diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index ccff564763..e748566886 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
     <meta-data android:name="io.sentry.screenshot.mask-all-text" android:value="true" />
     <meta-data android:name="io.sentry.screenshot.mask-all-images" android:value="true" />
     ```
+- The `ManifestMetaDataReader` now read the `DIST` ([#5107](https://github.com/getsentry/sentry-java/pull/5107))
 
 ### Fixes
 
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 6658792540..0fd217794e 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
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ final class ManifestMetadataReader {
   static final String NDK_SCOPE_SYNC_ENABLE = "io.sentry.ndk.scope-sync.enable";
   static final String NDK_SDK_NAME = "io.sentry.ndk.sdk-name";
   static final String RELEASE = "io.sentry.release";
+  static final String DIST = "io.sentry.dist";
   static final String ENVIRONMENT = "io.sentry.environment";
   static final String SDK_NAME = "io.sentry.sdk.name";
   static final String SDK_VERSION = "io.sentry.sdk.version";
@@ -273,6 +274,8 @@ static void applyMetadata(
 
         options.setRelease(readString(metadata, logger, RELEASE, options.getRelease()));
 
+        options.setDist(readString(metadata, logger, DIST, options.getDist()));
+
         options.setEnvironment(readString(metadata, logger, ENVIRONMENT, options.getEnvironment()));
 
         options.setSessionTrackingIntervalMillis(
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 c8e55ffc09..fd5c9cffc8 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
@@ -187,6 +187,31 @@ class ManifestMetadataReaderTest {
     assertNull(fixture.options.release)
   }
 
+  @Test
+  fun `applyMetadata reads dist to options`() {
+    // Arrange
+    val bundle = bundleOf(ManifestMetadataReader.DIST to "test-dist")
+    val context = fixture.getContext(metaData = bundle)
+
+    // Act
+    ManifestMetadataReader.applyMetadata(context, fixture.options, fixture.buildInfoProvider)
+
+    // Assert
+    assertEquals("test-dist", fixture.options.dist)
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  fun `applyMetadata reads dist and keep default value if not found`() {
+    // Arrange
+    val context = fixture.getContext()
+
+    // Act
+    ManifestMetadataReader.applyMetadata(context, fixture.options, fixture.buildInfoProvider)
+
+    // Assert
+    assertNull(fixture.options.dist)
+  }
+
   @Test
   fun `applyMetadata reads session tracking interval to options`() {
     // Arrange