diff --git a/sentry-core/src/clientoptions.rs b/sentry-core/src/clientoptions.rs
index 33b5bbd4..3aaaa237 100644
--- a/sentry-core/src/clientoptions.rs
+++ b/sentry-core/src/clientoptions.rs
@@ -196,6 +196,8 @@ pub struct ClientOptions {
     pub trim_backtraces: bool,
     /// The user agent that should be reported.
     pub user_agent: Cow<'static, str>,
+    /// The maximum number of envelopes that can be enqueued for sending in the transport channel (defaults to 30).
+    pub transport_channel_capacity: usize,
 }
 
 impl ClientOptions {
@@ -287,6 +289,10 @@ impl fmt::Debug for ClientOptions {
             .field("extra_border_frames", &self.extra_border_frames)
             .field("trim_backtraces", &self.trim_backtraces)
             .field("user_agent", &self.user_agent)
+            .field(
+                "transport_channel_capacity",
+                &self.transport_channel_capacity,
+            )
             .finish()
     }
 }
@@ -328,6 +334,7 @@ impl Default for ClientOptions {
             enable_logs: true,
             #[cfg(feature = "logs")]
             before_send_log: None,
+            transport_channel_capacity: 30,
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/sentry/src/transports/curl.rs b/sentry/src/transports/curl.rs
index 7cf5a2b4..7ba3b56e 100644
--- a/sentry/src/transports/curl.rs
+++ b/sentry/src/transports/curl.rs
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ impl CurlHttpTransport {
         let accept_invalid_certs = options.accept_invalid_certs;
 
         let mut handle = client;
-        let thread = TransportThread::new(move |envelope, rl| {
+        let thread = TransportThread::new(options, move |envelope, rl| {
             handle.reset();
             handle.url(&url).unwrap();
             handle.custom_request("POST").unwrap();
diff --git a/sentry/src/transports/reqwest.rs b/sentry/src/transports/reqwest.rs
index 9e21364a..6db1f749 100644
--- a/sentry/src/transports/reqwest.rs
+++ b/sentry/src/transports/reqwest.rs
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ impl ReqwestHttpTransport {
         let auth = dsn.to_auth(Some(&user_agent)).to_string();
         let url = dsn.envelope_api_url().to_string();
 
-        let thread = TransportThread::new(move |envelope, mut rl| {
+        let thread = TransportThread::new(options, move |envelope, mut rl| {
             let mut body = Vec::new();
             envelope.to_writer(&mut body).unwrap();
             let request = client.post(&url).header("X-Sentry-Auth", &auth).body(body);
diff --git a/sentry/src/transports/thread.rs b/sentry/src/transports/thread.rs
index 6ccca6fa..9f842bdc 100644
--- a/sentry/src/transports/thread.rs
+++ b/sentry/src/transports/thread.rs
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ use std::sync::Arc;
 use std::thread::{self, JoinHandle};
 use std::time::Duration;
 
+use sentry_core::ClientOptions;
+
 use super::ratelimit::{RateLimiter, RateLimitingCategory};
 use crate::{sentry_debug, Envelope};
 
@@ -25,11 +27,11 @@ pub struct TransportThread {
 }
 
 impl TransportThread {
-    pub fn new<SendFn>(mut send: SendFn) -> Self
+    pub fn new<SendFn>(options: &ClientOptions, mut send: SendFn) -> Self
     where
         SendFn: FnMut(Envelope, &mut RateLimiter) + Send + 'static,
     {
-        let (sender, receiver) = sync_channel(30);
+        let (sender, receiver) = sync_channel(options.transport_channel_capacity);
         let shutdown = Arc::new(AtomicBool::new(false));
         let shutdown_worker = shutdown.clone();
         let handle = thread::Builder::new()
diff --git a/sentry/src/transports/tokio_thread.rs b/sentry/src/transports/tokio_thread.rs
index 5ef734e3..b2d8ef04 100644
--- a/sentry/src/transports/tokio_thread.rs
+++ b/sentry/src/transports/tokio_thread.rs
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ use std::sync::Arc;
 use std::thread::{self, JoinHandle};
 use std::time::Duration;
 
+use sentry_core::ClientOptions;
+
 use super::ratelimit::{RateLimiter, RateLimitingCategory};
 use crate::{sentry_debug, Envelope};
 
@@ -25,13 +27,12 @@ pub struct TransportThread {
 }
 
 impl TransportThread {
-    pub fn new<SendFn, SendFuture>(mut send: SendFn) -> Self
+    pub fn new<SendFn, SendFuture>(options: &ClientOptions, mut send: SendFn) -> Self
     where
         SendFn: FnMut(Envelope, RateLimiter) -> SendFuture + Send + 'static,
-        // NOTE: returning RateLimiter here, otherwise we are in borrow hell
         SendFuture: std::future::Future<Output = RateLimiter>,
     {
-        let (sender, receiver) = sync_channel(30);
+        let (sender, receiver) = sync_channel(options.transport_channel_capacity);
         let shutdown = Arc::new(AtomicBool::new(false));
         let shutdown_worker = shutdown.clone();
         let handle = thread::Builder::new()
diff --git a/sentry/src/transports/ureq.rs b/sentry/src/transports/ureq.rs
index 9fa20fe4..938e4d14 100644
--- a/sentry/src/transports/ureq.rs
+++ b/sentry/src/transports/ureq.rs
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ impl UreqHttpTransport {
         let auth = dsn.to_auth(Some(&user_agent)).to_string();
         let url = dsn.envelope_api_url().to_string();
 
-        let thread = TransportThread::new(move |envelope, rl| {
+        let thread = TransportThread::new(options, move |envelope, rl| {
             let mut body = Vec::new();
             envelope.to_writer(&mut body).unwrap();
             let request = agent.post(&url).header("X-Sentry-Auth", &auth).send(&body);