diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/hardware/nvidia-container-toolkit/cdi-generate.nix b/nixos/modules/services/hardware/nvidia-container-toolkit/cdi-generate.nix
index 360a832e28cbe..6a04fa0ff7502 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/hardware/nvidia-container-toolkit/cdi-generate.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/hardware/nvidia-container-toolkit/cdi-generate.nix
@@ -13,11 +13,14 @@
     inherit hostPath containerPath;
     options = mountOptions;
   };
-  jqAddMountExpression = ".containerEdits.mounts[.containerEdits.mounts | length] |= . +";
-  allJqMounts = lib.concatMap
-    (mount:
-      ["${lib.getExe jq} '${jqAddMountExpression} ${builtins.toJSON (mkMount mount)}'"])
-    mounts;
+  mountToCommand = mount:
+    "additionalMount \"${mount.hostPath}\" \"${mount.containerPath}\" '${builtins.toJSON mount.mountOptions}'";
+  mountsToCommands = mounts:
+    if (builtins.length mounts) == 0 then
+      "cat"
+    else
+      (lib.strings.concatMapStringsSep " | \\\n"
+        mountToCommand mounts);
 in
 writeScriptBin "nvidia-cdi-generator"
 ''
@@ -32,6 +35,18 @@ function cdiGenerate {
     --nvidia-ctk-path ${lib.getExe' nvidia-container-toolkit "nvidia-ctk"}
 }
 
-cdiGenerate | \
-  ${lib.concatStringsSep " | " allJqMounts} > $RUNTIME_DIRECTORY/nvidia-container-toolkit.json
+function additionalMount {
+  local hostPath="$1"
+  local containerPath="$2"
+  local mountOptions="$3"
+  if [ -e "$hostPath" ]; then
+    ${lib.getExe jq} ".containerEdits.mounts[.containerEdits.mounts | length] = { \"hostPath\": \"$hostPath\", \"containerPath\": \"$containerPath\", \"options\": $mountOptions }"
+  else
+    echo "Mount $hostPath ignored: could not find path in the host machine" >&2
+    cat
+  fi
+}
+
+cdiGenerate |
+  ${mountsToCommands mounts} > $RUNTIME_DIRECTORY/nvidia-container-toolkit.json
 ''
diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/hardware/nvidia-container-toolkit/default.nix b/nixos/modules/services/hardware/nvidia-container-toolkit/default.nix
index 5c0fed35c4c97..a188c16141e1a 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/hardware/nvidia-container-toolkit/default.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/hardware/nvidia-container-toolkit/default.nix
@@ -71,6 +71,8 @@
           /usr/local/nvidia/lib64.
         '';
       };
+
+      package = lib.mkPackageOption pkgs "nvidia-container-toolkit" { };
     };
 
   };
@@ -129,6 +131,7 @@
           let
             script = pkgs.callPackage ./cdi-generate.nix {
               inherit (config.hardware.nvidia-container-toolkit) mounts;
+              nvidia-container-toolkit = config.hardware.nvidia-container-toolkit.package;
               nvidia-driver = config.hardware.nvidia.package;
               deviceNameStrategy = config.hardware.nvidia-container-toolkit.device-name-strategy;
             };
diff --git a/nixos/tests/all-tests.nix b/nixos/tests/all-tests.nix
index 0cd52cbec9a36..ee004f3c9825e 100644
--- a/nixos/tests/all-tests.nix
+++ b/nixos/tests/all-tests.nix
@@ -705,6 +705,7 @@ in {
   ntfy-sh = handleTest ./ntfy-sh.nix {};
   ntfy-sh-migration = handleTest ./ntfy-sh-migration.nix {};
   ntpd-rs = handleTest ./ntpd-rs.nix {};
+  nvidia-container-toolkit = runTest ./nvidia-container-toolkit.nix;
   nvmetcfg = handleTest ./nvmetcfg.nix {};
   nzbget = handleTest ./nzbget.nix {};
   nzbhydra2 = handleTest ./nzbhydra2.nix {};
diff --git a/nixos/tests/nvidia-container-toolkit.nix b/nixos/tests/nvidia-container-toolkit.nix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..b22b989c0814f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nixos/tests/nvidia-container-toolkit.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,149 @@
+{ pkgs, lib, ... }:
+let
+  testCDIScript = pkgs.writeShellScriptBin "test-cdi" ''
+    die() {
+      echo "$1"
+      exit 1
+    }
+
+    check_file_referential_integrity() {
+      echo "checking $1 referential integrity"
+      ( ${pkgs.glibc.bin}/bin/ldd "$1" | ${lib.getExe pkgs.gnugrep} "not found" &> /dev/null ) && return 1
+      return 0
+    }
+
+    check_directory_referential_integrity() {
+      ${lib.getExe pkgs.findutils} "$1" -type f -print0 | while read -d $'\0' file; do
