diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 70dc0214c6..ed277da469 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 - Changed default value for `SentryOptions.EnableAppHangTrackingV2` to `false` ([#4042](https://github.com/getsentry/sentry-dotnet/pull/4042))
 - Missing MAUI `Shell` navigation breadcrumbs on iOS ([#4006](https://github.com/getsentry/sentry-dotnet/pull/4006))
 - Prevent application crashes when capturing screenshots on iOS ([#4069](https://github.com/getsentry/sentry-dotnet/pull/4069))
+- Prevent users from disabling AndroidEnableAssemblyCompression which leads to untrappable crash ([#4089](https://github.com/getsentry/sentry-dotnet/pull/4089))
 
 ### Dependencies
 
diff --git a/src/Sentry/buildTransitive/Sentry.targets b/src/Sentry/buildTransitive/Sentry.targets
index 57ab5a9285..790ed2aa1e 100644
--- a/src/Sentry/buildTransitive/Sentry.targets
+++ b/src/Sentry/buildTransitive/Sentry.targets
@@ -9,6 +9,12 @@
     <SentryAttributesFile>Sentry.Attributes$(MSBuildProjectExtension.Replace('proj', ''))</SentryAttributesFile>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
+  <Target Name="_SentryEnsureAndroidEnableAssemblyCompressionDisabled"
+          Condition="$([MSBuild]::GetTargetPlatformIdentifier('$(TargetFramework)')) == 'android' AND '$(AndroidEnableAssemblyCompression)' == 'false'"
+          BeforeTargets="ResolveAssemblyReferences;Build;Rebuild">
+    <Error Text="Android projects using Sentry cannot build using AndroidEnableAssemblyCompression = false due to a Microsoft issue.  Please follow https://github.com/dotnet/android/issues/9752" />
+  </Target>
+
   <Target Name="WriteSentryAttributes"
           Condition="$(Language) == 'VB' or $(Language) == 'C#' or $(Language) == 'F#'"
           BeforeTargets="BeforeCompile;CoreCompile"