diff --git a/integration-test/android.Tests.ps1 b/integration-test/android.Tests.ps1
index f7910a5af3..51c9498d09 100644
--- a/integration-test/android.Tests.ps1
+++ b/integration-test/android.Tests.ps1
@@ -169,13 +169,8 @@ Describe 'MAUI app (<tfm>, <configuration>)' -ForEach @(
         Dump-ServerErrors -Result $result
         $result.HasErrors() | Should -BeFalse
         $result.Envelopes() | Should -AnyElementMatch "`"type`":`"System.NullReferenceException`""
-        # TODO: fix redundant SIGSEGV in Release (#3954)
-        if ($configuration -eq "Release") {
-            { $result.Envelopes() | Should -Not -AnyElementMatch "`"type`":`"SIGSEGV`"" } | Should -Throw
-        } else {
-            $result.Envelopes() | Should -Not -AnyElementMatch "`"type`":`"SIGSEGV`""
-            $result.Envelopes() | Should -HaveCount 1
-        }
+        $result.Envelopes() | Should -Not -AnyElementMatch "`"type`":`"SIGSEGV`""
+        $result.Envelopes() | Should -HaveCount 1
     }
 
     It 'Delivers battery breadcrumbs in main thread (<configuration>)' {
diff --git a/integration-test/net9-maui/MauiProgram.cs b/integration-test/net9-maui/MauiProgram.cs
index e1c619cdb5..60fe53ac10 100644
--- a/integration-test/net9-maui/MauiProgram.cs
+++ b/integration-test/net9-maui/MauiProgram.cs
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ public static MauiApp CreateMauiApp()
             {
 #if ANDROID
                 options.Dsn = "{{SENTRY_DSN}}";
+                options.Native.SignalHandlerStrategy = Sentry.Android.SignalHandlerStrategy.ChainAtStart;
 #endif
                 options.Debug = false;
                 options.DiagnosticLevel = SentryLevel.Error;
diff --git a/src/Sentry/Platforms/Android/BindableNativeSentryOptions.cs b/src/Sentry/Platforms/Android/BindableNativeSentryOptions.cs
index f573c1e817..d03f61bd1c 100644
--- a/src/Sentry/Platforms/Android/BindableNativeSentryOptions.cs
+++ b/src/Sentry/Platforms/Android/BindableNativeSentryOptions.cs
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+using Sentry.Android;
+
 // ReSharper disable once CheckNamespace
 namespace Sentry;
 
@@ -24,6 +26,7 @@ public class NativeOptions
         public bool? EnableAutoActivityLifecycleTracing { get; set; }
         public bool? EnableActivityLifecycleTracingAutoFinish { get; set; }
         public bool? EnableUserInteractionTracing { get; set; }
+        public SignalHandlerStrategy? SignalHandlerStrategy { get; set; }
         public bool? AttachThreads { get; set; }
         public TimeSpan? ConnectionTimeout { get; set; }
         public bool? EnableNdk { get; set; }
@@ -66,6 +69,7 @@ public void ApplyTo(SentryOptions.NativeOptions options)
             options.EnableAutoActivityLifecycleTracing = EnableAutoActivityLifecycleTracing ?? options.EnableAutoActivityLifecycleTracing;
             options.EnableActivityLifecycleTracingAutoFinish = EnableActivityLifecycleTracingAutoFinish ?? options.EnableActivityLifecycleTracingAutoFinish;
             options.EnableUserInteractionTracing = EnableUserInteractionTracing ?? options.EnableUserInteractionTracing;
+            options.SignalHandlerStrategy = SignalHandlerStrategy ?? options.SignalHandlerStrategy;
             options.AttachThreads = AttachThreads ?? options.AttachThreads;
             options.ConnectionTimeout = ConnectionTimeout ?? options.ConnectionTimeout;
             options.EnableNdk = EnableNdk ?? options.EnableNdk;
diff --git a/src/Sentry/Platforms/Android/NativeOptions.cs b/src/Sentry/Platforms/Android/NativeOptions.cs
index ea50ff1f81..1ddf57a8e8 100644
--- a/src/Sentry/Platforms/Android/NativeOptions.cs
+++ b/src/Sentry/Platforms/Android/NativeOptions.cs
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+using Sentry.Android;
+
 // ReSharper disable once CheckNamespace
 namespace Sentry;
 
@@ -152,6 +154,13 @@ internal NativeOptions(SentryOptions options)
         /// </remarks>
         public bool EnableUserInteractionTracing { get; set; } = false;
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Gets or sets the strategy for how Sentry Native's signal handler interacts with the CLR/Mono
+        /// signal handler.
+        /// The default value is <c>SignalHandlerStrategy.Default</c> (enabled).
+        /// </summary>
+        public SignalHandlerStrategy SignalHandlerStrategy { get; set; } = SignalHandlerStrategy.Default;
+
         // ---------- From SentryOptions.java ----------
 
         /// <summary>
diff --git a/src/Sentry/Platforms/Android/SentrySdk.cs b/src/Sentry/Platforms/Android/SentrySdk.cs
index 6b92b601ec..2d12ef9ad7 100644
--- a/src/Sentry/Platforms/Android/SentrySdk.cs
+++ b/src/Sentry/Platforms/Android/SentrySdk.cs
@@ -64,7 +64,11 @@ private static void InitSentryAndroidSdk(SentryOptions options)
             o.ServerName = options.ServerName;
             o.SessionTrackingIntervalMillis = (long)options.AutoSessionTrackingInterval.TotalMilliseconds;
             o.ShutdownTimeoutMillis = (long)options.ShutdownTimeout.TotalMilliseconds;
-            o.SetNativeHandlerStrategy(JavaSdk.Android.Core.NdkHandlerStrategy.SentryHandlerStrategyDefault);
+            o.SetNativeHandlerStrategy(options.Native.SignalHandlerStrategy switch
+            {
+                SignalHandlerStrategy.ChainAtStart => NdkHandlerStrategy.SentryHandlerStrategyChainAtStart,
+                _ => NdkHandlerStrategy.SentryHandlerStrategyDefault
+            });
 
             if (options.CacheDirectoryPath is { } cacheDirectoryPath)
             {
diff --git a/src/Sentry/Platforms/Android/SignalHandlerStrategy.cs b/src/Sentry/Platforms/Android/SignalHandlerStrategy.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..75b84dc8c3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Sentry/Platforms/Android/SignalHandlerStrategy.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+namespace Sentry.Android;
+
+/// <summary>
+/// Defines how Sentry Native's signal handler interacts with the CLR/Mono
+/// signal handler.
+/// </summary>
+public enum SignalHandlerStrategy
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Invokes the CLR/Mono signal handler at the end of Sentry Native's signal
+    /// handler.
+    /// </summary>
+    Default,
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Invokes the CLR/Mono signal handler at the start of Sentry Native's
+    /// signal handler.
+    /// </summary>
+    ChainAtStart
+}