diff --git a/tools/container/toolkit/toolkit.go b/tools/container/toolkit/toolkit.go
index 5bae0f5c..8f93db7d 100644
--- a/tools/container/toolkit/toolkit.go
+++ b/tools/container/toolkit/toolkit.go
@@ -51,6 +51,8 @@ type options struct {
 	ContainerRuntimeDebug               string
 	ContainerRuntimeLogLevel            string
 
+	ContainerRuntimeHookSkipModeDetection bool
+
 	ContainerCLIDebug string
 	toolkitRoot       string
 
@@ -137,6 +139,12 @@ func main() {
 			Destination: &opts.ContainerRuntimeModesCdiDefaultKind,
 			EnvVars:     []string{"NVIDIA_CONTAINER_RUNTIME_MODES_CDI_DEFAULT_KIND"},
 		},
+		&cli.BoolFlag{
+			Name:        "nvidia-container-runtime-hook.skip-mode-detection",
+			Value:       true,
+			Destination: &opts.ContainerRuntimeHookSkipModeDetection,
+			EnvVars:     []string{"NVIDIA_CONTAINER_RUNTIME_HOOK_SKIP_MODE_DETECTION"},
+		},
 		&cli.StringFlag{
 			Name:        "nvidia-container-cli-debug",
 			Usage:       "Specify the location of the debug log file for the NVIDIA Container CLI",
@@ -371,6 +379,9 @@ func installToolkitConfig(toolkitConfigPath string, nvidiaContainerCliExecutable
 	// Set nvidia-ctk options
 	config.Set("nvidia-ctk.path", nvidiaCTKPath)
 
+	// Set the nvidia-container-runtime-hook options
+	config.Set("nvidia-container-runtime-hook.skip-mode-detection", opts.ContainerRuntimeHookSkipModeDetection)
+
 	_, err = config.WriteTo(targetConfig)
 	if err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("error writing config: %v", err)