diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 5084e9dd..359013e9 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1315,6 +1315,7 @@ name = "containerd-shim-spin-v2"
 version = "0.10.0"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
+ "containerd-shim",
  "containerd-shim-wasm",
  "log",
  "oci-spec",
diff --git a/containerd-shim-spin/Cargo.toml b/containerd-shim-spin/Cargo.toml
index 8e661282..7034aa29 100644
--- a/containerd-shim-spin/Cargo.toml
+++ b/containerd-shim-spin/Cargo.toml
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ Containerd shim for running Spin workloads.
 
 [dependencies]
 containerd-shim-wasm = { git = "https://github.com/containerd/runwasi", rev = "c768e5b0919ca02903a301bf82a390489437dabe" }
+containerd-shim = "0.6.0"
 log = "0.4"
 spin-app = { git = "https://github.com/fermyon/spin", tag = "v2.2.0" }
 spin-core = { git = "https://github.com/fermyon/spin", tag = "v2.2.0" }
diff --git a/containerd-shim-spin/src/main.rs b/containerd-shim-spin/src/main.rs
index 6312c41f..b7b5e654 100644
--- a/containerd-shim-spin/src/main.rs
+++ b/containerd-shim-spin/src/main.rs
@@ -1,8 +1,22 @@
+use containerd_shim::Config;
 use containerd_shim_wasm::container::Instance;
 use containerd_shim_wasm::sandbox::cli::{revision, shim_main, version};
 
 mod engine;
 
 fn main() {
-    shim_main::<Instance<engine::SpinEngine>>("spin", version!(), revision!(), "v2", None);
+    // Configure the shim to disable all logging for performance improvements.
+    // TODO: consider supporting some logging once log level specification is
+    // supported in https://github.com/containerd/rust-extensions/pull/247
+    let shim_config = Config {
+        no_setup_logger: true,
+        ..Default::default()
+    };
+    shim_main::<Instance<engine::SpinEngine>>(
+        "spin",
+        version!(),
+        revision!(),
+        "v2",
+        Some(shim_config),
+    );
 }