diff --git a/cmd/nvidia-container-runtime/main.go b/cmd/nvidia-container-runtime/main.go
index 69f822bf..6d103983 100644
--- a/cmd/nvidia-container-runtime/main.go
+++ b/cmd/nvidia-container-runtime/main.go
@@ -47,16 +47,17 @@ func run(argv []string) (rerr error) {
 		logger.CloseFile()
 	}()
 
-	r, err := newNVIDIAContainerRuntime(logger.Logger, cfg, argv)
+	runtime, err := newNVIDIAContainerRuntime(logger.Logger, cfg, argv)
 	if err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("error creating runtime: %v", err)
 	}
 
-	return r.Exec(argv)
+	return runtime.Exec(argv)
 }
 
 type config struct {
 	debugFilePath string
+	Experimental  bool
 }
 
 // getConfig sets up the config struct. Values are read from a toml file
@@ -81,6 +82,7 @@ func getConfig() (*config, error) {
 	}
 
 	cfg.debugFilePath = toml.GetDefault("nvidia-container-runtime.debug", "/dev/null").(string)
+	cfg.Experimental = toml.GetDefault("nvidia-container-runtime.experimental", false).(bool)
 
 	return cfg, nil
 }
diff --git a/cmd/nvidia-container-runtime/runtime_factory.go b/cmd/nvidia-container-runtime/runtime_factory.go
index 8b547935..3b6dbef7 100644
--- a/cmd/nvidia-container-runtime/runtime_factory.go
+++ b/cmd/nvidia-container-runtime/runtime_factory.go
@@ -43,7 +43,11 @@ func newNVIDIAContainerRuntime(logger *logrus.Logger, cfg *config, argv []string
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("error constructing low-level runtime: %v", err)
 	}
 
-	specModifier := modifier.NewStableRuntimeModifier(logger)
+	var specModifier oci.SpecModifier
+	if cfg.Experimental {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("experimental mode is not supported")
+	}
+	specModifier = modifier.NewStableRuntimeModifier(logger)
 
 	// Create the wrapping runtime with the specified modifier
 	r := runtime.NewModifyingRuntimeWrapper(
diff --git a/packaging/debian/changelog b/packaging/debian/changelog
index 5b0ec14d..67ad3690 100644
--- a/packaging/debian/changelog
+++ b/packaging/debian/changelog
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 nvidia-container-toolkit (1.10.0~rc.1-1) experimental; urgency=medium
 
-  * Dummy entry
+  * Add experimental option to NVIDIA Container Runtime
 
  -- NVIDIA CORPORATION <cudatools@nvidia.com>  Thu, 24 Mar 2022 13:22:24 +0200
 
diff --git a/packaging/rpm/SPECS/nvidia-container-toolkit.spec b/packaging/rpm/SPECS/nvidia-container-toolkit.spec
index 72533802..678c3012 100644
--- a/packaging/rpm/SPECS/nvidia-container-toolkit.spec
+++ b/packaging/rpm/SPECS/nvidia-container-toolkit.spec
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ rm -f %{_bindir}/nvidia-container-runtime-hook
 
 %changelog
 * Thu Mar 24 2022 NVIDIA CORPORATION <cudatools@nvidia.com> 1.10.0-0.1.rc.1
-- Dummy entry
+- Add experimental option to NVIDIA Container Runtime
 
 * Fri Mar 18 2022 NVIDIA CORPORATION <cudatools@nvidia.com> 1.9.0-1
 - [libnvidia-container] Add additional check for Tegra in /sys/.../family file in CLI