diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index f5b7dbff..757130f1 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 ## v1.14.0-rc.1
 
 * Add support for updating containerd configs to the `nvidia-ctk runtime configure` command.
+* Create file in `etc/ld.so.conf.d` with permissions `644` to support non-root containers.
 
 ## v1.13.1
 
diff --git a/cmd/nvidia-ctk/hook/update-ldcache/update-ldcache.go b/cmd/nvidia-ctk/hook/update-ldcache/update-ldcache.go
index 4ced4f89..119573e6 100644
--- a/cmd/nvidia-ctk/hook/update-ldcache/update-ldcache.go
+++ b/cmd/nvidia-ctk/hook/update-ldcache/update-ldcache.go
@@ -135,5 +135,10 @@ func (m command) createConfig(root string, folders []string) error {
 		configured[folder] = true
 	}
 
+	// The created file needs to be world readable for the cases where the container is run as a non-root user.
+	if err := os.Chmod(configFile.Name(), 0644); err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed to chmod config file: %v", err)
+	}
+
 	return nil
 }