diff --git a/benchmarks/Sentry.Benchmarks/BenchmarkDotNet.Artifacts/results/MvvmBenchmarks-report-github.md b/benchmarks/Sentry.Benchmarks/BenchmarkDotNet.Artifacts/results/MvvmBenchmarks-report-github.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5726a125c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/benchmarks/Sentry.Benchmarks/BenchmarkDotNet.Artifacts/results/MvvmBenchmarks-report-github.md
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+```
+
+BenchmarkDotNet v0.13.12, macOS 15.4.1 (24E263) [Darwin 24.4.0]
+Apple M2 Max, 1 CPU, 12 logical and 12 physical cores
+.NET SDK 9.0.203
+  [Host]     : .NET 9.0.4 (9.0.425.16305), Arm64 RyuJIT AdvSIMD
+  DefaultJob : .NET 9.0.4 (9.0.425.16305), Arm64 RyuJIT AdvSIMD
+
+
+```
+| Method           | ResolveOptionsWithServiceProvider | Mean     | Error    | StdDev   | Median   | Gen0    | Gen1   | Allocated |
+|----------------- |---------------------------------- |---------:|---------:|---------:|---------:|--------:|-------:|----------:|
+| **'Build MAUI App'** | **Directly**                          | **494.3 μs** | **19.62 μs** | **53.38 μs** | **476.0 μs** | **12.6953** | **2.9297** | **105.13 KB** |
+| **'Build MAUI App'** | **ServiceProvider**                   | **488.1 μs** |  **8.56 μs** | **12.55 μs** | **486.6 μs** | **15.6250** | **3.9063** | **129.52 KB** |
+| **'Build MAUI App'** | **InvokeConfigOptions**               | **499.5 μs** |  **9.93 μs** | **22.21 μs** | **501.9 μs** | **12.6953** | **3.9063** | **110.23 KB** |
diff --git a/benchmarks/Sentry.Benchmarks/MvvmBenchmarks.cs b/benchmarks/Sentry.Benchmarks/MvvmBenchmarks.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8b32b34d83
--- /dev/null
+++ b/benchmarks/Sentry.Benchmarks/MvvmBenchmarks.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+using BenchmarkDotNet.Attributes;
+using Sentry;
+using Sentry.Maui;
+
+public class MvvmBenchmarks
+{
+    [Params(RegisterEventBinderMethod.ServiceProvider, RegisterEventBinderMethod.InvokeConfigOptions, RegisterEventBinderMethod.Directly)]
+    public RegisterEventBinderMethod ResolveOptionsWithServiceProvider;
+
+    [Benchmark(Description = "Build MAUI App")]
+    public void BuildMauiAppBenchmark()
+    {
+        var appBuilder = MauiApp.CreateBuilder()
+            // This adds Sentry to your Maui application
+            .UseSentry(options =>
+            {
+                // The DSN is the only required option.
+                options.Dsn = DsnSamples.ValidDsn;
+                // Automatically create traces for async relay commands in the MVVM Community Toolkit
+                options.AddCommunityToolkitIntegration();
+            }, ResolveOptionsWithServiceProvider);
+        appBuilder.Build();
+    }
+}
diff --git a/benchmarks/Sentry.Benchmarks/Sentry.Benchmarks.csproj b/benchmarks/Sentry.Benchmarks/Sentry.Benchmarks.csproj
index bdb8ed918a..2d9fa82fbf 100644
--- a/benchmarks/Sentry.Benchmarks/Sentry.Benchmarks.csproj
+++ b/benchmarks/Sentry.Benchmarks/Sentry.Benchmarks.csproj
@@ -2,8 +2,9 @@
 
   <PropertyGroup>
     <OutputType>Exe</OutputType>
-    <TargetFramework>net8.0</TargetFramework>
+    <TargetFramework>net9.0</TargetFramework>
     <IsPackable>false</IsPackable>
+    <UseMaui>true</UseMaui>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
@@ -13,6 +14,8 @@
   </ItemGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
+    <ProjectReference Include="..\..\src\Sentry.Maui.CommunityToolkit.Mvvm\Sentry.Maui.CommunityToolkit.Mvvm.csproj" />
+    <ProjectReference Include="..\..\src\Sentry.Maui\Sentry.Maui.csproj" />
     <ProjectReference Include="..\..\src\Sentry\Sentry.csproj" />
     <ProjectReference Include="..\..\src\Sentry.Profiling\Sentry.Profiling.csproj" />
     <ProjectReference Include="..\..\test\Sentry.Testing\Sentry.Testing.csproj" />
diff --git a/src/Sentry.Maui/SentryMauiAppBuilderExtensions.cs b/src/Sentry.Maui/SentryMauiAppBuilderExtensions.cs
index 83e1bd7740..fd28d8afbc 100644
--- a/src/Sentry.Maui/SentryMauiAppBuilderExtensions.cs
+++ b/src/Sentry.Maui/SentryMauiAppBuilderExtensions.cs
@@ -11,6 +11,25 @@
 // ReSharper disable once CheckNamespace
 namespace Microsoft.Maui.Hosting;
 
