diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index cf20240..2bae9ab 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -305,6 +305,7 @@ GitLens is highly customizable and provides many configuration settings to allow
 |Name | Description
 |-----|------------
 |`gitlens.advanced.toggleWhitespace.enabled`|Specifies whether or not to toggle whitespace off then showing blame annotations (*may* be required by certain fonts/themes)
+|`gitlens.advanced.telemetry.enabled`|Specifies whether or not to enable GitLens telemetry (even if enabled still abides by the overall `telemetry.enableTelemetry` setting
 |`gitlens.advanced.menus`|Specifies which commands will be added to which menus
 |`gitlens.advanced.caching.enabled`|Specifies whether git output will be cached
 |`gitlens.advanced.caching.maxLines`|Specifies the threshold for caching larger documents
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index e32905b..c697bbd 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -691,6 +691,11 @@
                     "default": true,
                     "description": "Specifies whether or not to close the QuickPick menu when focus is lost"
                 },
+                "gitlens.advanced.telemetry.enabled": {
+                    "type": "boolean",
+                    "default": true,
+                    "description": "Specifies whether or not to enable GitLens telemetry (even if enabled still abides by the overall `telemetry.enableTelemetry` setting"
+                },
                 "gitlens.advanced.toggleWhitespace.enabled": {
                     "type": "boolean",
                     "default": false,
diff --git a/src/configuration.ts b/src/configuration.ts
index bee58e4..9306e45 100644
--- a/src/configuration.ts
+++ b/src/configuration.ts
@@ -98,6 +98,9 @@ export interface IAdvancedConfig {
     quickPick: {
         closeOnFocusOut: boolean;
     };
+    telemetry: {
+        enabled: boolean;
+    };
     toggleWhitespace: {
         enabled: boolean;
     };
diff --git a/src/telemetry.ts b/src/telemetry.ts
index 79a296b..d15360f 100644
--- a/src/telemetry.ts
+++ b/src/telemetry.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 'use strict';
 import { Disposable, env, version, workspace } from 'vscode';
+import { ExtensionKey, IConfig } from './configuration';
 import * as os from 'os';
 
 let _reporter: TelemetryReporter;
@@ -7,7 +8,8 @@ let _reporter: TelemetryReporter;
 export class Telemetry extends Disposable {
 
     static configure(key: string) {
-        if (!workspace.getConfiguration('telemetry').get<boolean>('enableTelemetry', true)) return;
+        const cfg = workspace.getConfiguration().get<IConfig>(ExtensionKey)!;
+        if (!cfg.advanced.telemetry.enabled || !workspace.getConfiguration('telemetry').get<boolean>('enableTelemetry', true)) return;
 
         _reporter = new TelemetryReporter(key);
     }