diff --git a/bootc-nvidia-base-fedora/Containerfile b/bootc-nvidia-base-fedora/Containerfile
index db061bc..4b7f32a 100644
--- a/bootc-nvidia-base-fedora/Containerfile
+++ b/bootc-nvidia-base-fedora/Containerfile
@@ -53,4 +53,4 @@ RUN echo "blacklist nouveau" > /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist_nouveau.conf
 COPY usr/ /usr/
 
 #! Enable necessary services to be started at boot
-RUN systemctl enable nvidia-toolkit-firstboot.service nvidia-drivers.service
+RUN systemctl enable nvidia-toolkit-firstboot.service nvidia-drivers.service nvidia-persist.service
diff --git a/bootc-nvidia-base-fedora/usr/lib/systemd/system/nvidia-persist.service b/bootc-nvidia-base-fedora/usr/lib/systemd/system/nvidia-persist.service
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c79a8c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bootc-nvidia-base-fedora/usr/lib/systemd/system/nvidia-persist.service
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+[Unit]
+Description=NVIDIA Persistence Daemon
+Wants=syslog.target
+After=nvidia-drivers.service
+
+[Service]
+Type=forking
+ExecStart=/usr/bin/nvidia-persistenced --user root
+ExecStopPost=/bin/rm -rf /var/run/nvidia-persistenced
+
+[Install]
+WantedBy=multi-user.target
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