diff --git a/packages/node/src/handlers.ts b/packages/node/src/handlers.ts
index 9e9e81a67f3c..aa5f23abb999 100644
--- a/packages/node/src/handlers.ts
+++ b/packages/node/src/handlers.ts
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ function extractTransaction(req: { [key: string]: any }, type: boolean | Transac
         stack: [
           {
             name: string;
-          }
+          },
         ];
       };
     };
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ function extractTransaction(req: { [key: string]: any }, type: boolean | Transac
 }
 
 /** JSDoc */
-function extractRequestData(req: { [key: string]: any }): { [key: string]: string } {
+function extractRequestData(req: { [key: string]: any }, keys: boolean | string[]): { [key: string]: string } {
   // headers:
   //   node, express: req.headers
   //   koa: req.header
@@ -112,6 +112,17 @@ function extractRequestData(req: { [key: string]: any }): { [key: string]: strin
     url: absoluteUrl,
   };
 
+  const attributes = Array.isArray(keys) ? keys : [];
+
+  if (attributes.length) {
+    Object.keys(request).forEach(key => {
+      /** Remove any of the unspecified keys in the options from the request interface */
+      if (!attributes.includes(key)) {
+        delete request[key];
+      }
+    });
+  }
+
   return request;
 }
 
@@ -161,7 +172,7 @@ export function parseRequest(
     [key: string]: any;
   },
   options?: {
-    request?: boolean;
+    request?: boolean | string[];
     serverName?: boolean;
     transaction?: boolean | TransactionTypes;
     user?: boolean | string[];
@@ -188,7 +199,7 @@ export function parseRequest(
   if (options.request) {
     event.request = {
       ...event.request,
-      ...extractRequestData(req),
+      ...extractRequestData(req, options.request),
     };
   }
 
diff --git a/packages/node/test/handlers.test.ts b/packages/node/test/handlers.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..60b981840bc6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/node/test/handlers.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,73 @@
+import { parseRequest } from '../src/handlers';
+import { Event } from '../src';
+
+describe('parseRequest', () => {
+  const mockReq = {
+    method: 'GET',
+    url: '/some/path?key=value',
+    headers: {
+      host: 'mattrobenolt.com',
+    },
+    cookies: { test: 'test' },
+    body: '',
+    user: {
+      id: 123,
+      username: 'tobias',
+      email: 'tobias@mail.com',
+      custom_property: 'foo',
+    },
+  };
+
+  describe('parseRequest.user properties', () => {
+    const DEFAULT_USER_KEYS = ['id', 'username', 'email'];
+    const CUSTOM_USER_KEYS = ['custom_property'];
+
+    test('parseRequest.user only contains the default properties from the user', done => {
+      const fakeEvent: Event = {};
+      const parsedRequest: Event = parseRequest(fakeEvent, mockReq);
+      const userKeys = Object.keys(parsedRequest.user);
+
+      expect(userKeys).toEqual(DEFAULT_USER_KEYS);
+      expect(userKeys).not.toEqual(expect.arrayContaining(CUSTOM_USER_KEYS));
+      done();
+    });
+
+    test('parseRequest.user only contains the custom properties specified in the options.user array', done => {
+      const options = {
+        user: CUSTOM_USER_KEYS,
+      };
+      const fakeEvent: Event = {};
+      const parsedRequest: Event = parseRequest(fakeEvent, mockReq, options);
+      const userKeys = Object.keys(parsedRequest.user);
+
+      expect(userKeys).toEqual(CUSTOM_USER_KEYS);
+      expect(userKeys).not.toEqual(expect.arrayContaining(DEFAULT_USER_KEYS));
+      done();
+    });
+  });
+
+  describe('parseRequest.request properties', () => {
+    test('parseRequest.request only contains the default set of properties from the request', done => {
+      const DEFAULT_REQUEST_PROPERTIES = ['cookies', 'data', 'headers', 'method', 'query_string', 'url'];
+      const fakeEvent: Event = {};
+      const parsedRequest: Event = parseRequest(fakeEvent, mockReq, {});
+      expect(Object.keys(parsedRequest.request)).toEqual(DEFAULT_REQUEST_PROPERTIES);
+      done();
+    });
+
+    test('parseRequest.request only contains the specified properties in the options.request array', done => {
+      const EXCLUDED_PROPERTIES = ['cookies', 'method'];
+      const INCLUDED_PROPERTIES = ['data', 'headers', 'query_string', 'url'];
+      const options = {
+        request: INCLUDED_PROPERTIES,
+      };
+      const fakeEvent: Event = {};
+      const parsedRequest: Event = parseRequest(fakeEvent, mockReq, options);
+      const requestKeys = Object.keys(parsedRequest.request);
+
+      expect(requestKeys).toEqual(INCLUDED_PROPERTIES);
+      expect(requestKeys).not.toEqual(expect.arrayContaining(EXCLUDED_PROPERTIES));
+      done();
+    });
+  });
+});