diff --git a/cmd/ctr/commands/run/run_windows.go b/cmd/ctr/commands/run/run_windows.go
index fa0d5e7ccc..c0d504a86c 100644
--- a/cmd/ctr/commands/run/run_windows.go
+++ b/cmd/ctr/commands/run/run_windows.go
@@ -38,6 +38,10 @@ var platformRunFlags = []cli.Flag{
 		Name:  "isolated",
 		Usage: "Run the container with vm isolation",
 	},
+	&cli.BoolFlag{
+		Name:  "scrub-logs",
+		Usage: "Scrub sensitive information from the shim logs (Windows only)",
+	},
 }
 
 // NewContainer creates a new container
@@ -172,9 +176,13 @@ func NewContainer(ctx gocontext.Context, client *containerd.Client, context *cli
 	runtime := context.String("runtime")
 	var runtimeOpts interface{}
 	if runtime == "io.containerd.runhcs.v1" {
-		runtimeOpts = &options.Options{
+		opts := &options.Options{
 			Debug: context.GlobalBool("debug"),
 		}
+		if context.IsSet("scrub-logs") {
+			opts.ScrubLogs = context.Bool("scrub-logs")
+		}
+		runtimeOpts = opts
 	}
 	cOpts = append(cOpts, containerd.WithRuntime(runtime, runtimeOpts))
 
diff --git a/pkg/cri/config/config_windows.go b/pkg/cri/config/config_windows.go
index d3ba9a3983..2a7700eaff 100644
--- a/pkg/cri/config/config_windows.go
+++ b/pkg/cri/config/config_windows.go
@@ -42,6 +42,13 @@ func DefaultConfig() PluginConfig {
 				"runhcs-wcow-process": {
 					Type:                 "io.containerd.runhcs.v1",
 					ContainerAnnotations: []string{"io.microsoft.container.*"},
+					// Full set of Windows shim options:
+					// https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/Microsoft/hcsshim/cmd/containerd-shim-runhcs-v1/options#Options
+					Options: map[string]interface{}{
+						// ScrubLogs enables removing environment variables and other potentially sensitive information
+						// from logs
+						"ScrubLogs": true,
+					},
 				},
 				"runhcs-wcow-hypervisor": {
 					Type:                 "io.containerd.runhcs.v1",
@@ -50,6 +57,9 @@ func DefaultConfig() PluginConfig {
 					// Full set of Windows shim options:
 					// https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/Microsoft/hcsshim/cmd/containerd-shim-runhcs-v1/options#Options
 					Options: map[string]interface{}{
+						// ScrubLogs enables removing environment variables and other potentially sensitive information
+						// from logs
+						"ScrubLogs": true,
 						// SandboxIsolation specifies the isolation level of the sandbox.
 						// PROCESS (0) and HYPERVISOR (1) are the valid options.
 						"SandboxIsolation": 1,