diff --git a/ddtrace/debugging/_exception/replay.py b/ddtrace/debugging/_exception/replay.py
index 080b4cbfc61..c9da69bb5b2 100644
--- a/ddtrace/debugging/_exception/replay.py
+++ b/ddtrace/debugging/_exception/replay.py
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 from ddtrace.internal.rate_limiter import BudgetRateLimiterWithJitter as RateLimiter
 from ddtrace.internal.rate_limiter import RateLimitExceeded
 from ddtrace.internal.utils.time import HourGlass
+from ddtrace.settings.exception_replay import config
 
 
 log = get_logger(__name__)
@@ -225,7 +226,9 @@ def on_span_exception(
 
         seq = count(1)  # 1-based sequence number
 
-        while chain:
+        frames_captured = 0
+
+        while chain and frames_captured <= config.max_frames:
             exc, _tb = chain.pop()  # LIFO: reverse the chain
 
             if _tb is None or _tb.tb_frame is None:
@@ -233,7 +236,7 @@ def on_span_exception(
                 continue
 
             # DEV: We go from the handler up to the root exception
-            while _tb:
+            while _tb and frames_captured <= config.max_frames:
                 frame = _tb.tb_frame
                 code = frame.f_code
                 seq_nr = next(seq)
@@ -263,6 +266,9 @@ def on_span_exception(
                         # Memoize
                         frame.f_locals[SNAPSHOT_KEY] = snapshot_id = snapshot.uuid
 
+                        # Count
+                        frames_captured += 1
+
                     # Add correlation tags on the span
                     span.set_tag_str(FRAME_SNAPSHOT_ID_TAG % seq_nr, snapshot_id)
                     span.set_tag_str(FRAME_FUNCTION_TAG % seq_nr, code.co_name)
diff --git a/ddtrace/settings/exception_replay.py b/ddtrace/settings/exception_replay.py
index c78ae29b73d..723a63288a0 100644
--- a/ddtrace/settings/exception_replay.py
+++ b/ddtrace/settings/exception_replay.py
@@ -14,6 +14,13 @@ class ExceptionReplayConfig(En):
         help="Enable automatic capturing of exception debugging information",
         deprecations=[("debugging.enabled", None, "3.0")],
     )
+    max_frames = En.v(
+        int,
+        "replay.capture_max_frames",
+        default=8,
+        help_type="int",
+        help="The maximum number of frames to capture for each exception",
+    )
 
 
 config = ExceptionReplayConfig()
diff --git a/tests/telemetry/test_writer.py b/tests/telemetry/test_writer.py
index 8d4030c84a9..6b845760c3d 100644
--- a/tests/telemetry/test_writer.py
+++ b/tests/telemetry/test_writer.py
@@ -354,6 +354,7 @@ def test_app_started_event_configuration_override(test_agent_session, run_python
         {"name": "DD_DYNAMIC_INSTRUMENTATION_UPLOAD_FLUSH_INTERVAL", "origin": "default", "value": 1.0},
         {"name": "DD_DYNAMIC_INSTRUMENTATION_UPLOAD_TIMEOUT", "origin": "default", "value": 30},
         {"name": "DD_ENV", "origin": "default", "value": None},
+        {"name": "DD_EXCEPTION_REPLAY_CAPTURE_MAX_FRAMES", "origin": "default", "value": 8},
         {"name": "DD_EXCEPTION_REPLAY_ENABLED", "origin": "env_var", "value": True},
         {"name": "DD_EXPERIMENTAL_APPSEC_STANDALONE_ENABLED", "origin": "default", "value": False},
         {"name": "DD_HTTP_CLIENT_TAG_QUERY_STRING", "origin": "default", "value": None},