diff --git a/swh/core/sentry.py b/swh/core/sentry.py
--- a/swh/core/sentry.py
+++ b/swh/core/sentry.py
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 # See top-level LICENSE file for more information
 
 import os
+from typing import Dict, List, Optional
 
 import pkg_resources
 
@@ -17,15 +18,54 @@
         return None
 
 
-def init_sentry(sentry_dsn, *, debug=None, integrations=[], extra_kwargs={}):
-    if debug is None:
-        debug = bool(os.environ.get("SWH_SENTRY_DEBUG"))
-    sentry_dsn = sentry_dsn or os.environ.get("SWH_SENTRY_DSN")
+def envvar_is_positive(envvar: str) -> bool:
+    """Check whether a given environment variable looks like a positive boolean value"""
+    return os.environ.get(envvar, "false").lower() in ("t", "true", "y", "yes", "1")
+
+
+def init_sentry(
+    sentry_dsn: str,
+    *,
+    debug: Optional[bool] = None,
+    disable_logging_events: Optional[bool] = None,
+    integrations: Optional[List] = None,
+    extra_kwargs: Optional[Dict] = None,
+):
+    """Configure the sentry integration
+
+    Args:
+      sentry_dsn: sentry DSN; where sentry report will be sent (if empty, pulled from
+        :envvar:`SWH_SENTRY_DSN`)
+      debug: turn on sentry SDK debug mode (if ``None``, pulled from
+        :envvar:`SWH_SENTRY_DEBUG`)
+      disable_logging_events: if set, disable the automatic reporting of error/exception
+        log entries as sentry events (if ``None``, pulled from
+        :envvar:`SWH_SENTRY_DISABLE_LOGGING_EVENTS`)
+      integrations: list of dedicated sentry integrations objects
+      extra_kwargs: dict of additional parameters passed to :func:`sentry_sdk.init`
+
+    """
+    if integrations is None:
+        integrations = []
+    if extra_kwargs is None:
+        extra_kwargs = {}
+
+    sentry_dsn = sentry_dsn or os.environ.get("SWH_SENTRY_DSN", "")
     environment = os.environ.get("SWH_SENTRY_ENVIRONMENT")
 
+    if debug is None:
+        debug = envvar_is_positive("SWH_SENTRY_DEBUG")
+    if disable_logging_events is None:
+        disable_logging_events = envvar_is_positive("SWH_SENTRY_DISABLE_LOGGING_EVENTS")
+
     if sentry_dsn:
         import sentry_sdk
 
+        if disable_logging_events:
+            from sentry_sdk.integrations.logging import LoggingIntegration
+
+            integrations.append(LoggingIntegration(event_level=None))
+
         sentry_sdk.init(
             release=get_sentry_release(),
             environment=environment,
diff --git a/swh/core/tests/test_sentry.py b/swh/core/tests/test_sentry.py
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/swh/core/tests/test_sentry.py
@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+# Copyright (C) 2022  The Software Heritage developers
+# See the AUTHORS file at the top-level directory of this distribution
+# License: GNU General Public License version 3, or any later version
+# See top-level LICENSE file for more information
+
+import logging
+
+from sentry_sdk import capture_message
+
+from swh.core.sentry import init_sentry
+
+
+def test_sentry():
+    reports = []
+    init_sentry("http://example.org", extra_kwargs={"transport": reports.append})
+
+    capture_message("Something went wrong")
+    logging.error("Stupid error")
+
+    assert len(reports) == 2
+    assert reports[0]["message"] == "Something went wrong"
+    assert reports[1]["logentry"]["message"] == "Stupid error"
+
+
+def test_sentry_no_logging():
+    reports = []
+    init_sentry(
+        "http://example.org",
+        disable_logging_events=True,
+        extra_kwargs={"transport": reports.append},
+    )
+
+    capture_message("Something went wrong")
+    logging.error("Stupid error")
+
+    assert len(reports) == 1
+    assert reports[0]["message"] == "Something went wrong"
+
+
+def test_sentry_no_logging_from_venv(monkeypatch):
+    monkeypatch.setenv("SWH_SENTRY_DISABLE_LOGGING_EVENTS", "True")
+
+    reports = []
+    init_sentry(
+        "http://example.org",
+        extra_kwargs={"transport": reports.append},
+    )
+
+    capture_message("Something went wrong")
+    logging.error("Stupid error")
+
+    assert len(reports) == 1
+    assert reports[0]["message"] == "Something went wrong"
+
+
+def test_sentry_logging_from_venv(monkeypatch):
+    monkeypatch.setenv("SWH_SENTRY_DISABLE_LOGGING_EVENTS", "false")
+
+    reports = []
+    init_sentry(
+        "http://example.org",
+        extra_kwargs={"transport": reports.append},
+    )
+
+    capture_message("Something went wrong")
+    logging.error("Stupid error")
+
+    assert len(reports) == 2