diff --git a/contrib/nvidia/nvidia.go b/contrib/nvidia/nvidia.go
index 6a351771f..d08044aa2 100644
--- a/contrib/nvidia/nvidia.go
+++ b/contrib/nvidia/nvidia.go
@@ -111,6 +111,7 @@ type config struct {
 	LDConfig     string
 	Requirements []string
 	OCIHookPath  string
+	NoCgroups    bool
 }
 
 func (c *config) args() []string {
@@ -137,6 +138,9 @@ func (c *config) args() []string {
 	for _, r := range c.Requirements {
 		args = append(args, fmt.Sprintf("--require=%s", r))
 	}
+	if c.NoCgroups {
+		args = append(args, "--no-cgroups")
+	}
 	args = append(args, "--pid={{pid}}", "{{rootfs}}")
 	return args
 }
@@ -209,3 +213,9 @@ func WithLookupOCIHookPath(name string) Opts {
 		return nil
 	}
 }
+
+// WithNoCgroups passes --no-cgroups option to nvidia-container-cli.
+func WithNoCgroups(c *config) error {
+	c.NoCgroups = true
+	return nil
+}