diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index b113faacfef..7af676f676a 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 
 ### Features
 
+- Add an explicit Logs opt-in to the JUL handler ([#5942](https://github.com/getsentry/sentry-java/pull/5942))
 - Add an explicit Logs opt-in to the Log4j2 appender ([#5941](https://github.com/getsentry/sentry-java/pull/5941))
 - Add an explicit Logs opt-in to the Logback appender ([#5940](https://github.com/getsentry/sentry-java/pull/5940))
 - Make `ISpan.startChild` overloads with `SpanOptions` public ([#5927](https://github.com/getsentry/sentry-java/pull/5927))
diff --git a/sentry-jul/api/sentry-jul.api b/sentry-jul/api/sentry-jul.api
index 7a7f6a26d32..1fdf4895971 100644
--- a/sentry-jul/api/sentry-jul.api
+++ b/sentry-jul/api/sentry-jul.api
@@ -15,8 +15,10 @@ public class io/sentry/jul/SentryHandler : java/util/logging/Handler {
 	public fun getMinimumBreadcrumbLevel ()Ljava/util/logging/Level;
 	public fun getMinimumEventLevel ()Ljava/util/logging/Level;
 	public fun getMinimumLevel ()Ljava/util/logging/Level;
+	public fun isEnableLogs ()Z
 	public fun isPrintfStyle ()Z
 	public fun publish (Ljava/util/logging/LogRecord;)V
+	public fun setEnableLogs (Z)V
 	public fun setMinimumBreadcrumbLevel (Ljava/util/logging/Level;)V
 	public fun setMinimumEventLevel (Ljava/util/logging/Level;)V
 	public fun setMinimumLevel (Ljava/util/logging/Level;)V
diff --git a/sentry-jul/src/main/java/io/sentry/jul/SentryHandler.java b/sentry-jul/src/main/java/io/sentry/jul/SentryHandler.java
index 4442052dd41..37ce146d3c6 100644
--- a/sentry-jul/src/main/java/io/sentry/jul/SentryHandler.java
+++ b/sentry-jul/src/main/java/io/sentry/jul/SentryHandler.java
@@ -53,6 +53,8 @@ public class SentryHandler extends Handler {
    */
   private boolean printfStyle;
 
+  private boolean enableLogs;
+
   private @NotNull Level minimumBreadcrumbLevel = Level.INFO;
   private @NotNull Level minimumEventLevel = Level.SEVERE;
   private @NotNull Level minimumLevel = Level.INFO;
@@ -112,7 +114,8 @@ public void publish(final @NotNull LogRecord record) {
       return;
     }
     try {
-      if (ScopesAdapter.getInstance().getOptions().getLogs().isEnabled()
+      if (enableLogs
+          && ScopesAdapter.getInstance().getOptions().getLogs().isEnabled()
           && record.getLevel().intValue() >= minimumLevel.intValue()) {
         captureLog(record);
       }
@@ -191,6 +194,7 @@ private void retrieveProperties() {
     final LogManager manager = LogManager.getLogManager();
     final String className = SentryHandler.class.getName();
     setPrintfStyle(Boolean.parseBoolean(manager.getProperty(className + ".printfStyle")));
+    setEnableLogs(Boolean.parseBoolean(manager.getProperty(className + ".enableLogs")));
     setLevel(parseLevelOrDefault(manager.getProperty(className + ".level")));
     final String minimumBreadCrumbLevel =
         manager.getProperty(className + ".minimumBreadcrumbLevel");
@@ -390,6 +394,14 @@ public void setPrintfStyle(final boolean printfStyle) {
     this.printfStyle = printfStyle;
   }
 
+  public void setEnableLogs(final boolean enableLogs) {
+    this.enableLogs = enableLogs;
+  }
+
+  public boolean isEnableLogs() {
+    return enableLogs;
+  }
+
   public void setMinimumBreadcrumbLevel(final @Nullable Level minimumBreadcrumbLevel) {
     if (minimumBreadcrumbLevel != null) {
       this.minimumBreadcrumbLevel = minimumBreadcrumbLevel;
diff --git a/sentry-jul/src/test/kotlin/io/sentry/jul/SentryHandlerTest.kt b/sentry-jul/src/test/kotlin/io/sentry/jul/SentryHandlerTest.kt
index ab160faac40..a169c710b0a 100644
--- a/sentry-jul/src/test/kotlin/io/sentry/jul/SentryHandlerTest.kt
+++ b/sentry-jul/src/test/kotlin/io/sentry/jul/SentryHandlerTest.kt
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ import kotlin.test.assertNull
 import kotlin.test.assertTrue
 import org.mockito.kotlin.anyOrNull
 import org.mockito.kotlin.mock
+import org.mockito.kotlin.never
 import org.mockito.kotlin.verify
 import org.slf4j.MDC
 
