diff --git a/dev-packages/node-integration-tests/suites/tracing/httpIntegration/server-ignoreStaticAssets.js b/dev-packages/node-integration-tests/suites/tracing/httpIntegration/server-ignoreStaticAssets.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..bcc47257a2f1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev-packages/node-integration-tests/suites/tracing/httpIntegration/server-ignoreStaticAssets.js
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+const { loggingTransport } = require('@sentry-internal/node-integration-tests');
+const Sentry = require('@sentry/node');
+
+Sentry.init({
+  dsn: 'https://public@dsn.ingest.sentry.io/1337',
+  release: '1.0',
+  tracesSampleRate: 1.0,
+  transport: loggingTransport,
+  // Test default for ignoreStaticAssets: true
+  integrations: [Sentry.httpIntegration()],
+});
+
+const express = require('express');
+const cors = require('cors');
+const { startExpressServerAndSendPortToRunner } = require('@sentry-internal/node-integration-tests');
+
+const app = express();
+
+app.use(cors());
+
+app.get('/test', (_req, res) => {
+  res.send({ response: 'ok' });
+});
+
+app.get('/favicon.ico', (_req, res) => {
+  res.type('image/x-icon').send(Buffer.from([0]));
+});
+
+app.get('/robots.txt', (_req, res) => {
+  res.type('text/plain').send('User-agent: *\nDisallow:\n');
+});
+
+app.get('/assets/app.js', (_req, res) => {
+  res.type('application/javascript').send('/* js */');
+});
+
+Sentry.setupExpressErrorHandler(app);
+
+startExpressServerAndSendPortToRunner(app);
diff --git a/dev-packages/node-integration-tests/suites/tracing/httpIntegration/server-traceStaticAssets.js b/dev-packages/node-integration-tests/suites/tracing/httpIntegration/server-traceStaticAssets.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..743d1b48e21f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev-packages/node-integration-tests/suites/tracing/httpIntegration/server-traceStaticAssets.js
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+const { loggingTransport } = require('@sentry-internal/node-integration-tests');
+const Sentry = require('@sentry/node');
+
+Sentry.init({
+  dsn: 'https://public@dsn.ingest.sentry.io/1337',
+  release: '1.0',
+  tracesSampleRate: 1.0,
+  transport: loggingTransport,
+  integrations: [Sentry.httpIntegration({ ignoreStaticAssets: false })],
+});
+
+const express = require('express');
+const cors = require('cors');
+const { startExpressServerAndSendPortToRunner } = require('@sentry-internal/node-integration-tests');
+
+const app = express();
+
+app.use(cors());
+
+app.get('/test', (_req, res) => {
+  res.send({ response: 'ok' });
+});
+
+app.get('/favicon.ico', (_req, res) => {
+  res.type('image/x-icon').send(Buffer.from([0]));
+});
+
+app.get('/robots.txt', (_req, res) => {
+  res.type('text/plain').send('User-agent: *\nDisallow:\n');
+});
+
+app.get('/assets/app.js', (_req, res) => {
+  res.type('application/javascript').send('/* js */');
+});
+
+Sentry.setupExpressErrorHandler(app);
+
+startExpressServerAndSendPortToRunner(app);
diff --git a/dev-packages/node-integration-tests/suites/tracing/httpIntegration/test.ts b/dev-packages/node-integration-tests/suites/tracing/httpIntegration/test.ts
index 9682f4aa28ac..97043c998814 100644
--- a/dev-packages/node-integration-tests/suites/tracing/httpIntegration/test.ts
+++ b/dev-packages/node-integration-tests/suites/tracing/httpIntegration/test.ts
@@ -185,4 +185,44 @@ describe('httpIntegration', () => {
       closeTestServer();
     });
   });
+
+  test('ignores static asset requests by default', async () => {
+    const runner = createRunner(__dirname, 'server-ignoreStaticAssets.js')
+      .expect({
+        transaction: event => {
+          expect(event.transaction).toBe('GET /test');
+          expect(event.contexts?.trace?.data?.url).toMatch(/\/test$/);
+          expect(event.contexts?.trace?.op).toBe('http.server');
+          expect(event.contexts?.trace?.status).toBe('ok');
+        },
+      })
+      .start();
+
+    // These should be ignored by default
+    await runner.makeRequest('get', '/favicon.ico');
+    await runner.makeRequest('get', '/robots.txt');
+    await runner.makeRequest('get', '/assets/app.js');
+
+    // This one should be traced
+    await runner.makeRequest('get', '/test');
+
+    await runner.completed();
+  });
+
+  test('traces static asset requests when ignoreStaticAssets is false', async () => {
+    const runner = createRunner(__dirname, 'server-traceStaticAssets.js')
+      .expect({
+        transaction: event => {
+          expect(event.transaction).toBe('GET /favicon.ico');
+          expect(event.contexts?.trace?.data?.url).toMatch(/\/favicon.ico$/);
+          expect(event.contexts?.trace?.op).toBe('http.server');
+          expect(event.contexts?.trace?.status).toBe('ok');
+        },
+      })
+      .start();
+
+    await runner.makeRequest('get', '/favicon.ico');
+
+    await runner.completed();
+  });
 });
diff --git a/packages/node/src/integrations/http.ts b/packages/node/src/integrations/http.ts
index 0f2e87e54280..4f1eeeea9e9c 100644
--- a/packages/node/src/integrations/http.ts
+++ b/packages/node/src/integrations/http.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import { diag } from '@opentelemetry/api';
 import type { HttpInstrumentationConfig } from '@opentelemetry/instrumentation-http';
 import { HttpInstrumentation } from '@opentelemetry/instrumentation-http';
 import type { Span } from '@sentry/core';
-import { defineIntegration, getClient, hasSpansEnabled } from '@sentry/core';
+import { defineIntegration, getClient, hasSpansEnabled, stripUrlQueryAndFragment } from '@sentry/core';
 import type { HTTPModuleRequestIncomingMessage, NodeClient } from '@sentry/node-core';
 import {
   type SentryHttpInstrumentationOptions,
@@ -74,6 +74,14 @@ interface HttpOptions {
    */
   ignoreIncomingRequests?: (urlPath: string, request: IncomingMessage) => boolean;
 
