diff --git a/src/Essential.Diagnostics.SeqTraceListener/Diagnostics/SeqTraceListener.cs b/src/Essential.Diagnostics.SeqTraceListener/Diagnostics/SeqTraceListener.cs
index eb3f723..73709d0 100644
--- a/src/Essential.Diagnostics.SeqTraceListener/Diagnostics/SeqTraceListener.cs
+++ b/src/Essential.Diagnostics.SeqTraceListener/Diagnostics/SeqTraceListener.cs
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ public class SeqTraceListener : TraceListenerBase
             "batchTimeout", "BatchTimeout", "batchtimeout", "batchTimeOut", "BatchTimeOut",
             "maxQueueSize", "MaxQueueSize", "maxqueuesize",
             "maxRetries", "MaxRetries", "maxretries",
+            "processDictionaryData", "ProcessDictionaryData", "processdictionarydata",
         };
 
         /// <summary>
@@ -275,6 +276,26 @@ public int MaxRetries
             }
         }
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Gets or sets whether a single data of type IDictionary&lt;string,object&gt; is treated as structured data. Default is true.
+        /// </summary>
+        public bool ProcessDictionaryData
+        {
+            get
+            {
+                var processDictionaryData = true;
+                if (Attributes.ContainsKey("processDictionaryData"))
+                {
+                    bool.TryParse(Attributes["processDictionaryData"], out processDictionaryData);
+                }
+                return processDictionaryData;
+            }
+            set
+            {
+                Attributes["processDictionaryData"] = value.ToString(CultureInfo.InvariantCulture);
+            }
+        }
+
         /// <summary>
         /// Allowed attributes for this trace listener.
         /// </summary>
@@ -459,7 +480,8 @@ private TraceData CreateTraceData(TraceEventCache eventCache, string source, Tra
                 && (messageArgs == null || messageArgs.Length == 0)
                 && data != null 
                 && data.Length == 1 
-                && (data[0] is IStructuredData || data[0] is IDictionary<string, object>))
+                && (data[0] is IStructuredData || 
+                    (data[0] is IDictionary<string, object> && ProcessDictionaryData)))
             {
                 var structuredData = (IDictionary<string, object>)data[0];
                 AddStructuredData(properties, structuredData, ref exception, ref messageFormat);
diff --git a/src/Tests/Essential.Diagnostics.SeqTraceListener.Tests/SeqStructuredDataTests.cs b/src/Tests/Essential.Diagnostics.SeqTraceListener.Tests/SeqStructuredDataTests.cs
index 3ba7f3a..6b470a7 100644
--- a/src/Tests/Essential.Diagnostics.SeqTraceListener.Tests/SeqStructuredDataTests.cs
+++ b/src/Tests/Essential.Diagnostics.SeqTraceListener.Tests/SeqStructuredDataTests.cs
@@ -289,7 +289,6 @@ public void SeqStructuredRecursiveDictionaryShouldStop()
             StringAssert.Contains(requestBody, "\"b\":{\"X\":2,\"Y\":{\"A\":1,\"B\":\"System.Collections.Generic.Dictionary`2[System.String,System.Object]\"}}");
         }
 
-
         [TestMethod]
         public void SeqHandlesStructuredDictionary()
         {
@@ -321,6 +320,36 @@ public void SeqHandlesStructuredDictionary()
             StringAssert.DoesNotMatch(requestBody, regexData);
         }
 
+        [TestMethod]
+        public void SeqIgnoresStructuredDictionaryWhenTurnedOff()
+        {
+            var mockRequestFactory = new MockHttpWebRequestFactory();
+            mockRequestFactory.ResponseQueue.Enqueue(
+                new MockHttpWebResponse(HttpStatusCode.OK, null)
+                );
+
+            var listener = new SeqTraceListener("http://testuri");
+            listener.BatchSize = 0;
+            listener.BatchSender.HttpWebRequestFactory = mockRequestFactory;
+            listener.ProcessDictionaryData = false;
+
+            var dictionaryData = new Dictionary<string, object>() {
+                { "MessageTemplate", "{a}" },
+                { "a",  1 }
+            };
+            listener.TraceData(null, "TestSource", TraceEventType.Warning, 1, dictionaryData);
+
+            Assert.AreEqual(1, mockRequestFactory.RequestsCreated.Count);
+
+            var request = mockRequestFactory.RequestsCreated[0];
+            var requestBody = request.RequestBody;
+            Console.WriteLine(requestBody);
+            var regexTemplateData = new Regex("\"MessageTemplate\":\"{Data}\"");
+            StringAssert.Matches(requestBody, regexTemplateData);
+            var regexData = new Regex("\"Data\":");
+            StringAssert.Matches(requestBody, regexData);
+        }
+
         [TestMethod]
         public void SeqStructuredCustomObject()
         {