diff --git a/dask_cuda/cli.py b/dask_cuda/cli.py
index ba58fe3e..f595bccf 100644
--- a/dask_cuda/cli.py
+++ b/dask_cuda/cli.py
@@ -101,6 +101,20 @@ def cuda():
     total device memory), string (like ``"5GB"`` or ``"5000M"``), or ``"auto"`` or 0 to
     disable spilling to host (i.e. allow full device memory usage).""",
 )
+@click.option(
+    "--enable-cudf-spill/--disable-cudf-spill",
+    default=False,
+    show_default=True,
+    help="""Enable automatic cuDF spilling. WARNING: This should NOT be used with
+    JIT-Unspill.""",
+)
+@click.option(
+    "--cudf-spill-stats",
+    type=int,
+    default=0,
+    help="""Set the cuDF spilling statistics level. This option has no effect if
+    `--enable-cudf-spill` is not specified."""
+)
 @click.option(
     "--rmm-pool-size",
     default=None,
@@ -330,6 +344,8 @@ def worker(
     name,
     memory_limit,
     device_memory_limit,
+    enable_cudf_spill,
+    cudf_spill_stats,
     rmm_pool_size,
     rmm_maximum_pool_size,
     rmm_managed_memory,
@@ -402,6 +418,8 @@ def worker(
             name,
             memory_limit,
             device_memory_limit,
+            enable_cudf_spill,
+            cudf_spill_stats,
             rmm_pool_size,
             rmm_maximum_pool_size,
             rmm_managed_memory,
diff --git a/dask_cuda/cuda_worker.py b/dask_cuda/cuda_worker.py
index e25a7c14..1d60ffdc 100644
--- a/dask_cuda/cuda_worker.py
+++ b/dask_cuda/cuda_worker.py
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 
 from .device_host_file import DeviceHostFile
 from .initialize import initialize
-from .plugins import CPUAffinity, PreImport, RMMSetup
+from .plugins import CPUAffinity, CUDFSetup, PreImport, RMMSetup
 from .proxify_host_file import ProxifyHostFile
 from .utils import (
     cuda_visible_devices,
@@ -41,6 +41,8 @@ def __init__(
         name=None,
         memory_limit="auto",
         device_memory_limit="auto",
+        enable_cudf_spill=False,
+        cudf_spill_stats=0,
         rmm_pool_size=None,
         rmm_maximum_pool_size=None,
         rmm_managed_memory=False,
@@ -217,6 +219,7 @@ def del_pid_file():
                         track_allocations=rmm_track_allocations,
                     ),
                     PreImport(pre_import),
+                    CUDFSetup(spill=enable_cudf_spill, spill_stats=cudf_spill_stats),
                 },
                 name=name if nprocs == 1 or name is None else str(name) + "-" + str(i),
                 local_directory=local_directory,
diff --git a/dask_cuda/local_cuda_cluster.py b/dask_cuda/local_cuda_cluster.py
index 1b81c770..af99e8ce 100644
--- a/dask_cuda/local_cuda_cluster.py
+++ b/dask_cuda/local_cuda_cluster.py
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 
 from .device_host_file import DeviceHostFile
 from .initialize import initialize
-from .plugins import CPUAffinity, PreImport, RMMSetup
+from .plugins import CPUAffinity, CUDFSetup, PreImport, RMMSetup
 from .proxify_host_file import ProxifyHostFile
 from .utils import (
     cuda_visible_devices,
@@ -73,6 +73,14 @@ class LocalCUDACluster(LocalCluster):
         starts spilling to host memory. Can be an integer (bytes), float (fraction of
         total device memory), string (like ``"5GB"`` or ``"5000M"``), or ``"auto"``, 0,
         or ``None`` to disable spilling to host (i.e. allow full device memory usage).
+    enable_cudf_spill : bool, default False
+        Enable automatic cuDF spilling.
+
+        .. warning::
+            This should NOT be used together with JIT-Unspill.
+    cudf_spill_stats : int, default 0
+        Set the cuDF spilling statistics level. This option has no effect if
+        ``enable_cudf_spill=False``.
     local_directory : str or None, default None
         Path on local machine to store temporary files. Can be a string (like
         ``"path/to/files"``) or ``None`` to fall back on the value of
@@ -209,6 +217,8 @@ def __init__(
         threads_per_worker=1,
         memory_limit="auto",
         device_memory_limit=0.8,
+        enable_cudf_spill=False,
+        cudf_spill_stats=0,
         data=None,
         local_directory=None,
         shared_filesystem=None,
@@ -259,6 +269,8 @@ def __init__(
         self.device_memory_limit = parse_device_memory_limit(
             device_memory_limit, device_index=nvml_device_index(0, CUDA_VISIBLE_DEVICES)
         )
+        self.enable_cudf_spill = enable_cudf_spill
+        self.cudf_spill_stats = cudf_spill_stats
 
         self.rmm_pool_size = rmm_pool_size
         self.rmm_maximum_pool_size = rmm_maximum_pool_size
@@ -414,6 +426,7 @@ def new_worker_spec(self):
                         track_allocations=self.rmm_track_allocations,
                     ),
                     PreImport(self.pre_import),
+                    CUDFSetup(self.enable_cudf_spill, self.cudf_spill_stats),
                 },
             }
         )
diff --git a/dask_cuda/plugins.py b/dask_cuda/plugins.py
index 4eba97f2..31308e09 100644
--- a/dask_cuda/plugins.py
+++ b/dask_cuda/plugins.py
@@ -14,6 +14,20 @@ def setup(self, worker=None):
         os.sched_setaffinity(0, self.cores)
 
 
+class CUDFSetup(WorkerPlugin):
+    def __init__(self, spill, spill_stats):
+        self.spill = spill
+        self.spill_stats = spill_stats
+
+    def setup(self, worker=None):
+        try:
+            import cudf
+            cudf.set_option("spill", self.spill)
+            cudf.set_option("spill_stats", self.spill_stats)
+        except ImportError:
+            pass
+
+
 class RMMSetup(WorkerPlugin):
     def __init__(
         self,