diff --git a/sentry/api/sentry.api b/sentry/api/sentry.api
index e17c36b2e96..44f4fe4d89c 100644
--- a/sentry/api/sentry.api
+++ b/sentry/api/sentry.api
@@ -2004,6 +2004,7 @@ public final class io/sentry/Sentry {
 	public static fun getBaggage ()Lio/sentry/BaggageHeader;
 	public static fun getCurrentHub ()Lio/sentry/IHub;
 	public static fun getCurrentScopes ()Lio/sentry/IScopes;
+	public static fun getGlobalScope ()Lio/sentry/IScope;
 	public static fun getLastEventId ()Lio/sentry/protocol/SentryId;
 	public static fun getSpan ()Lio/sentry/ISpan;
 	public static fun getTraceparent ()Lio/sentry/SentryTraceHeader;
diff --git a/sentry/src/main/java/io/sentry/Scopes.java b/sentry/src/main/java/io/sentry/Scopes.java
index b384d39c05d..c440b995ec5 100644
--- a/sentry/src/main/java/io/sentry/Scopes.java
+++ b/sentry/src/main/java/io/sentry/Scopes.java
@@ -579,8 +579,9 @@ private void updateLastEventId(final @NotNull SentryId lastEventId) {
 
   // TODO add to IScopes interface
   public @NotNull IScope getGlobalScope() {
-    // TODO return singleton global scope here
-    return scope;
+    // TODO should be:
+    return Sentry.getGlobalScope();
+    //    return scope;
   }
 
   @Override
diff --git a/sentry/src/main/java/io/sentry/Sentry.java b/sentry/src/main/java/io/sentry/Sentry.java
index e01ca2f281d..76ada357f2a 100644
--- a/sentry/src/main/java/io/sentry/Sentry.java
+++ b/sentry/src/main/java/io/sentry/Sentry.java
@@ -47,6 +47,8 @@ private Sentry() {}
 
   /** The Main Hub or NoOp if Sentry is disabled. */
   private static volatile @NotNull IScopes mainScopes = NoOpScopes.getInstance();
+  // TODO cannot pass options here
+  private static volatile @NotNull IScope globalScope = new Scope(new SentryOptions());
 
   /** Default value for globalHubMode is false */
   private static final boolean GLOBAL_HUB_DEFAULT_MODE = false;
@@ -122,6 +124,9 @@ public static void setCurrentHub(final @NotNull IHub hub) {
   public static @NotNull ISentryLifecycleToken setCurrentScopes(final @NotNull IScopes scopes) {
     return getScopesStorage().set(scopes);
   }
+
+  public static @NotNull IScope getGlobalScope() {
+    return globalScope;
   }
 
   /**
@@ -264,6 +269,8 @@ private static synchronized void init(
     // TODO should be:
     //    getGlobalScope().bindClient(new SentryClient(options));
     rootScope.bindClient(new SentryClient(options));
+    // TODO shouldn't replace global scope
+    globalScope = rootScope;
     mainScopes = new Scopes(rootScope, rootScope, options, "Sentry.init");
 
     getScopesStorage().set(mainScopes);