diff --git a/src/libs/kata-types/src/annotations/mod.rs b/src/libs/kata-types/src/annotations/mod.rs
index 4fed477689..f448344864 100644
--- a/src/libs/kata-types/src/annotations/mod.rs
+++ b/src/libs/kata-types/src/annotations/mod.rs
@@ -276,6 +276,14 @@ pub const KATA_ANNO_CFG_HYPERVISOR_MSIZE_9P: &str = "io.katacontainers.config.hy
 pub const KATA_ANNO_CFG_HYPERVISOR_INIT_DATA: &str =
     "io.katacontainers.config.hypervisor.cc_init_data";
 
+/// GPU specific annotations for remote hypervisor to help with instance selection
+/// It's for minimum number of GPUs required for the VM.
+pub const KATA_ANNO_CFG_HYPERVISOR_DEFAULT_GPUS: &str =
+    "io.katacontainers.config.hypervisor.default_gpus";
+/// It's for the GPU model(tesla, h100, a100, radeon etc.) required for the VM.
+pub const KATA_ANNO_CFG_HYPERVISOR_DEFAULT_GPU_MODEL: &str =
+    "io.katacontainers.config.hypervisor.default_gpu_model";
+
 // Runtime related annotations
 /// Prefix for Runtime configurations.
 pub const KATA_ANNO_CFG_RUNTIME_PREFIX: &str = "io.katacontainers.config.runtime.";
@@ -888,6 +896,17 @@ impl Annotation {
                         hv.security_info.initdata =
                             add_hypervisor_initdata_overrides(value).unwrap();
                     }
+                    KATA_ANNO_CFG_HYPERVISOR_DEFAULT_GPUS => match self.get_value::<u32>(key) {
+                        Ok(r) => {
+                            hv.remote_info.default_gpus = r.unwrap_or_default();
+                        }
+                        Err(_e) => {
+                            return Err(u32_err);
+                        }
+                    },
+                    KATA_ANNO_CFG_HYPERVISOR_DEFAULT_GPU_MODEL => {
+                        hv.remote_info.default_gpu_model = value.to_string();
+                    }
                     KATA_ANNO_CFG_HYPERVISOR_ENABLE_ROOTLESS_HYPERVISOR => {
                         match self.get_value::<bool>(key) {
                             Ok(r) => {
diff --git a/src/libs/kata-types/src/config/hypervisor/mod.rs b/src/libs/kata-types/src/config/hypervisor/mod.rs
index 8d5115323c..09b0f150cc 100644
--- a/src/libs/kata-types/src/config/hypervisor/mod.rs
+++ b/src/libs/kata-types/src/config/hypervisor/mod.rs
@@ -1110,6 +1110,14 @@ pub struct RemoteInfo {
     /// Remote hyperisor timeout of creating (in seconds)
     #[serde(default)]
     pub hypervisor_timeout: i32,
+
+    /// GPU specific annotations (currently only applicable for Remote Hypervisor)
+    /// default_gpus specifies the number of GPUs required for the Kata VM
+    #[serde(default)]
+    pub default_gpus: u32,
+    /// default_gpu_model specifies GPU model like tesla, h100, a100, readeon etc.
+    #[serde(default)]
+    pub default_gpu_model: String,
 }
 
 /// Common configuration information for hypervisors.
diff --git a/src/runtime-rs/config/configuration-remote.toml.in b/src/runtime-rs/config/configuration-remote.toml.in
index b750a9de81..fbab21f7f7 100644
--- a/src/runtime-rs/config/configuration-remote.toml.in
+++ b/src/runtime-rs/config/configuration-remote.toml.in
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ remote_hypervisor_timeout = 600
 # Each member of the list is a regular expression, which is the base name
 # of the annotation, e.g. "path" for io.katacontainers.config.hypervisor.path"
 # Note: Remote hypervisor is only handling the following annotations
-enable_annotations = ["machine_type", "default_memory", "default_vcpus"]
+enable_annotations = ["machine_type", "default_memory", "default_vcpus", "default_gpus", "default_gpu_model"]
 
 # Optional space-separated list of options to pass to the guest kernel.
 # For example, use `kernel_params = "vsyscall=emulate"` if you are having
diff --git a/src/runtime-rs/crates/hypervisor/src/remote/inner.rs b/src/runtime-rs/crates/hypervisor/src/remote/inner.rs
index 2c4e7caf80..47eec7e2b3 100644
--- a/src/runtime-rs/crates/hypervisor/src/remote/inner.rs
+++ b/src/runtime-rs/crates/hypervisor/src/remote/inner.rs
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ use async_trait::async_trait;
 use kata_types::{
     annotations::{
         cri_containerd::{SANDBOX_NAMESPACE_LABEL_KEY, SANDBOX_NAME_LABEL_KEY},
+        KATA_ANNO_CFG_HYPERVISOR_DEFAULT_GPUS, KATA_ANNO_CFG_HYPERVISOR_DEFAULT_GPU_MODEL,
         KATA_ANNO_CFG_HYPERVISOR_DEFAULT_MEMORY, KATA_ANNO_CFG_HYPERVISOR_DEFAULT_VCPUS,
         KATA_ANNO_CFG_HYPERVISOR_IMAGE_PATH, KATA_ANNO_CFG_HYPERVISOR_MACHINE_TYPE,
     },
@@ -124,6 +125,14 @@ impl RemoteInner {
             KATA_ANNO_CFG_HYPERVISOR_IMAGE_PATH.to_string(),
             config.boot_info.image.to_string(),
         );
+        annotations.insert(
+            KATA_ANNO_CFG_HYPERVISOR_DEFAULT_GPUS.to_string(),
+            config.remote_info.default_gpus.to_string(),
+        );
+        annotations.insert(
+            KATA_ANNO_CFG_HYPERVISOR_DEFAULT_GPU_MODEL.to_string(),
+            config.remote_info.default_gpu_model.to_string(),
+        );
         annotations
     }