diff --git a/MIGRATION_GUIDE.md b/MIGRATION_GUIDE.md
index 8e375c5d20..5c2402e07f 100644
--- a/MIGRATION_GUIDE.md
+++ b/MIGRATION_GUIDE.md
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ Looking to upgrade from Sentry SDK 2.x to 3.x? Here's a comprehensive list of wh
 
 ### New Features
 
+- Added `add_attachment()` as a top level API, so you can do now: `sentry_sdk.add_attachment(...)` (up until now it was only available on the `Scope`)
+
 ### Changed
 
 - The SDK now supports Python 3.7 and higher.
diff --git a/docs/api.rst b/docs/api.rst
index 95acc70455..f79eed0cbb 100644
--- a/docs/api.rst
+++ b/docs/api.rst
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ Capturing Data
 Enriching Events
 ================
 
+.. autofunction:: sentry_sdk.api.add_attachment
 .. autofunction:: sentry_sdk.api.add_breadcrumb
 .. autofunction:: sentry_sdk.api.set_context
 .. autofunction:: sentry_sdk.api.set_extra
diff --git a/sentry_sdk/__init__.py b/sentry_sdk/__init__.py
index b35c446dc0..55f2256e3b 100644
--- a/sentry_sdk/__init__.py
+++ b/sentry_sdk/__init__.py
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
     "integrations",
     # From sentry_sdk.api
     "init",
+    "add_attachment",
     "add_breadcrumb",
     "capture_event",
     "capture_exception",
diff --git a/sentry_sdk/api.py b/sentry_sdk/api.py
index b8a2498d5d..418afe6a8f 100644
--- a/sentry_sdk/api.py
+++ b/sentry_sdk/api.py
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@
 # When changing this, update __all__ in __init__.py too
 __all__ = [
     "init",
+    "add_attachment",
     "add_breadcrumb",
     "capture_event",
     "capture_exception",
@@ -171,6 +172,20 @@ def capture_exception(
     return get_current_scope().capture_exception(error, scope=scope, **scope_kwargs)
 
 
+@scopemethod
+def add_attachment(
+    bytes=None,  # type: Union[None, bytes, Callable[[], bytes]]
+    filename=None,  # type: Optional[str]
+    path=None,  # type: Optional[str]
+    content_type=None,  # type: Optional[str]
+    add_to_transactions=False,  # type: bool
+):
+    # type: (...) -> None
+    return get_isolation_scope().add_attachment(
+        bytes, filename, path, content_type, add_to_transactions
+    )
+
+
 @scopemethod
 def add_breadcrumb(
     crumb=None,  # type: Optional[sentry_sdk._types.Breadcrumb]