diff --git a/packages/node/src/eventbuilder.ts b/packages/node/src/eventbuilder.ts
index eead089793a0..c6fdeb0598e2 100644
--- a/packages/node/src/eventbuilder.ts
+++ b/packages/node/src/eventbuilder.ts
@@ -62,8 +62,11 @@ export function eventFromUnknownInput(stackParser: StackParser, exception: unkno
       // which is much better than creating new group when any key/value change
       const message = `Non-Error exception captured with keys: ${extractExceptionKeysForMessage(exception)}`;
 
-      getCurrentHub().configureScope(scope => {
-        scope.setExtra('__serialized__', normalizeToSize(exception));
+      const hub = getCurrentHub();
+      const client = hub.getClient();
+      const normalizeDepth = client && client.getOptions().normalizeDepth;
+      hub.configureScope(scope => {
+        scope.setExtra('__serialized__', normalizeToSize(exception, normalizeDepth));
       });
 
       ex = (hint && hint.syntheticException) || new Error(message);
diff --git a/packages/node/test/eventbuilders.test.ts b/packages/node/test/eventbuilders.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..f92ec303bb3c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/node/test/eventbuilders.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,76 @@
+import { Client } from '@sentry/types';
+
+import { defaultStackParser, Scope } from '../src';
+import { eventFromUnknownInput } from '../src/eventbuilder';
+
+const testScope = new Scope();
+
+jest.mock('@sentry/hub', () => {
+  const original = jest.requireActual('@sentry/hub');
+  return {
+    ...original,
+    getCurrentHub(): {
+      getClient(): Client;
+      getScope(): Scope;
+      configureScope(scopeFunction: (scope: Scope) => void): void;
+    } {
+      return {
+        getClient(): any {
+          return {
+            getOptions(): any {
+              return { normalizeDepth: 6 };
+            },
+          };
+        },
+        getScope(): Scope {
+          return new Scope();
+        },
+        configureScope(scopeFunction: (scope: Scope) => void): void {
+          scopeFunction(testScope);
+        },
+      };
+    },
+  };
+});
+
+afterEach(() => {
+  jest.resetAllMocks();
+});
+
+describe('eventFromUnknownInput', () => {
+  test('uses normalizeDepth from init options', () => {
+    const deepObject = {
+      a: {
+        b: {
+          c: {
+            d: {
+              e: {
+                f: {
+                  g: 'foo',
+                },
+              },
+            },
+          },
+        },
+      },
+    };
+
+    eventFromUnknownInput(defaultStackParser, deepObject);
+
+    const serializedObject = (testScope as any)._extra.__serialized__;
+    expect(serializedObject).toBeDefined();
+    expect(serializedObject).toEqual({
+      a: {
+        b: {
+          c: {
+            d: {
+              e: {
+                f: '[Object]',
+              },
+            },
+          },
+        },
+      },
+    });
+  });
+});