diff --git a/tools/packaging/kata-deploy/binary/src/artifacts/install.rs b/tools/packaging/kata-deploy/binary/src/artifacts/install.rs
index 760477427f..8b27c12723 100644
--- a/tools/packaging/kata-deploy/binary/src/artifacts/install.rs
+++ b/tools/packaging/kata-deploy/binary/src/artifacts/install.rs
@@ -33,6 +33,8 @@ const ALL_SHIMS: &[&str] = &[
     "qemu-cca",
     "qemu-coco-dev",
     "qemu-coco-dev-runtime-rs",
+    "qemu-nvidia-cpu",
+    "qemu-nvidia-cpu-runtime-rs",
     "qemu-nvidia-gpu",
     "qemu-nvidia-gpu-runtime-rs",
     "qemu-nvidia-gpu-snp",
@@ -1369,6 +1371,8 @@ mod tests {
     #[case("qemu-se", "qemu")]
     #[case("qemu-coco-dev", "qemu")]
     #[case("qemu-cca", "qemu")]
+    #[case("qemu-nvidia-cpu", "qemu")]
+    #[case("qemu-nvidia-cpu-runtime-rs", "qemu")]
     #[case("qemu-nvidia-gpu", "qemu")]
     #[case("qemu-nvidia-gpu-runtime-rs", "qemu")]
     #[case("qemu-nvidia-gpu-snp", "qemu")]
diff --git a/tools/packaging/kata-deploy/binary/src/config.rs b/tools/packaging/kata-deploy/binary/src/config.rs
index 8c7ffe4e73..9401673db5 100644
--- a/tools/packaging/kata-deploy/binary/src/config.rs
+++ b/tools/packaging/kata-deploy/binary/src/config.rs
@@ -886,8 +886,8 @@ fn parse_custom_runtimes() -> Result<Vec<CustomRuntime>> {
 /// Returns only shims that are supported for that architecture
 fn get_default_shims_for_arch(arch: &str) -> &'static str {
     match arch {
-        "x86_64" => "clh clh-runtime-rs dragonball fc qemu qemu-coco-dev qemu-coco-dev-runtime-rs qemu-runtime-rs qemu-nvidia-gpu qemu-nvidia-gpu-runtime-rs qemu-nvidia-gpu-snp qemu-nvidia-gpu-snp-runtime-rs qemu-nvidia-gpu-tdx qemu-nvidia-gpu-tdx-runtime-rs qemu-snp qemu-snp-runtime-rs qemu-tdx qemu-tdx-runtime-rs",
-        "aarch64" => "clh clh-runtime-rs dragonball fc qemu qemu-coco-dev-runtime-rs qemu-runtime-rs qemu-nvidia-gpu qemu-cca",
+        "x86_64" => "clh clh-runtime-rs dragonball fc qemu qemu-coco-dev qemu-coco-dev-runtime-rs qemu-runtime-rs qemu-nvidia-cpu qemu-nvidia-cpu-runtime-rs qemu-nvidia-gpu qemu-nvidia-gpu-runtime-rs qemu-nvidia-gpu-snp qemu-nvidia-gpu-snp-runtime-rs qemu-nvidia-gpu-tdx qemu-nvidia-gpu-tdx-runtime-rs qemu-snp qemu-snp-runtime-rs qemu-tdx qemu-tdx-runtime-rs",
+        "aarch64" => "clh clh-runtime-rs dragonball fc qemu qemu-coco-dev-runtime-rs qemu-runtime-rs qemu-nvidia-cpu qemu-nvidia-cpu-runtime-rs qemu-nvidia-gpu qemu-cca",
         "s390x" => "qemu qemu-runtime-rs qemu-se qemu-se-runtime-rs qemu-coco-dev qemu-coco-dev-runtime-rs",
         "ppc64le" => "qemu",
         _ => "qemu", // Fallback to qemu for unknown architectures
diff --git a/tools/packaging/kata-deploy/binary/src/utils/system.rs b/tools/packaging/kata-deploy/binary/src/utils/system.rs
index 1ba761c765..bf15e31c9f 100644
--- a/tools/packaging/kata-deploy/binary/src/utils/system.rs
+++ b/tools/packaging/kata-deploy/binary/src/utils/system.rs
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ pub const RUST_SHIMS: &[&str] = &[
     "clh-runtime-rs",
     "dragonball",
     "qemu-runtime-rs",
+    "qemu-nvidia-cpu-runtime-rs",
     "qemu-nvidia-gpu-runtime-rs",
     "qemu-nvidia-gpu-snp-runtime-rs",
     "qemu-nvidia-gpu-tdx-runtime-rs",
@@ -215,6 +216,7 @@ mod tests {
             "qemu-se",
             "qemu-coco-dev",
             "qemu-cca",
+            "qemu-nvidia-cpu",
             "qemu-nvidia-gpu",
             "qemu-nvidia-gpu-tdx",
             "qemu-nvidia-gpu-snp",
diff --git a/tools/packaging/kata-deploy/helm-chart/kata-deploy/templates/runtimeclasses.yaml b/tools/packaging/kata-deploy/helm-chart/kata-deploy/templates/runtimeclasses.yaml
index c03e582834..a1d0c23ae1 100644
--- a/tools/packaging/kata-deploy/helm-chart/kata-deploy/templates/runtimeclasses.yaml
+++ b/tools/packaging/kata-deploy/helm-chart/kata-deploy/templates/runtimeclasses.yaml
@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@
   "qemu-snp-runtime-rs" (dict "memory" "2048Mi" "cpu" "1.0")
   "qemu-tdx" (dict "memory" "2048Mi" "cpu" "1.0")
   "qemu-tdx-runtime-rs" (dict "memory" "2048Mi" "cpu" "1.0")
+  "qemu-nvidia-cpu" (dict "memory" "320Mi" "cpu" "250m")
+  "qemu-nvidia-cpu-runtime-rs" (dict "memory" "320Mi" "cpu" "250m")
   "qemu-nvidia-gpu" (dict "memory" "10240Mi" "cpu" "1.0")
   "qemu-nvidia-gpu-runtime-rs" (dict "memory" "10240Mi" "cpu" "1.0")
   "qemu-nvidia-gpu-snp" (dict "memory" "10240Mi" "cpu" "1.0")
diff --git a/tools/packaging/kata-deploy/helm-chart/kata-deploy/values.yaml b/tools/packaging/kata-deploy/helm-chart/kata-deploy/values.yaml
index 0ba43cd1e6..2eb272fcab 100644
--- a/tools/packaging/kata-deploy/helm-chart/kata-deploy/values.yaml
+++ b/tools/packaging/kata-deploy/helm-chart/kata-deploy/values.yaml
@@ -464,6 +464,24 @@ shims:
     containerd:
       snapshotter: ""
 
+  qemu-nvidia-cpu:
+    enabled: ~
+    supportedArches:
+      - amd64
+      - arm64
+    allowedHypervisorAnnotations: []
+    containerd:
+      snapshotter: ""
+
+  qemu-nvidia-cpu-runtime-rs:
+    enabled: ~
+    supportedArches:
+      - amd64
+      - arm64
+    allowedHypervisorAnnotations: []
+    containerd:
+      snapshotter: ""
+
   qemu-nvidia-gpu:
     enabled: ~
     supportedArches: