diff --git a/ingest/views.py b/ingest/views.py
index 2bce194..680c268 100644
--- a/ingest/views.py
+++ b/ingest/views.py
@@ -179,11 +179,11 @@ class IngestEnvelopeAPIView(BaseIngestAPIView):
 
         if len(request.data) != 3:
             # multi-part envelopes trigger an error too
-            sentry_sdk_extensions.capture_stacktrace("Invalid envelope (not 3 parts)")
+            sentry_sdk_extensions.capture_stacktrace_2("Invalid envelope (not 3 parts)")
             return Response({"message": "Missing headers / unsupported type"}, status=status.HTTP_501_NOT_IMPLEMENTED)
 
         if request.data[1].get("type") != "event":
-            sentry_sdk_extensions.capture_stacktrace("Invalid envelope (not an event)")
+            sentry_sdk_extensions.capture_stacktrace_2("Invalid envelope (not an event)")
             return Response({"message": "Only events are supported"}, status=status.HTTP_501_NOT_IMPLEMENTED)
 
         # TODO think about a good order to handle this in. Namely: if no project Header is provided, you are basically
diff --git a/sentry_sdk_extensions/__init__.py b/sentry_sdk_extensions/__init__.py
index f28f143..35f7ee5 100644
--- a/sentry_sdk_extensions/__init__.py
+++ b/sentry_sdk_extensions/__init__.py
@@ -2,6 +2,10 @@ from sentry_sdk.utils import capture_internal_exceptions, current_stacktrace
 import sentry_sdk
 
 
+class AdHocException(Exception):
+    pass
+
+
 def capture_stacktrace(message):
     """
     Capture the current stacktrace and send it to Sentry; the standard sentry_sdk does not provide this; it either
@@ -26,3 +30,17 @@ def capture_stacktrace(message):
     event["level"] = "error"
     event["logentry"] = {"message": message}
     sentry_sdk.capture_event(event)
+
+
+def capture_stacktrace_2(message):
+    """
+    Capture the current stacktrace and send it to Sentry. Like capture_stacktrace, but using an "Ad Hoc" Exception.
+    This allows us to use the standard sentry_sdk.capture_exception function, and our stacktrace to show up as an
+    exception on the server-side.
+
+    In good old Python tradition, we've just tacked a "_2" onto the end of the function name.
+    """
+    try:
+        raise AdHocException(message)
+    except AdHocException as e:
+        sentry_sdk.capture_exception(e)