diff --git a/cmd/nvidia-ctk/hook/chmod/chmod.go b/cmd/nvidia-ctk/hook/chmod/chmod.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..01567084
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmd/nvidia-ctk/hook/chmod/chmod.go
@@ -0,0 +1,132 @@
+/**
+# 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 chmod
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"path/filepath"
+	"strings"
+	"syscall"
+
+	"github.com/NVIDIA/nvidia-container-toolkit/internal/oci"
+	"github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
+	"github.com/urfave/cli/v2"
+)
+
+type command struct {
+	logger *logrus.Logger
+}
+
+type config struct {
+	paths         cli.StringSlice
+	mode          string
+	containerSpec string
+}
+
+// NewCommand constructs a chmod command with the specified logger
+func NewCommand(logger *logrus.Logger) *cli.Command {
+	c := command{
+		logger: logger,
+	}
+	return c.build()
+}
+
+// build the chmod command
+func (m command) build() *cli.Command {
+	cfg := config{}
+
+	// Create the 'chmod' command
+	c := cli.Command{
+		Name:  "chmod",
+		Usage: "Set the permissions of folders in the container by running chmod. The container root is prefixed to the specified paths.",
+		Before: func(c *cli.Context) error {
+			return validateFlags(c, &cfg)
+		},
+		Action: func(c *cli.Context) error {
+			return m.run(c, &cfg)
+		},
+	}
+
+	c.Flags = []cli.Flag{
+		&cli.StringSliceFlag{
+			Name:        "path",
+			Usage:       "Specifiy a path to apply the specified mode to",
+			Destination: &cfg.paths,
+		},
+		&cli.StringFlag{
+			Name:        "mode",
+			Usage:       "Specify the file mode",
+			Destination: &cfg.mode,
+		},
+		&cli.StringFlag{
+			Name:        "container-spec",
+			Usage:       "Specify the path to the OCI container spec. If empty or '-' the spec will be read from STDIN",
+			Destination: &cfg.containerSpec,
+		},
+	}
+
+	return &c
+}
+
+func validateFlags(c *cli.Context, cfg *config) error {
+	if strings.TrimSpace(cfg.mode) == "" {
+		return fmt.Errorf("a non-empty mode must be specified")
+	}
+
+	for _, p := range cfg.paths.Value() {
+		if strings.TrimSpace(p) == "" {
+			return fmt.Errorf("paths must not be empty")
+		}
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (m command) run(c *cli.Context, cfg *config) error {
+	s, err := oci.LoadContainerState(cfg.containerSpec)
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed to load container state: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	containerRoot, err := s.GetContainerRoot()
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed to determined container root: %v", err)
+	}
+	if containerRoot == "" {
+		return fmt.Errorf("empty container root detected")
+	}
+
+	paths := m.getPaths(containerRoot, cfg.paths.Value())
+	if len(paths) == 0 {
+		m.logger.Debugf("No paths specified; exiting")
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	args := append([]string{"/bin/chmod", cfg.mode}, paths...)
+
+	return syscall.Exec(args[0], args, nil)
+}
+
+// getPaths updates the specified paths relative to the root.
+func (m command) getPaths(root string, paths []string) []string {
+	var pathsInRoot []string
+	for _, f := range paths {
+		pathsInRoot = append(pathsInRoot, filepath.Join(root, f))
+	}
+
+	return pathsInRoot
+}
diff --git a/cmd/nvidia-ctk/hook/hook.go b/cmd/nvidia-ctk/hook/hook.go
index feac8f5d..7deed271 100644
--- a/cmd/nvidia-ctk/hook/hook.go
+++ b/cmd/nvidia-ctk/hook/hook.go
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 package hook
 
 import (
+	chmod "github.com/NVIDIA/nvidia-container-toolkit/cmd/nvidia-ctk/hook/chmod"
 	symlinks "github.com/NVIDIA/nvidia-container-toolkit/cmd/nvidia-ctk/hook/create-symlinks"
 	ldcache "github.com/NVIDIA/nvidia-container-toolkit/cmd/nvidia-ctk/hook/update-ldcache"
 	"github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
@@ -46,6 +47,7 @@ func (m hookCommand) build() *cli.Command {
 	hook.Subcommands = []*cli.Command{
 		ldcache.NewCommand(m.logger),
 		symlinks.NewCommand(m.logger),
+		chmod.NewCommand(m.logger),
 	}
 
 	return &hook