@@ -40,6 +41,8 @@ class SentryHandlerTest {
     val transport: ITransport = mock(),
     contextTags: List<String>? = null,
     printfStyle: Boolean? = null,
+    enableLogs: Boolean? = true,
+    enableGlobalLogs: Boolean = true,
   ) {
     var logger: Logger
     var handler: SentryHandler
@@ -48,6 +51,7 @@ class SentryHandlerTest {
       val options = SentryOptions()
       options.dsn = "http://key@localhost/proj"
       options.setTransportFactory { _, _ -> transport }
+      options.logs.isEnabled = enableGlobalLogs
       options.logs.loggerBatchProcessorFactory = ILoggerBatchProcessorFactory { options, client ->
         LoggerBatchProcessor(options, client, ImmediateExecutorService())
       }
@@ -58,6 +62,9 @@ class SentryHandlerTest {
       handler.setMinimumBreadcrumbLevel(minimumBreadcrumbLevel)
       handler.setMinimumEventLevel(minimumEventLevel)
       handler.setMinimumLevel(minimumLevel)
+      if (enableLogs != null) {
+        handler.setEnableLogs(enableLogs)
+      }
       if (printfStyle == true) {
         handler.setPrintfStyle(printfStyle)
       }
@@ -318,11 +325,22 @@ class SentryHandlerTest {
 
   @Test
   fun `fetches configuration from logging dot properties`() {
-    fixture = Fixture(configureWithLogManager = true)
+    fixture = Fixture(configureWithLogManager = true, enableLogs = null)
     assertEquals(Level.CONFIG, fixture.handler.minimumBreadcrumbLevel)
     assertEquals(Level.WARNING, fixture.handler.minimumEventLevel)
     assertEquals(Level.ALL, fixture.handler.level)
     assertTrue(fixture.handler.isPrintfStyle)
+    assertTrue(fixture.handler.isEnableLogs)
+
+    fixture.logger.info("this should be captured as a log")
+    Sentry.flush(10)
+
+    verify(fixture.transport)
+      .send(
+        checkLogs { logs ->
+          assertEquals("this should be captured as a log", logs.items.first().body)
+        }
+      )
   }
 
   @Test
@@ -418,6 +436,58 @@ class SentryHandlerTest {
       )
   }
 
+  @Test
+  fun `does not capture logs by default`() {
+    fixture = Fixture(enableLogs = null, enableGlobalLogs = true)
+
+    assertFalse(fixture.handler.isEnableLogs)
+    fixture.logger.info("this should not be captured as a log")
+    Sentry.flush(10)
+
+    verify(fixture.transport, never()).send(checkLogs {})
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  fun `captures logs when enabled through Java`() {
+    fixture = Fixture(enableLogs = true, enableGlobalLogs = true)
+
+    assertTrue(fixture.handler.isEnableLogs)
+    fixture.logger.info("this should be captured as a log")
+    Sentry.flush(10)
+
+    verify(fixture.transport)
+      .send(
+        checkLogs { logs ->
+          assertEquals("this should be captured as a log", logs.items.first().body)
+        }
+      )
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  fun `captures events and breadcrumbs when logs are disabled`() {
+    fixture =
+      Fixture(
+        minimumBreadcrumbLevel = Level.INFO,
+        minimumEventLevel = Level.SEVERE,
+        enableLogs = false,
+        enableGlobalLogs = true,
+      )
+
+    fixture.logger.info("this should be a breadcrumb")
+    fixture.logger.severe("this should be an event")
+    Sentry.flush(10)
+
+    verify(fixture.transport)
+      .send(
+        checkEvent { event ->
+          assertEquals("this should be an event", event.message?.message)
+          assertEquals("this should be a breadcrumb", event.breadcrumbs?.single()?.message)
+        },
+        anyOrNull(),
+      )
+    verify(fixture.transport, never()).send(checkLogs {})
+  }
+
   @Test
   fun `converts finest log level to Sentry log level`() {
     fixture = Fixture(minimumLevel = Level.FINEST)
diff --git a/sentry-jul/src/test/resources/logging.properties b/sentry-jul/src/test/resources/logging.properties
index 9ac994b722a..25ac65e1f66 100644
--- a/sentry-jul/src/test/resources/logging.properties
+++ b/sentry-jul/src/test/resources/logging.properties
@@ -3,5 +3,6 @@ io.sentry.jul.SentryHandler.minimumEventLevel=WARNING
 io.sentry.jul.SentryHandler.minimumBreadcrumbLevel=CONFIG
 io.sentry.jul.SentryHandler.minimumLevel=CONFIG
 io.sentry.jul.SentryHandler.printfStyle=true
+io.sentry.jul.SentryHandler.enableLogs=true
 
 jul.SentryHandlerTest.handlers=java.util.logging.ConsoleHandler, io.sentry.jul.SentryHandler
diff --git a/sentry-samples/sentry-samples-jul/src/main/resources/logging.properties b/sentry-samples/sentry-samples-jul/src/main/resources/logging.properties
index 0bdab173235..db3026bfb9f 100644
--- a/sentry-samples/sentry-samples-jul/src/main/resources/logging.properties
+++ b/sentry-samples/sentry-samples-jul/src/main/resources/logging.properties
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ io.sentry.jul.SentryHandler.minimumEventLevel=INFO
 io.sentry.jul.SentryHandler.minimumBreadcrumbLevel=CONFIG
 io.sentry.jul.SentryHandler.minimumLevel=INFO
 io.sentry.jul.SentryHandler.printfStyle=true
+io.sentry.jul.SentryHandler.enableLogs=true
 io.sentry.jul.SentryHandler.level=FINEST
 java.util.logging.ConsoleHandler.level = FINE
 handlers=io.sentry.jul.SentryHandler