diff --git a/build.gradle.kts b/build.gradle.kts
index 17b57291eb2..23eaca36936 100644
--- a/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/build.gradle.kts
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ subprojects {
         }
     }
 
-    if (!this.name.contains("sample") && !this.name.contains("integration-tests") && this.name != "sentry-system-test-support" && this.name != "sentry-test-support") {
+    if (!this.name.contains("sample") && !this.name.contains("integration-tests") && this.name != "sentry-system-test-support" && this.name != "sentry-test-support" && this.name != "sentry-android-distribution") {
         apply<DistributionPlugin>()
         apply<com.vanniktech.maven.publish.MavenPublishPlugin>()
 
diff --git a/sentry-android-distribution/api/sentry-android-distribution.api b/sentry-android-distribution/api/sentry-android-distribution.api
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..020a99620bd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sentry-android-distribution/api/sentry-android-distribution.api
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+public final class io/sentry/android/distribution/Distribution {
+	public fun <init> ()V
+}
+
diff --git a/sentry-android-distribution/build.gradle.kts b/sentry-android-distribution/build.gradle.kts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..fa869097c2d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sentry-android-distribution/build.gradle.kts
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.config.KotlinCompilerVersion
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.gradle.dsl.KotlinVersion
+
+plugins {
+  id("com.android.library")
+  alias(libs.plugins.kotlin.android)
+}
+
+android {
+  compileSdk = libs.versions.compileSdk.get().toInt()
+  namespace = "io.sentry.android.distribution"
+
+  defaultConfig { minSdk = libs.versions.minSdk.get().toInt() }
+  buildFeatures { buildConfig = false }
+}
+
+kotlin {
+  jvmToolchain(17)
+  compilerOptions.languageVersion = KotlinVersion.KOTLIN_1_9
+  explicitApi()
+}
+
+androidComponents.beforeVariants {
+  it.enable = !Config.Android.shouldSkipDebugVariant(it.buildType)
+}
+
+dependencies {
+  implementation(projects.sentry)
+  implementation(kotlin(Config.kotlinStdLib, KotlinCompilerVersion.VERSION))
+}
diff --git a/sentry-android-distribution/src/main/java/io/sentry/android/distribution/Distribution.kt b/sentry-android-distribution/src/main/java/io/sentry/android/distribution/Distribution.kt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..396cb02e131
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sentry-android-distribution/src/main/java/io/sentry/android/distribution/Distribution.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+package io.sentry.android.distribution
+
+public class Distribution {}
diff --git a/sentry-bom/build.gradle.kts b/sentry-bom/build.gradle.kts
index 54dd005b4b2..45ef7363d47 100644
--- a/sentry-bom/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/sentry-bom/build.gradle.kts
@@ -9,7 +9,8 @@ dependencies {
       .filter {
         !it.name.startsWith("sentry-samples") &&
           it.name != project.name &&
-          !it.name.contains("test", ignoreCase = true)
+          !it.name.contains("test", ignoreCase = true) &&
+          !it.name.contains("sentry-android-distribution")
       }
       .forEach { project ->
         evaluationDependsOn(project.path)
diff --git a/settings.gradle.kts b/settings.gradle.kts
index f1213f38d9b..0022f2290f7 100644
--- a/settings.gradle.kts
+++ b/settings.gradle.kts
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ includeBuild("build-logic")
 include(
     "sentry",
     "sentry-kotlin-extensions",
+    "sentry-android-distribution",
     "sentry-android-core",
     "sentry-android-ndk",
     "sentry-android",