diff --git a/crates/runc-shim/Cargo.toml b/crates/runc-shim/Cargo.toml
index 2e31e3fe..996316b9 100644
--- a/crates/runc-shim/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/runc-shim/Cargo.toml
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ serde_json = "1.0.74"
 oci-spec = "0.6.0"
 crossbeam = "0.8.1"
 uuid = { version = "1.0.0", features = ["v4"] }
+prctl = "1.0.0"
 
 # Async dependencies
 async-trait = { workspace = true }
diff --git a/crates/runc-shim/src/service.rs b/crates/runc-shim/src/service.rs
index 512a3d31..caaf3239 100644
--- a/crates/runc-shim/src/service.rs
+++ b/crates/runc-shim/src/service.rs
@@ -78,8 +78,19 @@ impl Shim for Service {
             }
             None => {}
         }
+        #[cfg(not(target_os = "linux"))]
+        let thp_disabled = String::new();
+        #[cfg(target_os = "linux")]
+        let thp_disabled = match prctl::get_thp_disable() {
+            Ok(x) => {
+                let _ = prctl::set_thp_disable(true);
+                x.to_string()
+            }
+            Err(_) => String::new()
+        };
+        let vars: Vec<(&str, &str)> = vec![("THP_DISABLED", thp_disabled.as_str())];
 
-        let address = spawn(opts, &grouping, Vec::new()).await?;
+        let address = spawn(opts, &grouping, vars).await?;
         write_str_to_file("address", &address).await?;
         Ok(address)
     }
diff --git a/crates/runc/Cargo.toml b/crates/runc/Cargo.toml
index a4c8b67a..e06276ce 100644
--- a/crates/runc/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/runc/Cargo.toml
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ thiserror = "1.0.30"
 time = { version = "0.3.7", features = ["serde", "std"] }
 uuid = { version = "1.0.0", features = ["v4"] }
 os_pipe = "1.0.0"
+prctl = "1.0.0"
 
 # Async dependencies
 tokio = { workspace = true, features = ["full"], optional = true }
diff --git a/crates/runc/src/lib.rs b/crates/runc/src/lib.rs
index d222dc1b..cce6b460 100644
--- a/crates/runc/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/runc/src/lib.rs
@@ -366,8 +366,22 @@ pub trait Spawner: Debug {
 /// and some other utilities.
 #[cfg(feature = "async")]
 impl Runc {
-    async fn launch(&self, cmd: Command, combined_output: bool) -> Result<Response> {
+    async fn launch(&self, mut cmd: Command, combined_output: bool) -> Result<Response> {
         debug!("Execute command {:?}", cmd);
+        unsafe {
+            cmd.pre_exec(move || {
+                #[cfg(target_os = "linux")]
+                if let Ok(thp) = std::env::var("THP_DISABLED") {
+                    if let Ok(thp_disabled) = thp.parse::<bool>() {
+                        if let Err(e) = prctl::set_thp_disable(thp_disabled) {
+                            debug!("set_thp_disable err: {}", e);
+                        };
+                    }
+                }
+                Ok(())
+            });
+        }
+
         let (status, pid, stdout, stderr) = self.spawner.execute(cmd).await?;
         if status.success() {
             let output = if combined_output {