diff --git a/flutter/example/lib/main.dart b/flutter/example/lib/main.dart
index cc551e2be..a6ca0fcb0 100644
--- a/flutter/example/lib/main.dart
+++ b/flutter/example/lib/main.dart
@@ -91,6 +91,7 @@ Future<void> setupSentry(
 
       options.experimental.replay.sessionSampleRate = 1.0;
       options.experimental.replay.onErrorSampleRate = 1.0;
+      options.experimental.replay.maskAllText = false;
 
       _isIntegrationTest = isIntegrationTest;
       if (_isIntegrationTest) {
@@ -198,6 +199,17 @@ class MainScaffold extends StatelessWidget {
       body: SingleChildScrollView(
         child: Column(
           children: [
+            const CustomPaint(
+                child: Center(
+              child: Text(
+                'Custom paint',
+                style: TextStyle(
+                  fontSize: 40.0,
+                  fontWeight: FontWeight.w900,
+                  color: Color.fromARGB(255, 166, 7, 7),
+                ),
+              ),
+            )),
             if (_isIntegrationTest) const IntegrationTestWidget(),
             const Center(child: Text('Trigger an action.\n')),
             const Padding(
diff --git a/flutter/lib/src/replay/widget_filter.dart b/flutter/lib/src/replay/widget_filter.dart
index 32231a0d1..ec1d6b46f 100644
--- a/flutter/lib/src/replay/widget_filter.dart
+++ b/flutter/lib/src/replay/widget_filter.dart
@@ -197,7 +197,8 @@ class WidgetFilterItem {
   const WidgetFilterItem(this.color, this.bounds);
 }
 
-extension on Element {
+@internal
+extension ElementParentFinder on Element {
   Element? get parent {
     Element? result;
     visitAncestorElements((el) {
diff --git a/flutter/lib/src/sentry_replay_options.dart b/flutter/lib/src/sentry_replay_options.dart
index a6e83fec4..abe1e3b72 100644
--- a/flutter/lib/src/sentry_replay_options.dart
+++ b/flutter/lib/src/sentry_replay_options.dart
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import 'package:flutter/foundation.dart';
 import 'package:flutter/services.dart';
 import 'package:flutter/widgets.dart';
 import 'package:meta/meta.dart';
@@ -75,6 +76,23 @@ class SentryReplayOptions {
         rules
             .add(const SentryMaskingCustomRule<Image>(_maskImagesExceptAssets));
       }
+
+      // Mask CustomPaint, except for DEBUG banner which overlays the whole screen in debug builds.
+      if (kReleaseMode) {
+        rules.add(const SentryMaskingConstantRule<CustomPaint>(
+            SentryMaskingDecision.mask));
+      } else {
+        rules.add(SentryMaskingCustomRule<CustomPaint>(
+            (Element element, CustomPaint widget) {
+          final parent = element.parent;
+          if (parent is StatefulElement &&
+              (parent.widget is Banner) &&
+              (parent.widget as Banner).message == 'DEBUG') {
+            return SentryMaskingDecision.continueProcessing;
+          }
+          return SentryMaskingDecision.mask;
+        }));
+      }
     } else {
       assert(!maskAssetImages,
           "maskAssetImages can't be true if maskAllImages is false");