diff --git a/cmd/nvidia-ctk/cdi/generate/generate.go b/cmd/nvidia-ctk/cdi/generate/generate.go
index 7d27685a..cab3f97a 100644
--- a/cmd/nvidia-ctk/cdi/generate/generate.go
+++ b/cmd/nvidia-ctk/cdi/generate/generate.go
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/NVIDIA/nvidia-container-toolkit/internal/config"
+	"github.com/NVIDIA/nvidia-container-toolkit/internal/discover/csv"
 	"github.com/NVIDIA/nvidia-container-toolkit/pkg/nvcdi"
 	"github.com/NVIDIA/nvidia-container-toolkit/pkg/nvcdi/spec"
 	"github.com/NVIDIA/nvidia-container-toolkit/pkg/nvcdi/transform"
@@ -48,6 +49,10 @@ type options struct {
 	mode               string
 	vendor             string
 	class              string
+
+	csv struct {
+		files cli.StringSlice
+	}
 }
 
 // NewCommand constructs a generate-cdi command with the specified logger
@@ -123,13 +128,18 @@ func (m command) build() *cli.Command {
 			Value:       "gpu",
 			Destination: &opts.class,
 		},
+		&cli.StringSliceFlag{
+			Name:        "csv.file",
+			Usage:       "The path to the list of CSV files to use when generating the CDI specification in CDI mode.",
+			Value:       cli.NewStringSlice(csv.DefaultFileList()...),
+			Destination: &opts.csv.files,
+		},
 	}
 
 	return &c
 }
 
 func (m command) validateFlags(c *cli.Context, opts *options) error {
-
 	opts.format = strings.ToLower(opts.format)
 	switch opts.format {
 	case spec.FormatJSON:
@@ -141,6 +151,7 @@ func (m command) validateFlags(c *cli.Context, opts *options) error {
 	opts.mode = strings.ToLower(opts.mode)
 	switch opts.mode {
 	case nvcdi.ModeAuto:
+	case nvcdi.ModeCSV:
 	case nvcdi.ModeNvml:
 	case nvcdi.ModeWsl:
 	case nvcdi.ModeManagement:
@@ -215,6 +226,7 @@ func (m command) generateSpec(opts *options) (spec.Interface, error) {
 		nvcdi.WithNVIDIACTKPath(opts.nvidiaCTKPath),
 		nvcdi.WithDeviceNamer(deviceNamer),
 		nvcdi.WithMode(string(opts.mode)),
+		nvcdi.WithCSVFiles(opts.csv.files.Value()),
 	)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to create CDI library: %v", err)
diff --git a/internal/discover/csv/csv.go b/internal/discover/csv/csv.go
index 4aa50828..64bc34ff 100644
--- a/internal/discover/csv/csv.go
+++ b/internal/discover/csv/csv.go
@@ -33,6 +33,22 @@ const (
 	DefaultMountSpecPath = "/etc/nvidia-container-runtime/host-files-for-container.d"
 )
 
+// DefaultFileList returns the list of CSV files that are used by default.
+func DefaultFileList() []string {
+	files := []string{
+		"devices.csv",
+		"drivers.csv",
+		"l4t.csv",
+	}
+
+	var paths []string
+	for _, file := range files {
+		paths = append(paths, filepath.Join(DefaultMountSpecPath, file))
+	}
+
+	return paths
+}
+
 // GetFileList returns the (non-recursive) list of CSV files in the specified
 // folder
 func GetFileList(root string) ([]string, error) {
diff --git a/pkg/nvcdi/lib.go b/pkg/nvcdi/lib.go
index 37ca46e7..7d11a8e2 100644
--- a/pkg/nvcdi/lib.go
+++ b/pkg/nvcdi/lib.go
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ package nvcdi
 import (
 	"fmt"
 
+	"github.com/NVIDIA/nvidia-container-toolkit/internal/discover/csv"
 	"github.com/NVIDIA/nvidia-container-toolkit/pkg/nvcdi/spec"
 	"github.com/NVIDIA/nvidia-container-toolkit/pkg/nvcdi/transform"
 	"github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
@@ -84,11 +85,7 @@ func New(opts ...Option) (Interface, error) {
 	switch l.resolveMode() {
 	case ModeCSV:
 		if len(l.csvFiles) == 0 {
-			l.csvFiles = []string{
-				"/etc/nvidia-container-runtime/host-files-for-container.d/l4t.csv",
-				"/etc/nvidia-container-runtime/host-files-for-container.d/drivers.csv",
-				"/etc/nvidia-container-runtime/host-files-for-container.d/devices.csv",
-			}
+			l.csvFiles = csv.DefaultFileList()
 		}
 		lib = (*csvlib)(l)
 	case ModeManagement: