diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index b796cd38..280d5671 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 * Add `crun` to the list of configured low-level runtimes.
 * Added support for `--ldconfig-path` to `nvidia-ctk cdi generate` command.
 * Fix `nvidia-ctk runtime configure --cdi.enabled` for Docker.
+* Add discovery of the GDRCopy device (`gdrdrv`) if the `NVIDIA_GDRCOPY` environment variable of the container is set to `enabled`
 
 * [toolkit-container] Bump CUDA base image version to 12.3.1.
 
diff --git a/internal/discover/gdrcopy.go b/internal/discover/gdrcopy.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e6dcaec2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/discover/gdrcopy.go
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+/**
+# 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 discover
+
+import "github.com/NVIDIA/nvidia-container-toolkit/internal/logger"
+
+func NewGDRCopyDiscoverer(logger logger.Interface, devRoot string) (Discover, error) {
+	return NewCharDeviceDiscoverer(
+		logger,
+		devRoot,
+		[]string{"/dev/gdrdrv"},
+	), nil
+}
diff --git a/internal/modifier/gated.go b/internal/modifier/gated.go
index c3b6df39..1af023ab 100644
--- a/internal/modifier/gated.go
+++ b/internal/modifier/gated.go
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ const (
 	nvidiaGDSEnvvar      = "NVIDIA_GDS"
 	nvidiaMOFEDEnvvar    = "NVIDIA_MOFED"
 	nvidiaNVSWITCHEnvvar = "NVIDIA_NVSWITCH"
+	nvidiaGDRCOPYEnvvar  = "NVIDIA_GDRCOPY"
 )
 
 // NewFeatureGatedModifier creates the modifiers for optional features.
@@ -38,6 +39,7 @@ const (
 //	NVIDIA_GDS=enabled
 //	NVIDIA_MOFED=enabled
 //	NVIDIA_NVSWITCH=enabled
+//	NVIDIA_GDRCOPY=enabled
 //
 // If not devices are selected, no changes are made.
 func NewFeatureGatedModifier(logger logger.Interface, cfg *config.Config, image image.CUDA) (oci.SpecModifier, error) {
@@ -75,5 +77,13 @@ func NewFeatureGatedModifier(logger logger.Interface, cfg *config.Config, image
 		discoverers = append(discoverers, d)
 	}
 
+	if image.Getenv(nvidiaGDRCOPYEnvvar) == "enabled" {
+		d, err := discover.NewGDRCopyDiscoverer(logger, devRoot)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to construct discoverer for GDRCopy devices: %w", err)
+		}
+		discoverers = append(discoverers, d)
+	}
+
 	return NewModifierFromDiscoverer(logger, discover.Merge(discoverers...))
 }