diff --git a/controllers/object_controls.go b/controllers/object_controls.go
index e8f243e51..4923a74a9 100644
--- a/controllers/object_controls.go
+++ b/controllers/object_controls.go
@@ -1296,6 +1296,7 @@ func transformToolkitCtrForCDI(container *corev1.Container, nriPluginEnabled boo
 	setContainerEnv(container, NvidiaRuntimeSetAsDefaultEnvName, "false")
 	setContainerEnv(container, NvidiaCtrRuntimeModeEnvName, "cdi")
 	setContainerEnv(container, CRIOConfigModeEnvName, "config")
+	setContainerEnv(container, NvidiaCtrRuntimeCDIPrefixesEnvName, "cdi.k8s.io/")
 
 	if nriPluginEnabled {
 		setContainerEnv(container, CDIEnableNRIPlugin, "true")
diff --git a/controllers/transforms_test.go b/controllers/transforms_test.go
index 23b99aa3c..fbd1641b1 100644
--- a/controllers/transforms_test.go
+++ b/controllers/transforms_test.go
@@ -917,6 +917,7 @@ func TestTransformToolkit(t *testing.T) {
 						{Name: NvidiaRuntimeSetAsDefaultEnvName, Value: "false"},
 						{Name: NvidiaCtrRuntimeModeEnvName, Value: "cdi"},
 						{Name: CRIOConfigModeEnvName, Value: "config"},
+						{Name: NvidiaCtrRuntimeCDIPrefixesEnvName, Value: "cdi.k8s.io/"},
 						{Name: "foo", Value: "bar"},
 						{Name: "RUNTIME", Value: "containerd"},
 						{Name: "CONTAINERD_RUNTIME_CLASS", Value: "nvidia"},
@@ -996,6 +997,7 @@ func TestTransformToolkit(t *testing.T) {
 						{Name: NvidiaRuntimeSetAsDefaultEnvName, Value: "false"},
 						{Name: NvidiaCtrRuntimeModeEnvName, Value: "cdi"},
 						{Name: CRIOConfigModeEnvName, Value: "config"},
+						{Name: NvidiaCtrRuntimeCDIPrefixesEnvName, Value: "cdi.k8s.io/"},
 						{Name: "CONTAINERD_CONFIG", Value: "/runtime/config-dir/config.toml"},
 						{Name: "CONTAINERD_SOCKET", Value: "/runtime/sock-dir/containerd.sock"},
 						{Name: "CONTAINERD_RUNTIME_CLASS", Value: "nvidia"},
@@ -1039,6 +1041,7 @@ func TestTransformToolkit(t *testing.T) {
 						{Name: NvidiaRuntimeSetAsDefaultEnvName, Value: "false"},
 						{Name: NvidiaCtrRuntimeModeEnvName, Value: "cdi"},
 						{Name: CRIOConfigModeEnvName, Value: "config"},
+						{Name: NvidiaCtrRuntimeCDIPrefixesEnvName, Value: "cdi.k8s.io/"},
 						{Name: "RUNTIME", Value: gpuv1.CRIO.String()},
 						{Name: "RUNTIME_CONFIG", Value: "/runtime/config-dir/config.toml"},
 						{Name: "CRIO_CONFIG", Value: "/runtime/config-dir/config.toml"},
@@ -1138,6 +1141,7 @@ func TestTransformToolkit(t *testing.T) {
 						{Name: NvidiaRuntimeSetAsDefaultEnvName, Value: "false"},
 						{Name: NvidiaCtrRuntimeModeEnvName, Value: "cdi"},
 						{Name: CRIOConfigModeEnvName, Value: "config"},
+						{Name: NvidiaCtrRuntimeCDIPrefixesEnvName, Value: "cdi.k8s.io/"},
 						{Name: "ENABLE_NRI_PLUGIN", Value: "true"},
 						{Name: "RUNTIME", Value: "containerd"},
 						{Name: "NRI_SOCKET", Value: path.Join(DefaultRuntimeNRISocketTargetDir, path.Base(DefaultRuntimeNRISocketFile))},
@@ -3546,6 +3550,7 @@ func TestTransformToolkitCtrForCDI(t *testing.T) {
 						{Name: NvidiaRuntimeSetAsDefaultEnvName, Value: "false"},
 						{Name: NvidiaCtrRuntimeModeEnvName, Value: "cdi"},
 						{Name: CRIOConfigModeEnvName, Value: "config"},
+						{Name: NvidiaCtrRuntimeCDIPrefixesEnvName, Value: "cdi.k8s.io/"},
 					},
 				}),
 		},
@@ -3566,6 +3571,7 @@ func TestTransformToolkitCtrForCDI(t *testing.T) {
 						{Name: NvidiaRuntimeSetAsDefaultEnvName, Value: "false"},
 						{Name: NvidiaCtrRuntimeModeEnvName, Value: "cdi"},
 						{Name: CRIOConfigModeEnvName, Value: "config"},
+						{Name: NvidiaCtrRuntimeCDIPrefixesEnvName, Value: "cdi.k8s.io/"},
 						{Name: CDIEnableNRIPlugin, Value: "true"},
 					},
 				}),