+  /**
+   * Whether to automatically ignore common static asset requests like favicon.ico, robots.txt, etc.
+   * This helps reduce noise in your transactions.
+   *
+   * @default `true`
+   */
+  ignoreStaticAssets?: boolean;
+
   /**
    * Do not capture spans for incoming HTTP requests with the given status codes.
    * By default, spans with 404 status code are ignored.
@@ -284,6 +292,11 @@ function getConfigWithDefaults(options: Partial<HttpOptions> = {}): HttpInstrume
         return true;
       }
 
+      // Default static asset filtering
+      if (options.ignoreStaticAssets !== false && method === 'GET' && urlPath && isStaticAssetRequest(urlPath)) {
+        return true;
+      }
+
       const _ignoreIncomingRequests = options.ignoreIncomingRequests;
       if (urlPath && _ignoreIncomingRequests?.(urlPath, request)) {
         return true;
@@ -316,3 +329,23 @@ function getConfigWithDefaults(options: Partial<HttpOptions> = {}): HttpInstrume
 
   return instrumentationConfig;
 }
+
+/**
+ * Check if a request is for a common static asset that should be ignored by default.
+ *
+ * Only exported for tests.
+ */
+export function isStaticAssetRequest(urlPath: string): boolean {
+  const path = stripUrlQueryAndFragment(urlPath);
+  // Common static file extensions
+  if (path.match(/\.(ico|png|jpg|jpeg|gif|svg|css|js|woff|woff2|ttf|eot|webp|avif)$/)) {
+    return true;
+  }
+
+  // Common metadata files
+  if (path.match(/^\/(robots\.txt|sitemap\.xml|manifest\.json|browserconfig\.xml)$/)) {
+    return true;
+  }
+
+  return false;
+}
diff --git a/packages/node/test/integrations/http.test.ts b/packages/node/test/integrations/http.test.ts
index 89052a348ea4..2a24464c801c 100644
--- a/packages/node/test/integrations/http.test.ts
+++ b/packages/node/test/integrations/http.test.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { describe, expect, it } from 'vitest';
-import { _shouldInstrumentSpans } from '../../src/integrations/http';
+import { _shouldInstrumentSpans, isStaticAssetRequest } from '../../src/integrations/http';
 import { conditionalTest } from '../helpers/conditional';
 
 describe('httpIntegration', () => {
@@ -27,4 +27,34 @@ describe('httpIntegration', () => {
       expect(actual).toBe(true);
     });
   });
+
+  describe('isStaticAssetRequest', () => {
+    it.each([
+      ['/favicon.ico', true],
+      ['/apple-touch-icon.png', true],
+      ['/static/style.css', true],
+      ['/assets/app.js', true],
+      ['/fonts/font.woff2', true],
+      ['/images/logo.svg', true],
+      ['/img/photo.jpeg', true],
+      ['/img/photo.jpg', true],
+      ['/img/photo.jpg?v=123', true],
+      ['/img/photo.webp', true],
+      ['/font/font.ttf', true],
+      ['/robots.txt', true],
+      ['/sitemap.xml', true],
+      ['/manifest.json', true],
+      ['/browserconfig.xml', true],
+      // non-static routes
+      ['/api/users', false],
+      ['/some-json.json', false],
+      ['/some-xml.xml', false],
+      ['/some-txt.txt', false],
+      ['/users', false],
+      ['/graphql', false],
+      ['/', false],
+    ])('returns %s -> %s', (urlPath, expected) => {
+      expect(isStaticAssetRequest(urlPath)).toBe(expected);
+    });
+  });
 });