diff --git a/sentry_sdk/integrations/starlite.py b/sentry_sdk/integrations/starlite.py
index 8963fc9e53..398412c762 100644
--- a/sentry_sdk/integrations/starlite.py
+++ b/sentry_sdk/integrations/starlite.py
@@ -268,6 +268,8 @@ async def handle_wrapper(
         def event_processor(event: "Event", _: "Hint") -> "Event":
             request_info = event.get("request", {})
             request_info["content_length"] = len(scope.get("_body", b""))
+            should_attach_request_body = True
+
             if has_data_collection_enabled(client.options):
                 cookies = _apply_key_value_collection_filtering(
                     items=extracted_request_data["cookies"],
@@ -275,9 +277,15 @@ def event_processor(event: "Event", _: "Hint") -> "Event":
                 )
                 if cookies:
                     request_info["cookies"] = cookies
+
+                should_attach_request_body = (
+                    "incoming_request"
+                    in client.options["data_collection"]["http_bodies"]
+                )
             elif should_send_default_pii():
                 request_info["cookies"] = extracted_request_data["cookies"]
-            if request_data is not None:
+
+            if request_data is not None and should_attach_request_body:
                 request_info["data"] = request_data
 
             event["request"] = deepcopy(request_info)
diff --git a/tests/integrations/starlite/test_starlite.py b/tests/integrations/starlite/test_starlite.py
index e6a416d1f0..5c39c897d1 100644
--- a/tests/integrations/starlite/test_starlite.py
+++ b/tests/integrations/starlite/test_starlite.py
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 from typing import Any, Dict
 
 import pytest
-from starlite import AbstractMiddleware, Controller, LoggingConfig, Starlite, get
+from starlite import AbstractMiddleware, Controller, LoggingConfig, Starlite, get, post
 from starlite.middleware import LoggingMiddlewareConfig, RateLimitConfig
 from starlite.middleware.session.memory_backend import MemoryBackendConfig
 from starlite.testing import TestClient
@@ -43,6 +43,11 @@ async def message_with_id() -> "Dict[str, Any]":
         capture_message("hi")
         return {"status": "ok"}
 
+    @post("/body/json")
+    async def body_json(data: Dict[str, Any]) -> Dict[str, Any]:
+        capture_message("hi")
+        return {"status": "ok"}
+
     logging_config = LoggingConfig()
 
     app = Starlite(
@@ -51,6 +56,7 @@ async def message_with_id() -> "Dict[str, Any]":
             custom_error,
             message,
             message_with_id,
+            body_json,
             MyController,
         ],
         debug=debug,
@@ -559,6 +565,72 @@ async def __call__(self, scope, receive, send):
 COOKIE_HEADER = "jwt=tokenval; theme=dark; lang=en; identity=alice"
 
 
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    "data_collection, expect_body",
+    [
+        pytest.param(None, True, id="no_data_collection_experiment"),
+        pytest.param({}, True, id="data_collection_http_bodies_default"),
+        pytest.param(
+            {"http_bodies": ["incoming_request"]},
+            True,
+            id="data_collection_http_bodies_incoming_request",
+        ),
+        pytest.param(
+            {"http_bodies": []}, False, id="data_collection_http_bodies_empty"
+        ),
+    ],
+)
+def test_request_body_data_collection(
+    sentry_init, capture_events, data_collection, expect_body
+):
+    sentry_init(
+        traces_sample_rate=1.0,
+        integrations=[StarliteIntegration()],
+        _experiments=(
+            {} if data_collection is None else {"data_collection": data_collection}
+        ),
+    )
+
+    starlite_app = starlite_app_factory()
+    events = capture_events()
+
+    body = {"foo": {"bar": "baz", "qux": ["1", "2", "3"]}}
+
+    client = TestClient(starlite_app)
+    client.post("/body/json", json=body)
+
+    (event, transaction_event) = events
+
+    if expect_body:
+        assert event["request"]["data"] == body
+        assert transaction_event["request"]["data"] == body
+    else:
+        assert "data" not in event["request"]
+        assert "data" not in transaction_event["request"]
+
+
+def test_request_body_data_collection_wins_over_send_default_pii(
+    sentry_init, capture_events
+):
+    sentry_init(
+        traces_sample_rate=1.0,
+        integrations=[StarliteIntegration()],
+        send_default_pii=True,
+        _experiments={"data_collection": {"http_bodies": []}},
+    )
+
+    starlite_app = starlite_app_factory()
+    events = capture_events()
+
+    client = TestClient(starlite_app)
+    client.post("/body/json", json={"foo": {"bar": "baz", "qux": ["1", "2", "3"]}})
+
+    (event, transaction_event) = events
+
+    assert "data" not in event["request"]
+    assert "data" not in transaction_event["request"]
+
+
 @pytest.mark.parametrize(
     "init_kwargs, expected_cookies",
     [