diff --git a/cmd/nvidia-container-runtime-hook/container_config.go b/cmd/nvidia-container-runtime-hook/container_config.go
index e982c695..ac34fb93 100644
--- a/cmd/nvidia-container-runtime-hook/container_config.go
+++ b/cmd/nvidia-container-runtime-hook/container_config.go
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ type nvidiaConfig struct {
 	Devices            []string
 	MigConfigDevices   string
 	MigMonitorDevices  string
-	ImexChannels       string
+	ImexChannels       []string
 	DriverCapabilities string
 	// Requirements defines the requirements DSL for the container to run.
 	// This is empty if no specific requirements are needed, or if requirements are
@@ -197,12 +197,24 @@ func getMigDevices(image image.CUDA, envvar string) *string {
 	return &devices
 }
 
-func getImexChannels(i image.CUDA) *string {
-	if !i.HasEnvvar(image.EnvVarNvidiaImexChannels) {
+func getImexChannels(hookConfig *HookConfig, image image.CUDA, privileged bool) []string {
+	// If enabled, try and get the device list from volume mounts first
+	if hookConfig.AcceptDeviceListAsVolumeMounts {
+		devices := image.ImexChannelsFromMounts()
+		if len(devices) > 0 {
+			return devices
+		}
+	}
+	devices := image.ImexChannelsFromEnvVar()
+	if len(devices) == 0 {
 		return nil
 	}
-	chans := i.Getenv(image.EnvVarNvidiaImexChannels)
-	return &chans
+
+	if privileged || hookConfig.AcceptEnvvarUnprivileged {
+		return devices
+	}
+
+	return nil
 }
 
 func (c *HookConfig) getDriverCapabilities(cudaImage image.CUDA, legacyImage bool) image.DriverCapabilities {
@@ -257,10 +269,7 @@ func getNvidiaConfig(hookConfig *HookConfig, image image.CUDA, privileged bool)
 		log.Panicln("cannot set MIG_MONITOR_DEVICES in non privileged container")
 	}
 
-	var imexChannels string
-	if c := getImexChannels(image); c != nil {
-		imexChannels = *c
-	}
+	imexChannels := getImexChannels(hookConfig, image, privileged)
 
 	driverCapabilities := hookConfig.getDriverCapabilities(image, legacyImage).String()
 
diff --git a/cmd/nvidia-container-runtime-hook/main.go b/cmd/nvidia-container-runtime-hook/main.go
index ad3e208d..a0cfe3ec 100644
--- a/cmd/nvidia-container-runtime-hook/main.go
+++ b/cmd/nvidia-container-runtime-hook/main.go
@@ -129,8 +129,8 @@ func doPrestart() {
 	if len(nvidia.MigMonitorDevices) > 0 {
 		args = append(args, fmt.Sprintf("--mig-monitor=%s", nvidia.MigMonitorDevices))
 	}
-	if len(nvidia.ImexChannels) > 0 {
-		args = append(args, fmt.Sprintf("--imex-channel=%s", nvidia.ImexChannels))
+	if imexString := strings.Join(nvidia.ImexChannels, ","); len(imexString) > 0 {
+		args = append(args, fmt.Sprintf("--imex-channel=%s", imexString))
 	}
 
 	for _, cap := range strings.Split(nvidia.DriverCapabilities, ",") {
diff --git a/internal/config/image/cuda_image.go b/internal/config/image/cuda_image.go
index f6c0979b..4298e634 100644
--- a/internal/config/image/cuda_image.go
+++ b/internal/config/image/cuda_image.go
@@ -30,7 +30,8 @@ import (
 const (
 	DeviceListAsVolumeMountsRoot = "/var/run/nvidia-container-devices"
 
-	volumeMountDevicePrefixCDI = "cdi/"
+	volumeMountDevicePrefixCDI  = "cdi/"
+	volumeMountDevicePrefixImex = "imex/"
 )
 
 // CUDA represents a CUDA image that can be used for GPU computing. This wraps
@@ -225,7 +226,10 @@ func (i CUDA) VisibleDevicesFromEnvVar() []string {
 func (i CUDA) VisibleDevicesFromMounts() []string {
 	var devices []string
 	for _, device := range i.DevicesFromMounts() {
-		if strings.HasPrefix(device, volumeMountDevicePrefixCDI) {
+		switch {
+		case strings.HasPrefix(device, volumeMountDevicePrefixCDI):
+			continue
+		case strings.HasPrefix(device, volumeMountDevicePrefixImex):
 			continue
 		}
 		devices = append(devices, device)
@@ -286,6 +290,19 @@ func (i CUDA) CDIDevicesFromMounts() []string {
 	return devices
 }
 
-func (i CUDA) IsEnabled(envvar string) bool {
-	return i.Getenv(envvar) == "enabled"
+// ImexChannelsFromEnvVar returns the list of IMEX channels requested for the image.
+func (i CUDA) ImexChannelsFromEnvVar() []string {
+	return i.DevicesFromEnvvars(EnvVarNvidiaImexChannels).List()
+}
+
+// ImexChannelsFromMounts returns the list of IMEX channels requested for the image.
+func (i CUDA) ImexChannelsFromMounts() []string {
+	var channels []string
+	for _, mountDevice := range i.DevicesFromMounts() {
+		if !strings.HasPrefix(mountDevice, volumeMountDevicePrefixImex) {
+			continue
+		}
+		channels = append(channels, strings.TrimPrefix(mountDevice, volumeMountDevicePrefixImex))
+	}
+	return channels
 }
diff --git a/internal/config/image/cuda_image_test.go b/internal/config/image/cuda_image_test.go
index 9d9d5044..39bf30b4 100644
--- a/internal/config/image/cuda_image_test.go
+++ b/internal/config/image/cuda_image_test.go
@@ -189,6 +189,11 @@ func TestGetVisibleDevicesFromMounts(t *testing.T) {
 			mounts:          makeTestMounts("GPU0", "cdi/nvidia.com/gpu=all", "GPU1"),
 			expectedDevices: []string{"GPU0", "GPU1"},
 		},
+		{
+			description:     "imex devices are ignored",
+			mounts:          makeTestMounts("GPU0", "imex/0", "GPU1"),
+			expectedDevices: []string{"GPU0", "GPU1"},
+		},
 	}
 	for _, tc := range tests {
 		t.Run(tc.description, func(t *testing.T) {