diff --git a/cmd/nvidia-ctk/system/create-device-nodes/create-device-nodes.go b/cmd/nvidia-ctk/system/create-device-nodes/create-device-nodes.go
index b9c58a39..37ed45b0 100644
--- a/cmd/nvidia-ctk/system/create-device-nodes/create-device-nodes.go
+++ b/cmd/nvidia-ctk/system/create-device-nodes/create-device-nodes.go
@@ -31,7 +31,8 @@ type command struct {
 }
 
 type options struct {
-	driverRoot string
+	root    string
+	devRoot string
 
 	dryRun bool
 
@@ -65,11 +66,21 @@ func (m command) build() *cli.Command {
 
 	c.Flags = []cli.Flag{
 		&cli.StringFlag{
-			Name:        "driver-root",
-			Usage:       "the path to the driver root. Device nodes will be created at `DRIVER_ROOT`/dev",
+			Name: "root",
+			// TODO: Remove this alias
+			Aliases: []string{"driver-root"},
+			Usage: "the path to to the root to use to load the kernel modules. This root must be a chrootable path. " +
+				"If device nodes to be created these will be created at `ROOT`/dev unless an alternative path is specified",
 			Value:       "/",
-			Destination: &opts.driverRoot,
-			EnvVars:     []string{"NVIDIA_DRIVER_ROOT", "DRIVER_ROOT"},
+			Destination: &opts.root,
+			// TODO: Remove the NVIDIA_DRIVER_ROOT and DRIVER_ROOT envvars.
+			EnvVars: []string{"ROOT", "NVIDIA_DRIVER_ROOT", "DRIVER_ROOT"},
+		},
+		&cli.StringFlag{
+			Name:        "dev-root",
+			Usage:       "specify the root where `/dev` is located. If this is not specified, the root is assumed.",
+			Destination: &opts.devRoot,
+			EnvVars:     []string{"NVIDIA_DEV_ROOT", "DEV_ROOT"},
 		},
 		&cli.BoolFlag{
 			Name:        "control-devices",
@@ -83,7 +94,7 @@ func (m command) build() *cli.Command {
 		},
 		&cli.BoolFlag{
 			Name:        "dry-run",
-			Usage:       "if set, the command will not create any symlinks.",
+			Usage:       "if set, the command will not perform any operations",
 			Value:       false,
 			Destination: &opts.dryRun,
 			EnvVars:     []string{"DRY_RUN"},
@@ -94,6 +105,10 @@ func (m command) build() *cli.Command {
 }
 
 func (m command) validateFlags(r *cli.Context, opts *options) error {
+	if opts.devRoot == "" && opts.root != "" {
+		m.logger.Infof("Using dev-root %q", opts.root)
+		opts.devRoot = opts.root
+	}
 	return nil
 }
 
@@ -102,7 +117,7 @@ func (m command) run(c *cli.Context, opts *options) error {
 		modules := nvmodules.New(
 			nvmodules.WithLogger(m.logger),
 			nvmodules.WithDryRun(opts.dryRun),
-			nvmodules.WithRoot(opts.driverRoot),
+			nvmodules.WithRoot(opts.root),
 		)
 		if err := modules.LoadAll(); err != nil {
 			return fmt.Errorf("failed to load NVIDIA kernel modules: %v", err)
@@ -113,12 +128,12 @@ func (m command) run(c *cli.Context, opts *options) error {
 		devices, err := nvdevices.New(
 			nvdevices.WithLogger(m.logger),
 			nvdevices.WithDryRun(opts.dryRun),
-			nvdevices.WithDevRoot(opts.driverRoot),
+			nvdevices.WithDevRoot(opts.devRoot),
 		)
 		if err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
-		m.logger.Infof("Creating control device nodes at %s", opts.driverRoot)
+		m.logger.Infof("Creating control device nodes at %s", opts.devRoot)
 		if err := devices.CreateNVIDIAControlDevices(); err != nil {
 			return fmt.Errorf("failed to create NVIDIA control device nodes: %v", err)
 		}