diff --git a/packages/nextjs/src/config/types.ts b/packages/nextjs/src/config/types.ts
index 2a5ee51d9d57..ee7643ef491e 100644
--- a/packages/nextjs/src/config/types.ts
+++ b/packages/nextjs/src/config/types.ts
@@ -49,6 +49,10 @@ export type UserSentryOptions = {
   // uploaded. At the same time, we don't want to widen the scope if we don't have to, because we're guaranteed to end
   // up uploading too many files, which is why this defaults to `false`.
   widenClientFileUpload?: boolean;
+
+  // Automatically wrap `getServerSideProps`, `getStaticProps`, and `getStaticPaths` in order to instrument them for
+  // tracing.
+  autoWrapDataFetchers?: boolean;
 };
 
 export type NextConfigFunction = (phase: string, defaults: { defaultConfig: NextConfigObject }) => NextConfigObject;
diff --git a/packages/nextjs/src/config/webpack.ts b/packages/nextjs/src/config/webpack.ts
index 9bd5dd3ae602..f1eabb351094 100644
--- a/packages/nextjs/src/config/webpack.ts
+++ b/packages/nextjs/src/config/webpack.ts
@@ -74,17 +74,20 @@ export function constructWebpackConfigFunction(
               },
             ],
           },
-          {
-            test: pageRegex,
-            use: [
-              {
-                loader: path.resolve(__dirname, 'loaders/dataFetchersLoader.js'),
-                options: { projectDir },
-              },
-            ],
-          },
         ],
       };
+
+      if (userSentryOptions.autoWrapDataFetchers) {
+        newConfig.module.rules.push({
+          test: pageRegex,
+          use: [
+            {
+              loader: path.resolve(__dirname, 'loaders/dataFetchersLoader.js'),
+              options: { projectDir },
+            },
+          ],
+        });
+      }
     }
 
     // The SDK uses syntax (ES6 and ES6+ features like object spread) which isn't supported by older browsers. For users