diff --git a/runsc/boot/loader.go b/runsc/boot/loader.go
index a9c214e41..28bd17bb2 100644
--- a/runsc/boot/loader.go
+++ b/runsc/boot/loader.go
@@ -131,7 +131,8 @@ type containerInfo struct {
 	// nvidiaUVMDevMajor is the device major number used for nvidia-uvm.
 	nvidiaUVMDevMajor uint32
 
-	// nvidiaDriverVersion is the Nvidia driver version on the host.
+	// nvidiaDriverVersion is the NVIDIA driver ABI version to use for
+	// communicating with NVIDIA devices on the host.
 	nvidiaDriverVersion string
 }
 
@@ -292,7 +293,8 @@ type Args struct {
 	// ProfileOpts contains the set of profiles to enable and the
 	// corresponding FDs where profile data will be written.
 	ProfileOpts profile.Opts
-	// NvidiaDriverVersion is the Nvidia driver version on the host.
+	// NvidiaDriverVersion is the NVIDIA driver ABI version to use for
+	// communicating with NVIDIA devices on the host.
 	NvidiaDriverVersion string
 }
 
diff --git a/runsc/config/config.go b/runsc/config/config.go
index acd6c70b8..cc1c88890 100644
--- a/runsc/config/config.go
+++ b/runsc/config/config.go
@@ -310,6 +310,12 @@ type Config struct {
 	// effect of injecting nvidia-container-runtime-hook as a prestart hook.
 	NVProxyDocker bool `flag:"nvproxy-docker"`
 
+	// NVProxyDriverVersion is the version of the NVIDIA driver ABI to use.
+	// If empty, it is autodetected from the installed NVIDIA driver.
+	// It can also be set to the special value "latest" to force the use of
+	// the latest supported NVIDIA driver ABI.
+	NVProxyDriverVersion string `flag:"nvproxy-driver-version"`
+
 	// TPUProxy enables support for TPUs.
 	TPUProxy bool `flag:"tpuproxy"`
 
diff --git a/runsc/config/flags.go b/runsc/config/flags.go
index db49aaf88..39052472b 100644
--- a/runsc/config/flags.go
+++ b/runsc/config/flags.go
@@ -128,6 +128,7 @@ func RegisterFlags(flagSet *flag.FlagSet) {
 	// Flags that control sandbox runtime behavior: accelerator related.
 	flagSet.Bool("nvproxy", false, "EXPERIMENTAL: enable support for Nvidia GPUs")
 	flagSet.Bool("nvproxy-docker", false, "DEPRECATED: use nvidia-container-runtime or `docker run --gpus` directly. Or manually add nvidia-container-runtime-hook as a prestart hook and set up NVIDIA_VISIBLE_DEVICES container environment variable.")
+	flagSet.String("nvproxy-driver-version", "", "NVIDIA driver ABI version to use. If empty, autodetect installed driver version. The special value 'latest' may also be used to use the latest ABI.")
 	flagSet.Bool("tpuproxy", false, "EXPERIMENTAL: enable support for TPU device passthrough.")
 
 	// Test flags, not to be used outside tests, ever.
diff --git a/runsc/sandbox/sandbox.go b/runsc/sandbox/sandbox.go
index dcf0e2ac7..02b766cd4 100644
--- a/runsc/sandbox/sandbox.go
+++ b/runsc/sandbox/sandbox.go
@@ -841,11 +841,11 @@ func (s *Sandbox) createSandboxProcess(conf *config.Config, args *Args, startSyn
 	}
 
 	if specutils.NVProxyEnabled(args.Spec, conf) {
-		nvidiaDriverVersion, err := nvproxy.HostDriverVersion()
+		version, err := getNvproxyDriverVersion(conf)
 		if err != nil {
 			return fmt.Errorf("failed to get Nvidia driver version: %w", err)
 		}
-		cmd.Args = append(cmd.Args, "--nvidia-driver-version="+nvidiaDriverVersion)
+		cmd.Args = append(cmd.Args, "--nvidia-driver-version="+version)
 	}
 
 	// Joins the network namespace if network is enabled. the sandbox talks
@@ -1556,6 +1556,21 @@ func deviceFileForPlatform(name, devicePath string) (*os.File, error) {
 	return f, nil
 }
 
+// getNvproxyDriverVersion returns the NVIDIA driver ABI version to use by
+// nvproxy.
+func getNvproxyDriverVersion(conf *config.Config) (string, error) {
+	switch conf.NVProxyDriverVersion {
+	case "":
+		return nvproxy.HostDriverVersion()
+	case "latest":
+		nvproxy.Init()
+		return nvproxy.LatestDriver().String(), nil
+	default:
+		version, err := nvproxy.DriverVersionFrom(conf.NVProxyDriverVersion)
+		return version.String(), err
+	}
+}
+
 // checkBinaryPermissions verifies that the required binary bits are set on
 // the runsc executable.
 func checkBinaryPermissions(conf *config.Config) error {