diff --git a/cmd/nvidia-container-runtime-hook/hook_config.go b/cmd/nvidia-container-runtime-hook/hook_config.go
index 16922c29..7e6bc7a5 100644
--- a/cmd/nvidia-container-runtime-hook/hook_config.go
+++ b/cmd/nvidia-container-runtime-hook/hook_config.go
@@ -43,8 +43,9 @@ type HookConfig struct {
 	AcceptDeviceListAsVolumeMounts bool               `toml:"accept-nvidia-visible-devices-as-volume-mounts"`
 	SupportedDriverCapabilities    DriverCapabilities `toml:"supported-driver-capabilities"`
 
-	NvidiaContainerCLI     CLIConfig            `toml:"nvidia-container-cli"`
-	NVIDIAContainerRuntime config.RuntimeConfig `toml:"nvidia-container-runtime"`
+	NvidiaContainerCLI         CLIConfig                `toml:"nvidia-container-cli"`
+	NVIDIAContainerRuntime     config.RuntimeConfig     `toml:"nvidia-container-runtime"`
+	NVIDIAContainerRuntimeHook config.RuntimeHookConfig `toml:"nvidia-container-runtime-hook"`
 }
 
 func getDefaultHookConfig() HookConfig {
@@ -66,7 +67,8 @@ func getDefaultHookConfig() HookConfig {
 			User:        nil,
 			Ldconfig:    nil,
 		},
-		NVIDIAContainerRuntime: *config.GetDefaultRuntimeConfig(),
+		NVIDIAContainerRuntime:     *config.GetDefaultRuntimeConfig(),
+		NVIDIAContainerRuntimeHook: *config.GetDefaultRuntimeHookConfig(),
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/cmd/nvidia-container-runtime-hook/main.go b/cmd/nvidia-container-runtime-hook/main.go
index b90fb662..95b02364 100644
--- a/cmd/nvidia-container-runtime-hook/main.go
+++ b/cmd/nvidia-container-runtime-hook/main.go
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ func doPrestart() {
 	hook := getHookConfig()
 	cli := hook.NvidiaContainerCLI
 
-	if info.ResolveAutoMode(&logInterceptor{}, hook.NVIDIAContainerRuntime.Mode) != "legacy" {
+	if !hook.NVIDIAContainerRuntimeHook.SkipModeDetection && info.ResolveAutoMode(&logInterceptor{}, hook.NVIDIAContainerRuntime.Mode) != "legacy" {
 		log.Panicln("invoking the NVIDIA Container Runtime Hook directly (e.g. specifying the docker --gpus flag) is not supported. Please use the NVIDIA Container Runtime (e.g. specify the --runtime=nvidia flag) instead.")
 	}
 
diff --git a/internal/config/config.go b/internal/config/config.go
index b3c6f890..b4f773a6 100644
--- a/internal/config/config.go
+++ b/internal/config/config.go
@@ -47,9 +47,10 @@ var (
 type Config struct {
 	AcceptEnvvarUnprivileged bool `toml:"accept-nvidia-visible-devices-envvar-when-unprivileged"`
 
-	NVIDIAContainerCLIConfig     ContainerCLIConfig `toml:"nvidia-container-cli"`
-	NVIDIACTKConfig              CTKConfig          `toml:"nvidia-ctk"`
-	NVIDIAContainerRuntimeConfig RuntimeConfig      `toml:"nvidia-container-runtime"`
+	NVIDIAContainerCLIConfig         ContainerCLIConfig `toml:"nvidia-container-cli"`
+	NVIDIACTKConfig                  CTKConfig          `toml:"nvidia-ctk"`
+	NVIDIAContainerRuntimeConfig     RuntimeConfig      `toml:"nvidia-container-runtime"`
+	NVIDIAContainerRuntimeHookConfig RuntimeHookConfig  `toml:"nvidia-container-runtime-hook"`
 }
 
 // GetConfig sets up the config struct. Values are read from a toml file
@@ -103,6 +104,12 @@ func getConfigFrom(toml *toml.Tree) (*Config, error) {
 	}
 	cfg.NVIDIAContainerRuntimeConfig = *runtimeConfig
 
+	runtimeHookConfig, err := getRuntimeHookConfigFrom(toml)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to load nvidia-container-runtime-hook config: %v", err)
+	}
+	cfg.NVIDIAContainerRuntimeHookConfig = *runtimeHookConfig
+
 	return cfg, nil
 }
 
diff --git a/internal/config/hook.go b/internal/config/hook.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..4c35a1d6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/config/hook.go
@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+/**
+# Copyright (c) 2022, NVIDIA CORPORATION.  All rights reserved.
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+**/
+
+package config
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+
+	"github.com/pelletier/go-toml"
+)
+
+// RuntimeHookConfig stores the config options for the NVIDIA Container Runtime
+type RuntimeHookConfig struct {
+	// SkipModeDetection disables the mode check for the runtime hook.
+	SkipModeDetection bool `toml:"skip-mode-detection"`
+}
+
+// dummyHookConfig allows us to unmarshal only a RuntimeHookConfig from a *toml.Tree
+type dummyHookConfig struct {
+	RuntimeHook RuntimeHookConfig `toml:"nvidia-container-runtime-hook"`
+}
+
+// getRuntimeHookConfigFrom reads the nvidia container runtime config from the specified toml Tree.
+func getRuntimeHookConfigFrom(toml *toml.Tree) (*RuntimeHookConfig, error) {
+	cfg := GetDefaultRuntimeHookConfig()
+
+	if toml == nil {
+		return cfg, nil
+	}
+
+	d := dummyHookConfig{
+		RuntimeHook: *cfg,
+	}
+
+	if err := toml.Unmarshal(&d); err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to unmarshal runtime config: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	return &d.RuntimeHook, nil
+}
+
+// GetDefaultRuntimeHookConfig defines the default values for the config
+func GetDefaultRuntimeHookConfig() *RuntimeHookConfig {
+	c := RuntimeHookConfig{
+		SkipModeDetection: false,
+	}
+
+	return &c
+}