+        if [[ $(${lib.getExe pkgs.file} "$file" | ${lib.getExe pkgs.gnugrep} ELF) ]]; then
+          check_file_referential_integrity "$file" || exit 1
+        else
+          echo "skipping $file: not an ELF file"
+        fi
+      done
+    }
+
+    check_directory_referential_integrity "/usr/bin" || exit 1
+    check_directory_referential_integrity "${pkgs.addDriverRunpath.driverLink}" || exit 1
+    check_directory_referential_integrity "/usr/local/nvidia" || exit 1
+  '';
+  testContainerImage = pkgs.dockerTools.buildImage {
+    name = "cdi-test";
+    tag = "latest";
+    config = {
+      Cmd = [ (lib.getExe testCDIScript) ];
+    };
+    copyToRoot = with pkgs.dockerTools; [
+      usrBinEnv
+      binSh
+    ];
+  };
+  emptyCDISpec = ''
+    {
+      "cdiVersion": "0.5.0",
+      "kind": "nvidia.com/gpu",
+      "devices": [
+        {
+          "name": "all",
+          "containerEdits": {
+            "deviceNodes": [
+              {
+                "path": "/dev/urandom"
+              }
+            ],
+            "hooks": [],
+            "mounts": []
+          }
+        }
+      ],
+      "containerEdits": {
+        "deviceNodes": [],
+        "hooks": [],
+        "mounts": []
+      }
+    }
+  '';
+  nvidia-container-toolkit = {
+    enable = true;
+    package = pkgs.stdenv.mkDerivation {
+      pname = "nvidia-ctk-dummy";
+      version = "1.0.0";
+      dontUnpack = true;
+      dontBuild = true;
+
+      inherit emptyCDISpec;
+      passAsFile = [ "emptyCDISpec" ];
+
+      installPhase = ''
+        mkdir -p $out/bin $out/share/nvidia-container-toolkit
+        cp "$emptyCDISpecPath" "$out/share/nvidia-container-toolkit/spec.json"
+        echo -n "$emptyCDISpec" > "$out/bin/nvidia-ctk";
+        cat << EOF > "$out/bin/nvidia-ctk"
+        #!${pkgs.runtimeShell}
+        cat "$out/share/nvidia-container-toolkit/spec.json"
+        EOF
+        chmod +x $out/bin/nvidia-ctk
+      '';
+      meta.mainProgram = "nvidia-ctk";
+    };
+  };
+in
+{
+  name = "nvidia-container-toolkit";
+  meta = with lib.maintainers; {
+    maintainers = [ ereslibre ];
+  };
+  defaults =
+    { config, ... }:
+    {
+      environment.systemPackages = with pkgs; [ jq ];
+      virtualisation.diskSize = lib.mkDefault 10240;
+      virtualisation.containers.enable = lib.mkDefault true;
+      hardware = {
+        inherit nvidia-container-toolkit;
+        nvidia = {
+          open = true;
+          package = config.boot.kernelPackages.nvidiaPackages.stable.open;
+        };
+        graphics.enable = lib.mkDefault true;
+      };
+    };
+  nodes = {
+    no-gpus = {
+      virtualisation.containers.enable = false;
+      hardware.graphics.enable = false;
+    };
+    one-gpu =
+      { pkgs, ... }:
+      {
+        environment.systemPackages = with pkgs; [ podman ];
+        hardware.graphics.enable = true;
+      };
+
+    one-gpu-invalid-host-paths = {
+      hardware.nvidia-container-toolkit.mounts = [
+        {
+          hostPath = "/non-existant-path";
+          containerPath = "/some/path";
+        }
+      ];
+    };
+  };
+  testScript = ''
+    start_all()
+
+    with subtest("Generate an empty CDI spec for a machine with no Nvidia GPUs"):
+      no_gpus.wait_for_unit("nvidia-container-toolkit-cdi-generator.service")
+      no_gpus.succeed("cat /var/run/cdi/nvidia-container-toolkit.json | jq")
+
+    with subtest("Podman loads the generated CDI spec for a machine with an Nvidia GPU"):
+      one_gpu.wait_for_unit("nvidia-container-toolkit-cdi-generator.service")
+      one_gpu.succeed("cat /var/run/cdi/nvidia-container-toolkit.json | jq")
+      one_gpu.succeed("podman load < ${testContainerImage}")
+      print(one_gpu.succeed("podman run --pull=never --device=nvidia.com/gpu=all -v /run/opengl-driver:/run/opengl-driver:ro cdi-test:latest"))
+
+    # Issue: https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues/319201
+    with subtest("The generated CDI spec skips specified non-existant paths in the host"):
+      one_gpu_invalid_host_paths.wait_for_unit("nvidia-container-toolkit-cdi-generator.service")
+      one_gpu_invalid_host_paths.fail("grep 'non-existant-path' /var/run/cdi/nvidia-container-toolkit.json")
+  '';
+}