+/// <summary>
+/// An enum
+/// </summary>
+public enum RegisterEventBinderMethod
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Registers the services directly... unable to inject the MvvM integration this way
+    /// </summary>
+    Directly,
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Register with the service provider
+    /// </summary>
+    ServiceProvider,
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Instantiate the options directly and invoke the config callback on it
+    /// </summary>
+    InvokeConfigOptions
+}
+
 /// <summary>
 /// Sentry extensions for <see cref="MauiAppBuilder"/>.
 /// </summary>
@@ -39,9 +58,10 @@ public static MauiAppBuilder UseSentry(this MauiAppBuilder builder, string dsn)
     /// </summary>
     /// <param name="builder">The builder.</param>
     /// <param name="configureOptions">An action to configure the options.</param>
+    /// <param name="eventBinderRegistrationMethod"></param>
     /// <returns>The <paramref name="builder"/>.</returns>
     public static MauiAppBuilder UseSentry(this MauiAppBuilder builder,
-        Action<SentryMauiOptions>? configureOptions)
+        Action<SentryMauiOptions>? configureOptions, RegisterEventBinderMethod eventBinderRegistrationMethod = RegisterEventBinderMethod.ServiceProvider)
     {
         var services = builder.Services;
 
@@ -57,14 +77,43 @@ public static MauiAppBuilder UseSentry(this MauiAppBuilder builder,
         services.AddSingleton<Disposer>();
 
         // Resolve the configured options and register any element event binders from these
-        IServiceProvider serviceProvider = services.BuildServiceProvider();
-        var options = serviceProvider.GetRequiredService<IOptions<SentryMauiOptions>>().Value;
-        services.TryAddSingleton<SentryOptions>(options); // Ensure this doesn't get resolved again in AddSentry
-        foreach (var eventBinder in options.DefaultEventBinders)
+        switch (eventBinderRegistrationMethod)
         {
-            eventBinder.Register(services);
+            case RegisterEventBinderMethod.Directly:
+                services.AddSingleton<IMauiElementEventBinder, MauiButtonEventsBinder>();
+                services.AddSingleton<IMauiElementEventBinder, MauiImageButtonEventsBinder>();
+                services.AddSingleton<IMauiElementEventBinder, MauiGestureRecognizerEventsBinder>();
+                services.AddSingleton<IMauiElementEventBinder, MauiVisualElementEventsBinder>();
+                break;
+            case RegisterEventBinderMethod.InvokeConfigOptions:
+                var options = new SentryMauiOptions();
+                configureOptions?.Invoke(options);
+                services.TryAddSingleton<SentryOptions>(options); // Ensure this doesn't get resolved again in AddSentry
+                foreach (var eventBinder in options.DefaultEventBinders)
+                {
+                    eventBinder.Register(services);
+                }
+                break;
+            case RegisterEventBinderMethod.ServiceProvider:
+                IServiceProvider serviceProvider = services.BuildServiceProvider();
+                options = serviceProvider.GetRequiredService<IOptions<SentryMauiOptions>>().Value;
+                services.TryAddSingleton<SentryOptions>(options); // Ensure this doesn't get resolved again in AddSentry
+                foreach (var eventBinder in options.DefaultEventBinders)
+                {
+                    eventBinder.Register(services);
+                }
+                break;
         }
 
+        // // Resolve the configured options and register any element event binders from these
+        // IServiceProvider serviceProvider = services.BuildServiceProvider();
+        // var options = serviceProvider.GetRequiredService<IOptions<SentryMauiOptions>>().Value;
+        // services.TryAddSingleton<SentryOptions>(options); // Ensure this doesn't get resolved again in AddSentry
+        // foreach (var eventBinder in options.DefaultEventBinders)
+        // {
+        //     eventBinder.Register(services);
+        // }
+
         // This is ultimately the class that enables all the MauiElementEventBinders above
         services.TryAddSingleton<IMauiEventsBinder, MauiEventsBinder>();