+    assertEquals(true, fixture.options.isReportHistoricalTombstones)
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  fun `applyMetadata reads tombstone report historical to options and keeps default`() {
+    // Arrange
+    val context = fixture.getContext()
+
+    // Act
+    ManifestMetadataReader.applyMetadata(context, fixture.options, fixture.buildInfoProvider)
+
+    // Assert
+    assertEquals(false, fixture.options.isReportHistoricalTombstones)
+  }
+
   @Test
   fun `applyMetadata reads anr report historical to options`() {
     // Arrange