diff --git a/cmd/nvidia-ctk/cdi/generate/generate_test.go b/cmd/nvidia-ctk/cdi/generate/generate_test.go
index a08ab19c..6f762761 100644
--- a/cmd/nvidia-ctk/cdi/generate/generate_test.go
+++ b/cmd/nvidia-ctk/cdi/generate/generate_test.go
@@ -111,6 +111,13 @@ containerEdits:
             - /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu
           env:
             - NVIDIA_CTK_DEBUG=false
+        - hookName: createContainer
+          path: /usr/bin/nvidia-cdi-hook
+          args:
+            - nvidia-cdi-hook
+            - disable-device-node-modification
+          env:
+            - NVIDIA_CTK_DEBUG=false
     mounts:
         - hostPath: {{ .driverRoot }}/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libcuda.so.999.88.77
           containerPath: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libcuda.so.999.88.77
@@ -180,6 +187,13 @@ containerEdits:
             - /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu
           env:
             - NVIDIA_CTK_DEBUG=false
+        - hookName: createContainer
+          path: /usr/bin/nvidia-cdi-hook
+          args:
+            - nvidia-cdi-hook
+            - disable-device-node-modification
+          env:
+            - NVIDIA_CTK_DEBUG=false
     mounts:
         - hostPath: {{ .driverRoot }}/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libcuda.so.999.88.77
           containerPath: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libcuda.so.999.88.77
@@ -240,6 +254,13 @@ containerEdits:
             - libcuda.so.1::/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libcuda.so
           env:
             - NVIDIA_CTK_DEBUG=false
+        - hookName: createContainer
+          path: /usr/bin/nvidia-cdi-hook
+          args:
+            - nvidia-cdi-hook
+            - disable-device-node-modification
+          env:
+            - NVIDIA_CTK_DEBUG=false
     mounts:
         - hostPath: {{ .driverRoot }}/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libcuda.so.999.88.77
           containerPath: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libcuda.so.999.88.77
diff --git a/internal/discover/hooks.go b/internal/discover/hooks.go
index 5e2cdec4..3f2c9ebb 100644
--- a/internal/discover/hooks.go
+++ b/internal/discover/hooks.go
@@ -35,6 +35,11 @@ const (
 	ChmodHook = HookName("chmod")
 	// A CreateSymlinksHook is used to create symlinks in the container.
 	CreateSymlinksHook = HookName("create-symlinks")
+	// DisableDeviceNodeModificationHook refers to the hook used to ensure that
+	// device nodes are not created by libnvidia-ml.so or nvidia-smi in a
+	// container.
+	// Added in v1.17.8
+	DisableDeviceNodeModificationHook = HookName("disable-device-node-modification")
 	// An EnableCudaCompatHook is used to enabled CUDA Forward Compatibility.
 	// Added in v1.17.5
 	EnableCudaCompatHook = HookName("enable-cuda-compat")
diff --git a/pkg/nvcdi/api.go b/pkg/nvcdi/api.go
index 4ff11e47..fa05029c 100644
--- a/pkg/nvcdi/api.go
+++ b/pkg/nvcdi/api.go
@@ -46,6 +46,11 @@ const (
 
 	// A CreateSymlinksHook is used to create symlinks in the container.
 	CreateSymlinksHook = discover.CreateSymlinksHook
+	// DisableDeviceNodeModificationHook refers to the hook used to ensure that
+	// device nodes are not created by libnvidia-ml.so or nvidia-smi in a
+	// container.
+	// Added in v1.17.8
+	DisableDeviceNodeModificationHook = discover.DisableDeviceNodeModificationHook
 	// An EnableCudaCompatHook is used to enabled CUDA Forward Compatibility.
 	// Added in v1.17.5
 	EnableCudaCompatHook = discover.EnableCudaCompatHook
diff --git a/pkg/nvcdi/driver-nvml.go b/pkg/nvcdi/driver-nvml.go
index ff02ac72..764b648a 100644
--- a/pkg/nvcdi/driver-nvml.go
+++ b/pkg/nvcdi/driver-nvml.go
@@ -113,6 +113,9 @@ func (l *nvcdilib) NewDriverLibraryDiscoverer(version string) (discover.Discover
 	updateLDCache, _ := discover.NewLDCacheUpdateHook(l.logger, libraries, l.hookCreator, l.ldconfigPath)
 	discoverers = append(discoverers, updateLDCache)
 
+	disableDeviceNodeModification := l.hookCreator.Create(DisableDeviceNodeModificationHook)
+	discoverers = append(discoverers, disableDeviceNodeModification)
+
 	d := discover.Merge(discoverers...)
 
 	return d, nil
diff --git a/pkg/nvcdi/lib.go b/pkg/nvcdi/lib.go
index 409721ef..8d7177fc 100644
--- a/pkg/nvcdi/lib.go
+++ b/pkg/nvcdi/lib.go
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ func New(opts ...Option) (Interface, error) {
 			l.vendor = "management.nvidia.com"
 		}
 		// Management containers in general do not require CUDA Forward compatibility.
-		l.disabledHooks = append(l.disabledHooks, HookEnableCudaCompat)
+		l.disabledHooks = append(l.disabledHooks, HookEnableCudaCompat, DisableDeviceNodeModificationHook)
 		lib = (*managementlib)(l)
 	case ModeNvml:
 		lib = (*nvmllib)(l)
diff --git a/tests/e2e/nvidia-container-toolkit_test.go b/tests/e2e/nvidia-container-toolkit_test.go
index 2b1ef289..9fcee330 100644
--- a/tests/e2e/nvidia-container-toolkit_test.go
+++ b/tests/e2e/nvidia-container-toolkit_test.go
@@ -216,4 +216,23 @@ var _ = Describe("docker", Ordered, ContinueOnFailure, func() {
 			Expect(ldconfigOut).To(ContainSubstring("/usr/lib64"))
 		})
 	})
+
+	Describe("Disabling device node creation", Ordered, func() {
+		BeforeAll(func(ctx context.Context) {
+			_, _, err := runner.Run("docker pull ubuntu")
+			Expect(err).ToNot(HaveOccurred())
+		})
+
+		It("should work with nvidia-container-runtime-hook", func(ctx context.Context) {
+			output, _, err := runner.Run("docker run --rm -i --runtime=runc --gpus=all ubuntu bash -c \"grep ModifyDeviceFiles: /proc/driver/nvidia/params\"")
+			Expect(err).ToNot(HaveOccurred())
+			Expect(output).To(Equal("ModifyDeviceFiles: 0\n"))
+		})
+
+		It("should work with automatic CDI spec generation", func(ctx context.Context) {
+			output, _, err := runner.Run("docker run --rm -i --runtime=nvidia -e NVIDIA_VISIBLE_DEVICES=runtime.nvidia.com/gpu=all ubuntu bash -c \"grep ModifyDeviceFiles: /proc/driver/nvidia/params\"")
+			Expect(err).ToNot(HaveOccurred())
+			Expect(output).To(Equal("ModifyDeviceFiles: 0\n"))
+		})
+	})
 })