diff --git a/.craft.yml b/.craft.yml
index cce5557d9..3c14ba9df 100644
--- a/.craft.yml
+++ b/.craft.yml
@@ -13,3 +13,4 @@ targets:
     sdks:
       maven:io.sentry:sentry-android-gradle-plugin:
       maven:io.sentry:sentry-kotlin-compiler-plugin:
+      maven:io.sentry:sentry-snapshots-runtime:
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 117f17c78..e05b270fb 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,11 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## Unreleased
+
+### Features
+
+- Add `@SentrySnapshot` runtime annotation for configuring the per-snapshot diff threshold, published as `io.sentry:sentry-snapshots-runtime` ([EME-1055](https://linear.app/getsentry/issue/EME-1055))
+
 ## 6.4.0
 
 ### Dependencies
diff --git a/gradle/libs.versions.toml b/gradle/libs.versions.toml
index 46d2472bb..5cde3d1f6 100644
--- a/gradle/libs.versions.toml
+++ b/gradle/libs.versions.toml
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ composeCompiler =  { id = "org.jetbrains.kotlin.plugin.compose", version = "2.1.
 
 [libraries]
 junit = { group = "junit", name = "junit", version = "4.13.2" }
+androidxAnnotation = { group = "androidx.annotation", name = "annotation", version = "1.9.1" }
 proguard = { group = "com.guardsquare", name = "proguard-gradle", version = "7.5.0" }
 # this allows us to develop against a fixed version of Gradle, as opposed to depending on the
 # locally available version. kotlin-gradle-plugin follows the same approach.
diff --git a/sentry-snapshots-runtime/Makefile b/sentry-snapshots-runtime/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8cc671a3f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sentry-snapshots-runtime/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+.PHONY: compile all dist
+
+compile:
+	./gradlew assemble
+
+# build distribution artifacts
+dist:
+	./gradlew distZip --no-parallel
+
+all: compile dist
diff --git a/sentry-snapshots-runtime/build.gradle.kts b/sentry-snapshots-runtime/build.gradle.kts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..28e54139c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sentry-snapshots-runtime/build.gradle.kts
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+plugins {
+  alias(libs.plugins.kotlin)
+  id("distribution")
+  alias(libs.plugins.mavenPublish)
+  alias(libs.plugins.spotless)
+}
+
+spotless {
+  kotlin {
+    ktfmt(libs.versions.ktfmt.get()).googleStyle()
+    target("**/*.kt")
+  }
+  kotlinGradle {
+    target("**/*.kts")
+    ktfmt(libs.versions.ktfmt.get()).googleStyle()
+  }
+}
+
+val sep = File.separator
+
+distributions {
+  main {
+    contents {
+      from("build${sep}libs")
+      from("build${sep}publications${sep}maven")
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+listOf("distZip", "distTar").forEach { taskName ->
+  tasks.named(taskName) {
+    dependsOn("publishToMavenLocal")
+    onlyIf { inputs.sourceFiles.isEmpty.not().also { require(it) { "No distribution to zip." } } }
+  }
+}
+
+dependencies { compileOnly(libs.androidxAnnotation) }
+
+plugins.withId("com.vanniktech.maven.publish.base") {
+  configure<PublishingExtension> {
+    repositories {
+      maven {
+        name = "mavenTestRepo"
+        url = file("${rootProject.projectDir}/../build/mavenTestRepo").toURI()
+      }
+      maven {
+        name = "mavenCentralSnapshots"
+        url = uri("https://central.sonatype.com/repository/maven-snapshots/")
+        credentials {
+          username = findProperty("mavenCentralUsername")?.toString()
+          password = findProperty("mavenCentralPassword")?.toString()
+        }
+      }
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+kotlin { jvmToolchain(11) }
