diff --git a/internal/ldcache/empty.go b/internal/ldcache/empty.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..30d3f4c8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/ldcache/empty.go
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+/**
+# Copyright (c) NVIDIA CORPORATION.  All rights reserved.
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+**/
+
+package ldcache
+
+import "github.com/NVIDIA/nvidia-container-toolkit/internal/logger"
+
+type empty struct {
+	logger logger.Interface
+	path   string
+}
+
+var _ LDCache = (*empty)(nil)
+
+// List always returns nil for an empty ldcache
+func (e *empty) List() ([]string, []string) {
+	return nil, nil
+}
+
+// Lookup logs a debug message and returns nil for an empty ldcache
+func (e *empty) Lookup(prefixes ...string) ([]string, []string) {
+	e.logger.Debugf("Calling Lookup(%v) on empty ldcache: %v", prefixes, e.path)
+	return nil, nil
+}
diff --git a/internal/ldcache/ldcache.go b/internal/ldcache/ldcache.go
index 5ea263c1..2f6de2fe 100644
--- a/internal/ldcache/ldcache.go
+++ b/internal/ldcache/ldcache.go
@@ -81,6 +81,8 @@ type entry2 struct {
 }
 
 // LDCache represents the interface for performing lookups into the LDCache
+//
+//go:generate moq -out ldcache_mock.go . LDCache
 type LDCache interface {
 	List() ([]string, []string)
 	Lookup(...string) ([]string, []string)
@@ -103,7 +105,14 @@ func New(logger logger.Interface, root string) (LDCache, error) {
 
 	logger.Debugf("Opening ld.conf at %v", path)
 	f, err := os.Open(path)
-	if err != nil {
+	if os.IsNotExist(err) {
+		logger.Warningf("Could not find ld.so.cache at %v; creating empty cache", path)
+		e := &empty{
+			logger: logger,
+			path:   path,
+		}
+		return e, nil
+	} else if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 	defer f.Close()
diff --git a/internal/ldcache/ldcache_mock.go b/internal/ldcache/ldcache_mock.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..092a3766
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/ldcache/ldcache_mock.go
@@ -0,0 +1,111 @@
+// Code generated by moq; DO NOT EDIT.
+// github.com/matryer/moq
+
+package ldcache
+
+import (
+	"sync"
+)
+
+// Ensure, that LDCacheMock does implement LDCache.
+// If this is not the case, regenerate this file with moq.
+var _ LDCache = &LDCacheMock{}
+
+// LDCacheMock is a mock implementation of LDCache.
+//
+//	func TestSomethingThatUsesLDCache(t *testing.T) {
+//
+//		// make and configure a mocked LDCache
+//		mockedLDCache := &LDCacheMock{
+//			ListFunc: func() ([]string, []string) {
+//				panic("mock out the List method")
+//			},
+//			LookupFunc: func(strings ...string) ([]string, []string) {
+//				panic("mock out the Lookup method")
+//			},
+//		}
+//
+//		// use mockedLDCache in code that requires LDCache
+//		// and then make assertions.
+//
+//	}
+type LDCacheMock struct {
+	// ListFunc mocks the List method.
+	ListFunc func() ([]string, []string)
+
+	// LookupFunc mocks the Lookup method.
+	LookupFunc func(strings ...string) ([]string, []string)
+
+	// calls tracks calls to the methods.
+	calls struct {
+		// List holds details about calls to the List method.
+		List []struct {
+		}
+		// Lookup holds details about calls to the Lookup method.
+		Lookup []struct {
+			// Strings is the strings argument value.
+			Strings []string
+		}
+	}
+	lockList   sync.RWMutex
+	lockLookup sync.RWMutex
+}
+
+// List calls ListFunc.
+func (mock *LDCacheMock) List() ([]string, []string) {
+	if mock.ListFunc == nil {
+		panic("LDCacheMock.ListFunc: method is nil but LDCache.List was just called")
+	}
+	callInfo := struct {
+	}{}
+	mock.lockList.Lock()
+	mock.calls.List = append(mock.calls.List, callInfo)
+	mock.lockList.Unlock()
+	return mock.ListFunc()
+}
+
+// ListCalls gets all the calls that were made to List.
+// Check the length with:
+//
+//	len(mockedLDCache.ListCalls())
+func (mock *LDCacheMock) ListCalls() []struct {
+} {
+	var calls []struct {
+	}
+	mock.lockList.RLock()
+	calls = mock.calls.List
+	mock.lockList.RUnlock()
+	return calls
+}
+
+// Lookup calls LookupFunc.
+func (mock *LDCacheMock) Lookup(strings ...string) ([]string, []string) {
+	if mock.LookupFunc == nil {
+		panic("LDCacheMock.LookupFunc: method is nil but LDCache.Lookup was just called")
+	}
+	callInfo := struct {
+		Strings []string
+	}{
+		Strings: strings,
+	}
+	mock.lockLookup.Lock()
+	mock.calls.Lookup = append(mock.calls.Lookup, callInfo)
+	mock.lockLookup.Unlock()
+	return mock.LookupFunc(strings...)
+}
+
+// LookupCalls gets all the calls that were made to Lookup.
+// Check the length with:
+//
+//	len(mockedLDCache.LookupCalls())
+func (mock *LDCacheMock) LookupCalls() []struct {
+	Strings []string
+} {
+	var calls []struct {
+		Strings []string
+	}
+	mock.lockLookup.RLock()
+	calls = mock.calls.Lookup
+	mock.lockLookup.RUnlock()
+	return calls
+}