diff --git a/sentry/api/sentry.api b/sentry/api/sentry.api
index 6e6c7ab94b..9b9881d9f9 100644
--- a/sentry/api/sentry.api
+++ b/sentry/api/sentry.api
@@ -2955,6 +2955,7 @@ public final class io/sentry/SentryEnvelopeItem {
 	public fun getEvent (Lio/sentry/ISerializer;)Lio/sentry/SentryEvent;
 	public fun getHeader ()Lio/sentry/SentryEnvelopeItemHeader;
 	public fun getLogs (Lio/sentry/ISerializer;)Lio/sentry/SentryLogEvents;
+	public fun getMetrics (Lio/sentry/ISerializer;)Lio/sentry/SentryMetricsEvents;
 	public fun getTransaction (Lio/sentry/ISerializer;)Lio/sentry/protocol/SentryTransaction;
 }
 
diff --git a/sentry/src/main/java/io/sentry/JsonSerializer.java b/sentry/src/main/java/io/sentry/JsonSerializer.java
index c643fd2a69..a0fa80879a 100644
--- a/sentry/src/main/java/io/sentry/JsonSerializer.java
+++ b/sentry/src/main/java/io/sentry/JsonSerializer.java
@@ -123,6 +123,7 @@ public JsonSerializer(@NotNull SentryOptions options) {
     deserializersByClass.put(SentryLevel.class, new SentryLevel.Deserializer());
     deserializersByClass.put(SentryLockReason.class, new SentryLockReason.Deserializer());
     deserializersByClass.put(SentryLogEvents.class, new SentryLogEvents.Deserializer());
+    deserializersByClass.put(SentryMetricsEvents.class, new SentryMetricsEvents.Deserializer());
     deserializersByClass.put(SentryPackage.class, new SentryPackage.Deserializer());
     deserializersByClass.put(SentryRuntime.class, new SentryRuntime.Deserializer());
     deserializersByClass.put(SentryReplayEvent.class, new SentryReplayEvent.Deserializer());
diff --git a/sentry/src/main/java/io/sentry/SentryEnvelopeItem.java b/sentry/src/main/java/io/sentry/SentryEnvelopeItem.java
index 155c40ae7c..58d150886d 100644
--- a/sentry/src/main/java/io/sentry/SentryEnvelopeItem.java
+++ b/sentry/src/main/java/io/sentry/SentryEnvelopeItem.java
@@ -158,6 +158,17 @@ public final class SentryEnvelopeItem {
     }
   }
 
+  public @Nullable SentryMetricsEvents getMetrics(final @NotNull ISerializer serializer)
+      throws Exception {
+    if (header == null || header.getType() != SentryItemType.TraceMetric) {
+      return null;
+    }
+    try (final Reader eventReader =
+        new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(new ByteArrayInputStream(getData()), UTF_8))) {
+      return serializer.deserialize(eventReader, SentryMetricsEvents.class);
+    }
+  }
+
   public static SentryEnvelopeItem fromUserFeedback(
       final @NotNull ISerializer serializer, final @NotNull UserFeedback userFeedback) {
     Objects.requireNonNull(serializer, "ISerializer is required.");