diff --git a/sentry-snapshots-runtime/gradle.properties b/sentry-snapshots-runtime/gradle.properties
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..96056cc73
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sentry-snapshots-runtime/gradle.properties
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+org.gradle.jvmargs=-Xmx4g -XX:MaxMetaspaceSize=1536m -XX:+HeapDumpOnOutOfMemoryError -Dfile.encoding=UTF-8 -XX:+UseParallelGC -XX:+CrashOnOutOfMemoryError
+org.gradle.caching=true
+org.gradle.parallel=true
+
+GROUP = io.sentry
+POM_ARTIFACT_ID = sentry-snapshots-runtime
+VERSION_NAME = 6.4.0
+
+# publication pom properties
+POM_NAME=Sentry Snapshots Runtime
+POM_DESCRIPTION=Runtime annotations for configuring Sentry snapshot tests
+POM_URL=https://github.com/getsentry/sentry-android-gradle-plugin
+POM_SCM_URL=https://github.com/getsentry/sentry-android-gradle-plugin
+POM_SCM_CONNECTION=scm:git:git://github.com/getsentry/sentry-android-gradle-plugin.git
+POM_SCM_DEV_CONNECTION=scm:git:ssh://git@github.com/getsentry/sentry-android-gradle-plugin.git
+
+POM_LICENCE_NAME=MIT
+POM_LICENCE_URL=https://github.com/getsentry/sentry-android-gradle-plugin/blob/main/LICENSE
+
+POM_DEVELOPER_ID=getsentry
+POM_DEVELOPER_NAME=Sentry Team and Contributors
+POM_DEVELOPER_URL=https://github.com/getsentry/
+
+RELEASE_SIGNING_ENABLED=false
diff --git a/sentry-snapshots-runtime/settings.gradle.kts b/sentry-snapshots-runtime/settings.gradle.kts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..491d12970
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sentry-snapshots-runtime/settings.gradle.kts
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+rootProject.name = ("sentry-snapshots-runtime")
+
+dependencyResolutionManagement {
+  repositories {
+    google()
+    mavenCentral()
+  }
+  versionCatalogs.create("libs") { from(files("../gradle/libs.versions.toml")) }
+  repositoriesMode.set(RepositoriesMode.FAIL_ON_PROJECT_REPOS)
+}
diff --git a/sentry-snapshots-runtime/src/main/kotlin/io/sentry/snapshots/runtime/SentrySnapshot.kt b/sentry-snapshots-runtime/src/main/kotlin/io/sentry/snapshots/runtime/SentrySnapshot.kt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6c821abb1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sentry-snapshots-runtime/src/main/kotlin/io/sentry/snapshots/runtime/SentrySnapshot.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+package io.sentry.snapshots.runtime
+
+import androidx.annotation.FloatRange
+
+/**
+ * Configures how Sentry compares this preview snapshot against the baseline.
+ *
+ * Apply alongside `@Preview` on a composable to override the global diff threshold on a
+ * per-snapshot basis.
+ */
+@Retention(AnnotationRetention.BINARY)
+@Target(AnnotationTarget.FUNCTION)
+annotation class SentrySnapshot(
+  /**
+   * Minimum pixel-difference percentage required to report this snapshot as changed. Differences
+   * below this value are treated as unchanged.
+   *
+   * Range: `0.0`..`1.0`. Example: `0.01f` reports a change only when at least 1% of pixels differ.
+   * Defaults to `0f` (report any difference).
+   */
+  @FloatRange(from = 0.0, to = 1.0) val diffThreshold: Float = 0f
+)
diff --git a/settings.gradle.kts b/settings.gradle.kts
index 300a0b391..0e8912dac 100644
--- a/settings.gradle.kts
+++ b/settings.gradle.kts
@@ -46,3 +46,9 @@ includeBuild("sentry-kotlin-compiler-plugin") {
     substitute(module("io.sentry:sentry-kotlin-compiler-plugin")).using(project(":"))
   }
 }
+
+includeBuild("sentry-snapshots-runtime") {
+  dependencySubstitution {
+    substitute(module("io.sentry:sentry-snapshots-runtime")).using(project(":"))
+  }
+}