diff --git a/components/lib/datatable/DataTableBase.js b/components/lib/datatable/DataTableBase.js
index 7ac9e31ea6..61fa0dc446 100644
--- a/components/lib/datatable/DataTableBase.js
+++ b/components/lib/datatable/DataTableBase.js
@@ -431,6 +431,9 @@ export const DataTableBase = ComponentBase.extend({
         alwaysShowPaginator: true,
         breakpoint: '960px',
         cellClassName: null,
+        cellMemo: true,
+        cellMemoProps: ['rowData', 'field', 'allowCellSelection', 'isCellSelected', 'editMode', 'index', 'tabIndex', 'editing', 'expanded', 'editingMeta', 'frozenCol', 'alignFrozenCol'],
+        cellMemoPropsDepth: 1,
         cellSelection: false,
         checkIcon: null,
         className: null,