diff --git a/pkg/nvcdi/api.go b/pkg/nvcdi/api.go
index 2988026f..8c37f277 100644
--- a/pkg/nvcdi/api.go
+++ b/pkg/nvcdi/api.go
@@ -45,3 +45,13 @@ const (
 	// This was added with v1.17.5 of the NVIDIA Container Toolkit.
 	HookEnableCudaCompat = HookName("enable-cuda-compat")
 )
+
+// A FeatureFlag refers to a specific feature that can be toggled in the CDI api.
+// All features are off by default.
+type FeatureFlag string
+
+const (
+	// FeatureDisableNvsandboxUtils disables the use of nvsandboxutils when
+	// querying devices.
+	FeatureDisableNvsandboxUtils = FeatureFlag("disable-nvsandbox-utils")
+)
diff --git a/pkg/nvcdi/lib.go b/pkg/nvcdi/lib.go
index 97a39168..165a7136 100644
--- a/pkg/nvcdi/lib.go
+++ b/pkg/nvcdi/lib.go
@@ -56,6 +56,8 @@ type nvcdilib struct {
 
 	mergedDeviceOptions []transform.MergedDeviceOption
 
+	featureFlags map[FeatureFlag]bool
+
 	disabledHooks disabledHooks
 	hookCreator   discover.HookCreator
 }
@@ -64,6 +66,7 @@ type nvcdilib struct {
 func New(opts ...Option) (Interface, error) {
 	l := &nvcdilib{
 		disabledHooks: make(disabledHooks),
+		featureFlags:  make(map[FeatureFlag]bool),
 	}
 	for _, opt := range opts {
 		opt(l)
@@ -108,24 +111,7 @@ func New(opts ...Option) (Interface, error) {
 		}
 		l.nvmllib = nvml.New(nvmlOpts...)
 	}
-	// TODO: Repeated calls to nvsandboxutils.Init and Shutdown are causing
-	// segmentation violations. Here we disabled nvsandbox utils unless explicitly
-	// specified.
-	// This will be reenabled as soon as we have more visibility into why this is
-	// happening and a mechanism to detect and disable this if required.
-	// if l.nvsandboxutilslib == nil {
-	// 	var nvsandboxutilsOpts []nvsandboxutils.LibraryOption
-	// 	// Set the library path for libnvidia-sandboxutils
-	// 	candidates, err := l.driver.Libraries().Locate("libnvidia-sandboxutils.so.1")
-	// 	if err != nil {
-	// 		l.logger.Warningf("Ignoring error in locating libnvidia-sandboxutils.so.1: %v", err)
-	// 	} else {
-	// 		libNvidiaSandboxutilsPath := candidates[0]
-	// 		l.logger.Infof("Using %v", libNvidiaSandboxutilsPath)
-	// 		nvsandboxutilsOpts = append(nvsandboxutilsOpts, nvsandboxutils.WithLibraryPath(libNvidiaSandboxutilsPath))
-	// 	}
-	// 	l.nvsandboxutilslib = nvsandboxutils.New(nvsandboxutilsOpts...)
-	// }
+	l.nvsandboxutilslib = l.getNvsandboxUtilsLib()
 	if l.devicelib == nil {
 		l.devicelib = device.New(l.nvmllib)
 	}
@@ -231,3 +217,26 @@ func (l *nvcdilib) getCudaVersionNvsandboxutils() (string, error) {
 	}
 	return version, nil
 }
+
+// getNvsandboxUtilsLib returns the nvsandboxutilslib to use for CDI spec
+// generation.
+func (l *nvcdilib) getNvsandboxUtilsLib() nvsandboxutils.Interface {
+	if l.featureFlags[FeatureDisableNvsandboxUtils] {
+		return nil
+	}
+	if l.nvsandboxutilslib != nil {
+		return l.nvsandboxutilslib
+	}
+
+	var nvsandboxutilsOpts []nvsandboxutils.LibraryOption
+	// Set the library path for libnvidia-sandboxutils
+	candidates, err := l.driver.Libraries().Locate("libnvidia-sandboxutils.so.1")
+	if err != nil {
+		l.logger.Warningf("Ignoring error in locating libnvidia-sandboxutils.so.1: %v", err)
+	} else {
+		libNvidiaSandboxutilsPath := candidates[0]
+		l.logger.Infof("Using %v", libNvidiaSandboxutilsPath)
+		nvsandboxutilsOpts = append(nvsandboxutilsOpts, nvsandboxutils.WithLibraryPath(libNvidiaSandboxutilsPath))
+	}
+	return nvsandboxutils.New(nvsandboxutilsOpts...)
+}
diff --git a/pkg/nvcdi/options.go b/pkg/nvcdi/options.go
index f38f2b4a..7c76f7fc 100644
--- a/pkg/nvcdi/options.go
+++ b/pkg/nvcdi/options.go
@@ -166,3 +166,14 @@ func WithDisabledHook(hook HookName) Option {
 		o.disabledHooks[hook] = true
 	}
 }
+
+// WithFeatureFlag allows specified features to be toggled on.
+// This option can be specified multiple times for each feature flag.
+func WithFeatureFlag(featureFlag FeatureFlag) Option {
+	return func(o *nvcdilib) {
+		if o.featureFlags == nil {
+			o.featureFlags = make(map[FeatureFlag]bool)
+		}
+		o.featureFlags[featureFlag] = true
+	}
+}