diff --git a/src/instana/tracer.py b/src/instana/tracer.py
index 83ea05ec..9a07d9c3 100644
--- a/src/instana/tracer.py
+++ b/src/instana/tracer.py
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
 from instana.propagators.text_propagator import TextPropagator
 from instana.recorder import StanRecorder
 from instana.sampling import InstanaSampler, Sampler
+from instana.singletons import agent
 from instana.span.kind import EXIT_SPANS
 from instana.span.span import InstanaSpan, get_current_span
 from instana.span_context import SpanContext
@@ -179,6 +180,10 @@ def _add_stack(self, span: InstanaSpan, limit: Optional[int] = 30) -> None:
         Adds a backtrace to <span>.  The default length limit for
         stack traces is 30 frames.  A hard limit of 40 frames is enforced.
         """
+        # Skip stack trace collection if it's disabled
+        if agent.options.is_span_disabled(category="stack"):
+            return
+
         try:
             sanitized_stack = []
             if limit > 40:
diff --git a/src/instana/util/config.py b/src/instana/util/config.py
index 6cc1e109..772e2dea 100644
--- a/src/instana/util/config.py
+++ b/src/instana/util/config.py
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
     "databases",
     "messaging",
     "protocols",  # http, grpc, etc.
+    "stack",  # stack trace collection
 ]
 
 # Mapping of span type calls (framework, library name, instrumentation name) to categories
diff --git a/tests/test_span_disabling.py b/tests/test_span_disabling.py
index e1e1cbf5..d2c5c17d 100644
--- a/tests/test_span_disabling.py
+++ b/tests/test_span_disabling.py
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ def test_is_span_disabled_default(self):
         options = BaseOptions()
         assert not options.is_span_disabled(category="logging")
         assert not options.is_span_disabled(category="databases")
+        assert not options.is_span_disabled(category="stack")
         assert not options.is_span_disabled(span_type="redis")
 
     def test_disable_category(self):
@@ -55,6 +56,7 @@ def test_env_var_disable_all(self, value, monkeypatch):
         assert options.is_span_disabled(category="databases") is True
         assert options.is_span_disabled(category="messaging") is True
         assert options.is_span_disabled(category="protocols") is True
+        assert options.is_span_disabled(category="stack") is True
 
     def test_env_var_disable_specific(self, monkeypatch):
         monkeypatch.setenv("INSTANA_TRACING_DISABLE", "logging, redis")
@@ -75,5 +77,17 @@ def test_yaml_config(self):
         assert options.is_span_disabled(span_type="mysql")
         assert not options.is_span_disabled(span_type="redis")
 
+    def test_disable_stack_category(self):
+        options = BaseOptions()
+        options.disabled_spans = ["stack"]
+        assert options.is_span_disabled(category="stack")
+        assert not options.is_span_disabled(category="logging")
+
+    def test_env_var_disable_stack(self, monkeypatch):
+        monkeypatch.setenv("INSTANA_TRACING_DISABLE", "stack")
+        options = BaseOptions()
+        assert options.is_span_disabled(category="stack") is True
+        assert options.is_span_disabled(category="logging") is False
+
 
 # Made with Bob
diff --git a/tests/test_tracer.py b/tests/test_tracer.py
index 79991d8d..74be17f7 100644
--- a/tests/test_tracer.py
+++ b/tests/test_tracer.py
@@ -185,6 +185,25 @@ def test_tracer_add_stack_high_limit(
     assert "m" in stack_0.keys()
 
 
+def test_tracer_add_stack_disabled(
+    span: InstanaSpan, tracer_provider: InstanaTracerProvider, mocker
+) -> None:
+    tracer = InstanaTracer(
+        tracer_provider.sampler,
+        tracer_provider._span_processor,
+        tracer_provider._exporter,
+        tracer_provider._propagators,
+    )
+
+    # Mock agent.options.is_span_disabled to return True for "stack" category
+    mocker.patch("instana.singletons.agent.options.is_span_disabled", return_value=True)
+
+    tracer._add_stack(span, 30)
+
+    # Verify that no stack trace was added to the span
+    assert span.stack is None
+
+
 def test_tracer_add_stack_low_limit(
     span: InstanaSpan, tracer_provider: InstanaTracerProvider
 ) -> None: