diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 2d042183a6..a89e3bdd6e 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## vNext
+
+* Add SentryScopeStateProcessor #603
+
 ## 3.0.0-alpha.5
 
 * Replaced `BaseScope` with `IScope`. (#590) @Tyrrrz
diff --git a/samples/Sentry.Samples.Console.Customized/Program.cs b/samples/Sentry.Samples.Console.Customized/Program.cs
index 2574d8db49..ede8e48c1e 100644
--- a/samples/Sentry.Samples.Console.Customized/Program.cs
+++ b/samples/Sentry.Samples.Console.Customized/Program.cs
@@ -107,6 +107,9 @@ await SentrySdk.ConfigureScopeAsync(async scope =>
             {
                 client.DefaultRequestHeaders.TryAddWithoutValidation("CustomHeader", new[] { "my value" });
             };
+
+            // Control/override how to apply the State object into the scope
+            o.SentryScopeStateProcessor = new MyCustomerScopeStateProcessor();
         }))
         {
             // Ignored by its type due to the setting above
@@ -222,7 +225,7 @@ public AdminPartMiddleware(ISentryClient adminClient, dynamic middleware)
 
         public void Invoke(dynamic request)
         {
-            using (SentrySdk.PushScope())
+            using (SentrySdk.PushScope(new SpecialContextObject()))
             {
                 SentrySdk.AddBreadcrumb(request.Path, "request-path");
 
@@ -265,4 +268,27 @@ protected override void ProcessException(ArgumentException exception, SentryEven
             sentryEvent.SetTag("parameter-name", exception.ParamName);
         }
     }
+
+    private class MyCustomerScopeStateProcessor : ISentryScopeStateProcessor
+    {
+        private readonly ISentryScopeStateProcessor _fallback = new DefaultSentryScopeStateProcessor();
+
+        public void Apply(IScope scope, object state)
+        {
+            if (state is SpecialContextObject specialState)
+            {
+                scope.SetTag("SpecialContextObject", specialState.A + specialState.B);
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                _fallback.Apply(scope, state);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    private class SpecialContextObject
+    {
+        public string A { get; } = "hello";
+        public string B { get; } = "world";
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/Sentry/Internal/SentryScopeManager.cs b/src/Sentry/Internal/SentryScopeManager.cs
index a41eb583f2..1aeaed620f 100644
--- a/src/Sentry/Internal/SentryScopeManager.cs
+++ b/src/Sentry/Internal/SentryScopeManager.cs
@@ -58,8 +58,14 @@ public IDisposable PushScope<TState>(TState state)
 
             if (scope.Key.Locked)
             {
-                // TODO: keep state on current scope?
-                _options.DiagnosticLogger?.LogDebug("Locked scope. No new scope pushed.");
+                _options?.DiagnosticLogger?.LogDebug("Locked scope. No new scope pushed.");
+
+                // Apply to current scope
+                if (state != null)
+                {
+                    scope.Key.Apply(state);
+                }
+
                 return DisabledHub.Instance;
             }
 
