diff --git a/transcoder/Dockerfile b/transcoder/Dockerfile
index b779894c..c46602ba 100644
--- a/transcoder/Dockerfile
+++ b/transcoder/Dockerfile
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ RUN set -x && apt-get update \
 	# runtime dependencies
 	ffmpeg \
 	# hwaccel dependencies
-	vainfo mesa-va-drivers \
+	vainfo mesa-va-drivers nvidia-cuda-toolkit \
 	# intel hwaccel dependencies, not available everywhere
 	# Install QSV packages required by ffmpeg here: https://trac.ffmpeg.org/wiki/Hardware/QuickSync
 	# libvpl2 is required for newer Intel iGPUs, such as those on Raptor Lake
diff --git a/transcoder/Dockerfile.dev b/transcoder/Dockerfile.dev
index 371f6454..1dc267b7 100644
--- a/transcoder/Dockerfile.dev
+++ b/transcoder/Dockerfile.dev
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ RUN apt-get update \
 	# build dependencies
 	libavformat-dev libavutil-dev libswscale-dev \
 	# hwaccel dependencies
-	vainfo mesa-va-drivers \
+	vainfo mesa-va-drivers nvidia-cuda-toolkit \
 	# intel hwaccel dependencies, not available everywhere
 	$([ " $TARGETARCH" = " amd64" ] && echo "intel-media-va-driver-non-free i965-va-driver-shaders") \
 	# CA certificates for HTTPS to S3 buckets