diff --git a/cmd/nvidia-ctk/cdi/generate/generate.go b/cmd/nvidia-ctk/cdi/generate/generate.go
index 544f1219..cd4f52f0 100644
--- a/cmd/nvidia-ctk/cdi/generate/generate.go
+++ b/cmd/nvidia-ctk/cdi/generate/generate.go
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ type command struct {
 type config struct {
 	output string
 	format string
+	root   string
 }
 
 // NewCommand constructs a generate-cdi command with the specified logger
@@ -87,6 +88,11 @@ func (m command) build() *cli.Command {
 			Value:       formatYAML,
 			Destination: &cfg.format,
 		},
+		&cli.StringFlag{
+			Name:        "root",
+			Usage:       "Specify the root to use when discovering the entities that should be included in the CDI specification.",
+			Destination: &cfg.root,
+		},
 	}
 
 	return &c
@@ -105,7 +111,7 @@ func (m command) validateFlags(r *cli.Context, cfg *config) error {
 }
 
 func (m command) run(c *cli.Context, cfg *config) error {
-	spec, err := m.generateSpec()
+	spec, err := m.generateSpec(cfg.root)
 	if err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("failed to generate CDI spec: %v", err)
 	}
@@ -184,7 +190,7 @@ func writeToOutput(format string, data []byte, output io.Writer) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
-func (m command) generateSpec() (*specs.Spec, error) {
+func (m command) generateSpec(root string) (*specs.Spec, error) {
 	nvmllib := nvml.New()
 	if r := nvmllib.Init(); r != nvml.SUCCESS {
 		return nil, r
@@ -193,7 +199,7 @@ func (m command) generateSpec() (*specs.Spec, error) {
 
 	devicelib := device.New(device.WithNvml(nvmllib))
 
-	deviceSpecs, err := m.generateDeviceSpecs(devicelib)
+	deviceSpecs, err := m.generateDeviceSpecs(devicelib, root)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to create device CDI specs: %v", err)
 	}
@@ -204,7 +210,7 @@ func (m command) generateSpec() (*specs.Spec, error) {
 
 	allEdits := cdi.ContainerEdits{}
 
-	ipcs, err := NewIPCDiscoverer(m.logger, "")
+	ipcs, err := NewIPCDiscoverer(m.logger, root)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to create discoverer for IPC sockets: %v", err)
 	}
@@ -220,12 +226,12 @@ func (m command) generateSpec() (*specs.Spec, error) {
 
 	allEdits.Append(ipcEdits)
 
-	common, err := NewCommonDiscoverer(m.logger, "", nvmllib)
+	common, err := NewCommonDiscoverer(m.logger, root, nvmllib)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to create discoverer for common entities: %v", err)
 	}
 
-	deviceFolderPermissionHooks, err := NewDeviceFolderPermissionHookDiscoverer(m.logger, "", deviceSpecs)
+	deviceFolderPermissionHooks, err := NewDeviceFolderPermissionHookDiscoverer(m.logger, root, deviceSpecs)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to generated permission hooks for device nodes: %v", err)
 	}
@@ -249,7 +255,7 @@ func (m command) generateSpec() (*specs.Spec, error) {
 	return &spec, nil
 }
 
-func (m command) generateDeviceSpecs(devicelib device.Interface) ([]specs.Device, error) {
+func (m command) generateDeviceSpecs(devicelib device.Interface, root string) ([]specs.Device, error) {
 	var deviceSpecs []specs.Device
 
 	err := devicelib.VisitDevices(func(i int, d device.Device) error {
@@ -260,7 +266,7 @@ func (m command) generateDeviceSpecs(devicelib device.Interface) ([]specs.Device
 		if isMigEnabled {
 			return nil
 		}
-		device, err := NewFullGPUDiscoverer(m.logger, "", d)
+		device, err := NewFullGPUDiscoverer(m.logger, root, d)
 		if err != nil {
 			return fmt.Errorf("failed to create device: %v", err)
 		}