diff --git a/api/config/settings/common.py b/api/config/settings/common.py
index 049596d6b..c25c3ed9d 100644
--- a/api/config/settings/common.py
+++ b/api/config/settings/common.py
@@ -17,6 +17,25 @@ APPS_DIR = ROOT_DIR.path("funkwhale_api")
 env = environ.Env()
 ENV = env
 LOGLEVEL = env("LOGLEVEL", default="info").upper()
+
+
+if env("FUNKWHALE_SENTRY_DSN", default=None) is not None:
+    import sentry_sdk
+    from sentry_sdk.integrations.django import DjangoIntegration
+    from sentry_sdk.integrations.celery import CeleryIntegration
+    from funkwhale_api import __version__ as version
+
+    sentry_sdk.init(
+        dsn=env("FUNKWHALE_SENTRY_DSN"),
+        integrations=[DjangoIntegration(), CeleryIntegration()],
+        traces_sample_rate=env("FUNKWHALE_SENTRY_SR", default=0.25),
+        send_default_pii=False,
+        environment="api",
+        debug=env.bool("DEBUG", False),
+        release=version,
+    )
+    sentry_sdk.set_tag("instance", env("FUNKWHALE_HOSTNAME"))
+
 """
 Default logging level for the Funkwhale processes"""  # pylint: disable=W0105
 
diff --git a/api/requirements/base.txt b/api/requirements/base.txt
index 8e2f90739..2ebf32979 100644
--- a/api/requirements/base.txt
+++ b/api/requirements/base.txt
@@ -69,3 +69,4 @@ watchdog~=2.1.2
 
 ## Pin third party dependency to avoid issue with latest version
 asgiref==3.3.4 #1516
+sentry-sdk==1.9.5
diff --git a/changes/changelog.d/sentry.feature b/changes/changelog.d/sentry.feature
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..eda8170f5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changes/changelog.d/sentry.feature
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Add Sentry SDK to collect errors at the backend
diff --git a/deploy/env.prod.sample b/deploy/env.prod.sample
index 11b21dfe2..a8f0bd624 100644
--- a/deploy/env.prod.sample
+++ b/deploy/env.prod.sample
@@ -197,3 +197,7 @@ AWS_STORAGE_BUCKET_NAME=
 # Available options can be found here: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonS3/latest/userguide/acl-overview.html#canned-acl
 
 # AWS_DEFAULT_ACL=
+
+# Funkwhale allows collecting errors using Sentry compatible APIs. If you want
+# to help us improving Funkwhale, feel free to use our instance:
+#FUNKWHALE_SENTRY_DSN=https://5840197379c64f65aad3c5c09274994d@am.funkwhale.audio/1