diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index a179e82555..dd75e4be4d 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -6,6 +6,10 @@
 
 - `sentry-android-okhttp` has been removed in favor of `sentry-okhttp`, removing android dependency from the module ([#3510](https://github.com/getsentry/sentry-java/pull/3510))
 
+### Fixes
+
+- Parse and use `send-default-pii` and `max-request-body-size` from `sentry.properties` ([#3534](https://github.com/getsentry/sentry-java/pull/3534))
+
 ## 8.0.0-alpha.2
 
 ### Behavioural Changes
diff --git a/sentry/api/sentry.api b/sentry/api/sentry.api
index 68ad64144f..52d6c2f329 100644
--- a/sentry/api/sentry.api
+++ b/sentry/api/sentry.api
@@ -461,6 +461,7 @@ public final class io/sentry/ExternalOptions {
 	public fun isEnableBackpressureHandling ()Ljava/lang/Boolean;
 	public fun isEnablePrettySerializationOutput ()Ljava/lang/Boolean;
 	public fun isEnabled ()Ljava/lang/Boolean;
+	public fun isSendDefaultPii ()Ljava/lang/Boolean;
 	public fun isSendModules ()Ljava/lang/Boolean;
 	public fun setCron (Lio/sentry/SentryOptions$Cron;)V
 	public fun setDebug (Ljava/lang/Boolean;)V
@@ -482,6 +483,7 @@ public final class io/sentry/ExternalOptions {
 	public fun setProxy (Lio/sentry/SentryOptions$Proxy;)V
 	public fun setRelease (Ljava/lang/String;)V
 	public fun setSendClientReports (Ljava/lang/Boolean;)V
+	public fun setSendDefaultPii (Ljava/lang/Boolean;)V
 	public fun setSendModules (Ljava/lang/Boolean;)V
 	public fun setServerName (Ljava/lang/String;)V
 	public fun setTag (Ljava/lang/String;Ljava/lang/String;)V
diff --git a/sentry/src/main/java/io/sentry/ExternalOptions.java b/sentry/src/main/java/io/sentry/ExternalOptions.java
index 99eaacdd24..aa5aa43937 100644
--- a/sentry/src/main/java/io/sentry/ExternalOptions.java
+++ b/sentry/src/main/java/io/sentry/ExternalOptions.java
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ public final class ExternalOptions {
   private @Nullable List<String> ignoredCheckIns;
 
   private @Nullable Boolean sendModules;
+  private @Nullable Boolean sendDefaultPii;
   private @Nullable Boolean enableBackpressureHandling;
 
   private @Nullable SentryOptions.Cron cron;
@@ -131,6 +132,7 @@ public final class ExternalOptions {
         propertiesProvider.getBooleanProperty("enable-pretty-serialization-output"));
 
     options.setSendModules(propertiesProvider.getBooleanProperty("send-modules"));
+    options.setSendDefaultPii(propertiesProvider.getBooleanProperty("send-default-pii"));
 
     options.setIgnoredCheckIns(propertiesProvider.getList("ignored-checkins"));
 
@@ -421,6 +423,14 @@ public void setSendModules(final @Nullable Boolean sendModules) {
     this.sendModules = sendModules;
   }
 
+  public @Nullable Boolean isSendDefaultPii() {
+    return sendDefaultPii;
+  }
+
+  public void setSendDefaultPii(final @Nullable Boolean sendDefaultPii) {
+    this.sendDefaultPii = sendDefaultPii;
+  }
+
   @ApiStatus.Experimental
   public void setIgnoredCheckIns(final @Nullable List<String> ignoredCheckIns) {
     this.ignoredCheckIns = ignoredCheckIns;
diff --git a/sentry/src/main/java/io/sentry/SentryOptions.java b/sentry/src/main/java/io/sentry/SentryOptions.java
index b8e54952c8..7e24e81dce 100644
--- a/sentry/src/main/java/io/sentry/SentryOptions.java
+++ b/sentry/src/main/java/io/sentry/SentryOptions.java
@@ -2688,6 +2688,12 @@ public void merge(final @NotNull ExternalOptions options) {
     if (options.isEnableBackpressureHandling() != null) {
       setEnableBackpressureHandling(options.isEnableBackpressureHandling());
     }
+    if (options.getMaxRequestBodySize() != null) {
+      setMaxRequestBodySize(options.getMaxRequestBodySize());
+    }
+    if (options.isSendDefaultPii() != null) {
+      setSendDefaultPii(options.isSendDefaultPii());
+    }
 
     if (options.getCron() != null) {
       if (getCron() == null) {
diff --git a/sentry/src/test/java/io/sentry/ExternalOptionsTest.kt b/sentry/src/test/java/io/sentry/ExternalOptionsTest.kt
index 04c181b194..fd5b363219 100644
--- a/sentry/src/test/java/io/sentry/ExternalOptionsTest.kt
+++ b/sentry/src/test/java/io/sentry/ExternalOptionsTest.kt
@@ -286,6 +286,13 @@ class ExternalOptionsTest {
         }
     }
 
+    @Test
+    fun `creates options with sendDefaultPii set to true`() {
+        withPropertiesFile("send-default-pii=true") { options ->
+            assertTrue(options.isSendDefaultPii == true)
+        }
+    }
+
     private fun withPropertiesFile(textLines: List<String> = emptyList(), logger: ILogger = mock(), fn: (ExternalOptions) -> Unit) {
         // create a sentry.properties file in temporary folder
         val temporaryFolder = TemporaryFolder()
diff --git a/sentry/src/test/java/io/sentry/SentryOptionsTest.kt b/sentry/src/test/java/io/sentry/SentryOptionsTest.kt
index b474d4e4e0..c11eafdc5a 100644
--- a/sentry/src/test/java/io/sentry/SentryOptionsTest.kt
+++ b/sentry/src/test/java/io/sentry/SentryOptionsTest.kt
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 package io.sentry
 
+import io.sentry.SentryOptions.RequestSize
 import io.sentry.util.StringUtils
 import org.mockito.kotlin.mock
 import java.io.File
@@ -371,6 +372,8 @@ class SentryOptionsTest {
         externalOptions.isSendModules = false
         externalOptions.ignoredCheckIns = listOf("slug1", "slug-B")
         externalOptions.isEnableBackpressureHandling = false
+        externalOptions.maxRequestBodySize = SentryOptions.RequestSize.MEDIUM
+        externalOptions.isSendDefaultPii = true
         externalOptions.cron = SentryOptions.Cron().apply {
             defaultCheckinMargin = 10L
             defaultMaxRuntime = 30L
@@ -415,6 +418,8 @@ class SentryOptionsTest {
         assertEquals(40L, options.cron?.defaultFailureIssueThreshold)
         assertEquals(50L, options.cron?.defaultRecoveryThreshold)
         assertEquals("America/New_York", options.cron?.defaultTimezone)
+        assertTrue(options.isSendDefaultPii)
+        assertEquals(RequestSize.MEDIUM, options.maxRequestBodySize)
     }
 
     @Test