diff --git a/src/Sentry/Protocol/DefaultSentryScopeStateProcessor.cs b/src/Sentry/Protocol/DefaultSentryScopeStateProcessor.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b53d899247
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Sentry/Protocol/DefaultSentryScopeStateProcessor.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Linq;
+
+namespace Sentry.Protocol
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Defines the logic for applying state onto a scope.
+    /// </summary>
+    public class DefaultSentryScopeStateProcessor : ISentryScopeStateProcessor
+    {
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Applies state onto a scope.
+        /// </summary>
+        public void Apply(IScope scope, object state)
+        {
+            switch (state)
+            {
+                case string scopeString:
+                    // TODO: find unique key to support multiple single-string scopes
+                    scope.SetTag("scope", scopeString);
+                    break;
+                case IEnumerable<KeyValuePair<string, string>> keyValStringString:
+                    scope.SetTags(keyValStringString
+                        .Where(kv => !string.IsNullOrEmpty(kv.Value)));
+                    break;
+                case IEnumerable<KeyValuePair<string, object>> keyValStringObject:
+                {
+                    scope.SetTags(keyValStringObject
+                        .Select(k => new KeyValuePair<string, string>(
+                            k.Key,
+                            k.Value?.ToString()!))
+                        .Where(kv => !string.IsNullOrEmpty(kv.Value)));
+
+                    break;
+                }
+#if HAS_VALUE_TUPLE
+                case ValueTuple<string, string> tupleStringString:
+                    if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(tupleStringString.Item2))
+                    {
+                        scope.SetTag(tupleStringString.Item1, tupleStringString.Item2);
+                    }
+                    break;
+#endif
+                default:
+                    scope.SetExtra("state", state);
+                    break;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/Sentry/Protocol/IScopeOptions.cs b/src/Sentry/Protocol/IScopeOptions.cs
index 8b2262c6ae..d7629b4154 100644
--- a/src/Sentry/Protocol/IScopeOptions.cs
+++ b/src/Sentry/Protocol/IScopeOptions.cs
@@ -7,6 +7,11 @@ namespace Sentry.Protocol
     /// </summary>
     public interface IScopeOptions
     {
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Configured scope processor.
+        /// </summary>
+        ISentryScopeStateProcessor SentryScopeStateProcessor { get; set; }
+
         /// <summary>
         /// Gets or sets the maximum breadcrumbs.
         /// </summary>
diff --git a/src/Sentry/Protocol/ISentryScopeStateProcessor.cs b/src/Sentry/Protocol/ISentryScopeStateProcessor.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8a49ef8b9b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Sentry/Protocol/ISentryScopeStateProcessor.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+namespace Sentry.Protocol
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Defines the logic for applying state onto a scope.
+    /// </summary>
+    public interface ISentryScopeStateProcessor
+    {
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Applies state onto a scope.
+        /// </summary>
+        void Apply(IScope scope, object state);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/Sentry/ScopeExtensions.cs b/src/Sentry/ScopeExtensions.cs
index 233655249e..73f4c00d5d 100644
--- a/src/Sentry/ScopeExtensions.cs
+++ b/src/Sentry/ScopeExtensions.cs
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@
 using System.Collections.Concurrent;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.ComponentModel;
-using System.Linq;
 using Sentry.Extensibility;
+using System.Linq;
 using Sentry.Internal;
 using Sentry.Protocol;
 using Constants = Sentry.Protocol.Constants;
@@ -354,39 +354,8 @@ public static void Apply(this IScope from, IScope to)
         /// <param name="state">The state object to apply.</param>
         public static void Apply(this IScope scope, object state)
         {
-            switch (state)
-            {
-                case string scopeString:
-                    // TODO: find unique key to support multiple single-string scopes
-                    scope.SetTag("scope", scopeString);
-                    break;
-                case IEnumerable<KeyValuePair<string, string>> keyValStringString:
-                    scope.SetTags(keyValStringString
-                        .Where(kv => !string.IsNullOrEmpty(kv.Value)));
-                    break;
-                case IEnumerable<KeyValuePair<string, object>> keyValStringObject:
-                {
-                    scope.SetTags(keyValStringObject
-                        .Select(k => new KeyValuePair<string, string>(
-                            k.Key,
-                            k.Value?.ToString()!))
-                        .Where(kv => !string.IsNullOrEmpty(kv.Value)));
-
-                    break;
-                }
-#if HAS_VALUE_TUPLE
-                case ValueTuple<string, string> tupleStringString:
-                    if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(tupleStringString.Item2))
-                    {
-                        scope.SetTag(tupleStringString.Item1, tupleStringString.Item2);
-                    }
-
-                    break;
-#endif
-                default:
-                    scope.SetExtra("state", state);
-                    break;
-            }
+            var processor = scope.ScopeOptions?.SentryScopeStateProcessor ?? new DefaultSentryScopeStateProcessor();
+            processor.Apply(scope, state);
         }
 
         /// <summary>
diff --git a/src/Sentry/SentryOptions.cs b/src/Sentry/SentryOptions.cs
index d68727c55d..de9b3766c9 100644
--- a/src/Sentry/SentryOptions.cs
+++ b/src/Sentry/SentryOptions.cs
@@ -59,6 +59,9 @@ public class SentryOptions : IScopeOptions
 
         internal ISentryHttpClientFactory? SentryHttpClientFactory { get; set; }
 
+        /// <inheritdoc />
+        public ISentryScopeStateProcessor SentryScopeStateProcessor { get; set; } = new DefaultSentryScopeStateProcessor();
+
         /// <summary>
         /// A list of namespaces (or prefixes) considered not part of application code
         /// </summary>