diff --git a/client.go b/client.go
index b813ba8..8d9566e 100644
--- a/client.go
+++ b/client.go
@@ -199,6 +199,11 @@ type ClientConfig struct {
 	// This isn't the output of synced stderr.
 	Stderr io.Writer
 
+	// DisableLogStderr discards anything streamed from os.Stderr of the subprocess.
+	// This won't impact the synced stderr though.
+	// The main purpose is to reduce performance consumption when working with a wordy provider.
+	DisableLogStderr bool
+
 	// SyncStdout, SyncStderr can be set to override the
 	// respective os.Std* values in the plugin. Care should be taken to
 	// avoid races here. If these are nil, then this will be set to
@@ -1178,6 +1183,10 @@ func (c *Client) logStderr(name string, r io.Reader) {
 			return
 		}
 
+		if c.config.DisableLogStderr {
+			continue
+		}
+
 		c.config.Stderr.Write(line)
 
 		// The line was longer than our max token size, so it's likely