diff --git a/.docker/build b/.docker/build
index d3295ddb..b029dce7 100755
--- a/.docker/build
+++ b/.docker/build
@@ -77,6 +77,21 @@ build_arm() {
   fi
 }
 
+build_nvidia() {
+  if [ "$1" = "base" ]
+  then
+    # build nvidia base
+    docker build -t "${BUILD_IMAGE}:nvidia-base" -f base/Dockerfile.nvidia "${BASE}"
+  elif [ -f "$1/Dockerfile.nvidia" ]
+  then
+    # build dedicated nvidia image
+    docker build -t "${BUILD_IMAGE}:nvidia-$1" --build-arg="BASE_IMAGE=${BUILD_IMAGE}:nvidia-base" -f "$1/Dockerfile.nvidia" "$1/"
+  else
+    # try to build nvidia image with common Dockerfile
+    docker build -t "${BUILD_IMAGE}:nvidia-$1" --build-arg="BASE_IMAGE=${BUILD_IMAGE}:nvidia-base" -f "$1/Dockerfile" "$1/"
+  fi
+}
+
 case $1 in
   client) build_client;;
   server) build_server;;
@@ -84,6 +99,9 @@ case $1 in
   # build arm- images
   arm-*) build_arm "${1#arm-}";;
 
+  # build nvidia- images
+  nvidia-*) build_nvidia "${1#nvidia-}";;
+
   # build images
   *) build "$1";;
 esac
diff --git a/.docker/start-server b/.docker/start-server
index 7613dc8f..560b4ce8 100755
--- a/.docker/start-server
+++ b/.docker/start-server
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ if [ ! -f "${BINARY_PATH}" ] || [ "$1" == "-r" ]; then
   ./rebuild-server
 fi
 
+# use --gpus all to enable GPU acceleration
 docker run --rm -it \
   --name "neko_dev" \
   -p "${SERVER_PORT}:8080" \