diff --git a/packages/browser/src/transports/base.ts b/packages/browser/src/transports/base.ts
index 6d7651a02423..e519dd56dc88 100644
--- a/packages/browser/src/transports/base.ts
+++ b/packages/browser/src/transports/base.ts
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import {
   sessionToSentryRequest,
 } from '@sentry/core';
 import {
+  ClientReport,
   Event,
   Outcome,
   Response as SentryResponse,
@@ -17,7 +18,7 @@ import {
   TransportOptions,
 } from '@sentry/types';
 import {
-  dateTimestampInSeconds,
+  createClientReportEnvelope,
   dsnToString,
   eventStatusFromHttpCode,
   getGlobalObject,
@@ -26,6 +27,7 @@ import {
   makePromiseBuffer,
   parseRetryAfterHeader,
   PromiseBuffer,
+  serializeEnvelope,
 } from '@sentry/utils';
 
 import { sendReport } from './utils';
@@ -127,26 +129,20 @@ export abstract class BaseTransport implements Transport {
     logger.log(`Flushing outcomes:\n${JSON.stringify(outcomes, null, 2)}`);
 
     const url = getEnvelopeEndpointWithUrlEncodedAuth(this._api.dsn, this._api.tunnel);
-    // Envelope header is required to be at least an empty object
-    const envelopeHeader = JSON.stringify({ ...(this._api.tunnel && { dsn: dsnToString(this._api.dsn) }) });
-    const itemHeaders = JSON.stringify({
-      type: 'client_report',
-    });
-    const item = JSON.stringify({
-      timestamp: dateTimestampInSeconds(),
-      discarded_events: Object.keys(outcomes).map(key => {
-        const [category, reason] = key.split(':');
-        return {
-          reason,
-          category,
-          quantity: outcomes[key],
-        };
-      }),
-    });
-    const envelope = `${envelopeHeader}\n${itemHeaders}\n${item}`;
+
+    const discardedEvents = Object.keys(outcomes).map(key => {
+      const [category, reason] = key.split(':');
+      return {
+        reason,
+        category,
+        quantity: outcomes[key],
+      };
+      // TODO: Improve types on discarded_events to get rid of cast
+    }) as ClientReport['discarded_events'];
+    const envelope = createClientReportEnvelope(discardedEvents, this._api.tunnel && dsnToString(this._api.dsn));
 
     try {
-      sendReport(url, envelope);
+      sendReport(url, serializeEnvelope(envelope));
     } catch (e) {
       logger.error(e);
     }
diff --git a/packages/types/src/clientreport.ts b/packages/types/src/clientreport.ts
index add2194c13ff..22c590d0cc64 100644
--- a/packages/types/src/clientreport.ts
+++ b/packages/types/src/clientreport.ts
@@ -3,5 +3,5 @@ import { Outcome } from './transport';
 
 export type ClientReport = {
   timestamp: number;
-  discarded_events: { reason: Outcome; category: SentryRequestType; quantity: number };
+  discarded_events: Array<{ reason: Outcome; category: SentryRequestType; quantity: number }>;
 };
diff --git a/packages/utils/src/clientreport.ts b/packages/utils/src/clientreport.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..f91c79ab5c5c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/utils/src/clientreport.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+import { ClientReport, ClientReportEnvelope, ClientReportItem } from '@sentry/types';
+
+import { createEnvelope } from './envelope';
+import { dateTimestampInSeconds } from './time';
+
+/**
+ * Creates client report envelope
+ * @param discarded_events An array of discard events
+ * @param dsn A DSN that can be set on the header. Optional.
+ */
+export function createClientReportEnvelope(
+  discarded_events: ClientReport['discarded_events'],
+  dsn?: string,
+  timestamp?: number,
+): ClientReportEnvelope {
+  const clientReportItem: ClientReportItem = [
+    { type: 'client_report' },
+    {
+      timestamp: timestamp || dateTimestampInSeconds(),
+      discarded_events,
+    },
+  ];
+  return createEnvelope<ClientReportEnvelope>(dsn ? { dsn } : {}, [clientReportItem]);
+}
diff --git a/packages/utils/src/index.ts b/packages/utils/src/index.ts
index 511d8a1315ca..6a8e84e2fd93 100644
--- a/packages/utils/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/utils/src/index.ts
@@ -22,3 +22,4 @@ export * from './syncpromise';
 export * from './time';
 export * from './env';
 export * from './envelope';
+export * from './clientreport';
diff --git a/packages/utils/test/clientreport.test.ts b/packages/utils/test/clientreport.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..8d98291c3a14
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/utils/test/clientreport.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+import { ClientReport } from '@sentry/types';
+
+import { createClientReportEnvelope } from '../src/clientreport';
+import { serializeEnvelope } from '../src/envelope';
+
+const DEFAULT_DISCARDED_EVENTS: Array<ClientReport['discarded_events']> = [
+  {
+    reason: 'before_send',
+    category: 'event',
+    quantity: 30,
+  },
+  {
+    reason: 'network_error',
+    category: 'transaction',
+    quantity: 23,
+  },
+];
+
+const MOCK_DSN = 'https://public@example.com/1';
+
+describe('createClientReportEnvelope', () => {
+  const testTable: Array<
+    [string, Parameters<typeof createClientReportEnvelope>[0], Parameters<typeof createClientReportEnvelope>[1]]
+  > = [
+    ['with no discard reasons', [], undefined],
+    ['with a dsn', [], MOCK_DSN],
+    ['with discard reasons', DEFAULT_DISCARDED_EVENTS, MOCK_DSN],
+  ];
+  it.each(testTable)('%s', (_: string, discardedEvents, dsn) => {
+    const env = createClientReportEnvelope(discardedEvents, dsn);
+
+    expect(env[0]).toEqual(dsn ? { dsn } : {});
+
+    const items = env[1];
+    expect(items).toHaveLength(1);
+    const clientReportItem = items[0];
+
+    expect(clientReportItem[0]).toEqual({ type: 'client_report' });
+    expect(clientReportItem[1]).toEqual({ timestamp: expect.any(Number), discarded_events: discardedEvents });
+  });
+
+  it('serializes an envelope', () => {
+    const env = createClientReportEnvelope(DEFAULT_DISCARDED_EVENTS, MOCK_DSN, 123456);
+    const serializedEnv = serializeEnvelope(env);
+    expect(serializedEnv).toMatchInlineSnapshot(`
+      "{\\"dsn\\":\\"https://public@example.com/1\\"}
+      {\\"type\\":\\"client_report\\"}
+      {\\"timestamp\\":123456,\\"discarded_events\\":[{\\"reason\\":\\"before_send\\",\\"category\\":\\"event\\",\\"quantity\\":30},{\\"reason\\":\\"network_error\\",\\"category\\":\\"transaction\\",\\"quantity\\":23}]}"
+    `);
+  });
+});