diff --git a/cmd/nvidia-container-runtime-hook/container_config.go b/cmd/nvidia-container-runtime-hook/container_config.go
index 3ae8c98f..ae3aca75 100644
--- a/cmd/nvidia-container-runtime-hook/container_config.go
+++ b/cmd/nvidia-container-runtime-hook/container_config.go
@@ -198,6 +198,10 @@ func getMigDevices(image image.CUDA, envvar string) *string {
 }
 
 func (hookConfig *hookConfig) getImexChannels(image image.CUDA, privileged bool) []string {
+	if hookConfig.Features.IgnoreImexChannelRequests.IsEnabled() {
+		return nil
+	}
+
 	// If enabled, try and get the device list from volume mounts first
 	if hookConfig.AcceptDeviceListAsVolumeMounts {
 		devices := image.ImexChannelsFromMounts()
diff --git a/internal/config/features.go b/internal/config/features.go
index a326e4ee..913f1452 100644
--- a/internal/config/features.go
+++ b/internal/config/features.go
@@ -34,6 +34,14 @@ type features struct {
 	// DisableImexChannelCreation ensures that the implicit creation of
 	// requested IMEX channels is skipped when invoking the nvidia-container-cli.
 	DisableImexChannelCreation *feature `toml:"disable-imex-channel-creation,omitempty"`
+	// IgnoreImexChannelRequests configures the NVIDIA Container Toolkit to
+	// ignore IMEX channel requests through the NVIDIA_IMEX_CHANNELS envvar or
+	// volume mounts.
+	// This ensures that the NVIDIA Container Toolkit cannot be used to provide
+	// access to an IMEX channel by simply specifying an environment variable,
+	// possibly bypassing other checks by an orchestration system such as
+	// kubernetes.
+	IgnoreImexChannelRequests *feature `toml:"ignore-imex-channel-requests,omitempty"`
 }
 
 type feature bool