diff --git a/rollbar/__init__.py b/rollbar/__init__.py
index 9aa79897..a40e1125 100644
--- a/rollbar/__init__.py
+++ b/rollbar/__init__.py
@@ -316,6 +316,7 @@ def _get_fastapi_request():
     'capture_username': False,
     'capture_ip': True,
     'log_all_rate_limited_items': True,
+    'log_payload_on_error': True,
     'http_proxy': None,
     'http_proxy_user': None,
     'http_proxy_password': None,
@@ -1730,7 +1731,9 @@ def _parse_response(path, access_token, params, resp, endpoint=None):
 
     if resp.status_code == 429:
         if SETTINGS['log_all_rate_limited_items'] or not last_response_was_429:
-            log.warning("Rollbar: over rate limit, data was dropped. Payload was: %r", params)
+            log.warning("Rollbar: over rate limit, data was dropped.")
+            if SETTINGS['log_payload_on_error']:
+                log.warning("Payload was: %r", params)
         return
     elif resp.status_code == 502:
         log.exception('Rollbar api returned a 502')
@@ -1743,7 +1746,9 @@ def _parse_response(path, access_token, params, resp, endpoint=None):
             payload = json.loads(params)
             uuid = payload['data']['uuid']
             host = payload['data']['server']['host']
-            log.error("Rollbar: request entity too large for UUID %r\n. Payload:\n%r", uuid, payload)
+            log.error("Rollbar: request entity too large for UUID %r\n.", uuid)
+            if SETTINGS['log_payload_on_error']:
+                log.error("Payload:\n%r", payload)
         except (TypeError, ValueError):
             log.exception('Unable to decode JSON for failsafe.')
         except KeyError: