diff --git a/internal/config/config_test.go b/internal/config/config_test.go
index f4501bf3..12683ae2 100644
--- a/internal/config/config_test.go
+++ b/internal/config/config_test.go
@@ -69,6 +69,9 @@ func TestGetConfig(t *testing.T) {
 						CSV: csvModeConfig{
 							MountSpecPath: "/etc/nvidia-container-runtime/host-files-for-container.d",
 						},
+						CDI: cdiModeConfig{
+							DefaultKind: "nvidia.com/gpu",
+						},
 					},
 				},
 				NVIDIACTKConfig: CTKConfig{
@@ -86,6 +89,7 @@ func TestGetConfig(t *testing.T) {
 				"nvidia-container-runtime.log-level = \"debug\"",
 				"nvidia-container-runtime.runtimes = [\"/some/runtime\",]",
 				"nvidia-container-runtime.mode = \"not-auto\"",
+				"nvidia-container-runtime.modes.cdi.default-kind = \"example.vendor.com/device\"",
 				"nvidia-container-runtime.modes.csv.mount-spec-path = \"/not/etc/nvidia-container-runtime/host-files-for-container.d\"",
 				"nvidia-ctk.path = \"/foo/bar/nvidia-ctk\"",
 			},
@@ -102,6 +106,9 @@ func TestGetConfig(t *testing.T) {
 						CSV: csvModeConfig{
 							MountSpecPath: "/not/etc/nvidia-container-runtime/host-files-for-container.d",
 						},
+						CDI: cdiModeConfig{
+							DefaultKind: "example.vendor.com/device",
+						},
 					},
 				},
 				NVIDIACTKConfig: CTKConfig{
@@ -121,6 +128,8 @@ func TestGetConfig(t *testing.T) {
 				"log-level = \"debug\"",
 				"runtimes = [\"/some/runtime\",]",
 				"mode = \"not-auto\"",
+				"[nvidia-container-runtime.modes.cdi]",
+				"default-kind = \"example.vendor.com/device\"",
 				"[nvidia-container-runtime.modes.csv]",
 				"mount-spec-path = \"/not/etc/nvidia-container-runtime/host-files-for-container.d\"",
 				"[nvidia-ctk]",
@@ -139,6 +148,9 @@ func TestGetConfig(t *testing.T) {
 						CSV: csvModeConfig{
 							MountSpecPath: "/not/etc/nvidia-container-runtime/host-files-for-container.d",
 						},
+						CDI: cdiModeConfig{
+							DefaultKind: "example.vendor.com/device",
+						},
 					},
 				},
 				NVIDIACTKConfig: CTKConfig{
diff --git a/internal/config/runtime.go b/internal/config/runtime.go
index a4a79d38..0248754e 100644
--- a/internal/config/runtime.go
+++ b/internal/config/runtime.go
@@ -50,6 +50,8 @@ type modesConfig struct {
 type cdiModeConfig struct {
 	// SpecDirs allows for the default spec dirs for CDI to be overridden
 	SpecDirs []string `toml:"spec-dirs"`
+	// DefaultKind sets the default kind to be used when constructing fully-qualified CDI device names
+	DefaultKind string `toml:"default-kind"`
 }
 
 type csvModeConfig struct {
@@ -94,6 +96,9 @@ func GetDefaultRuntimeConfig() *RuntimeConfig {
 			CSV: csvModeConfig{
 				MountSpecPath: "/etc/nvidia-container-runtime/host-files-for-container.d",
 			},
+			CDI: cdiModeConfig{
+				DefaultKind: "nvidia.com/gpu",
+			},
 		},
 	}