diff --git a/deployments/container/Dockerfile b/deployments/container/Dockerfile
index 817e2ac38..893a5def9 100644
--- a/deployments/container/Dockerfile
+++ b/deployments/container/Dockerfile
@@ -83,6 +83,11 @@ LABEL release="N/A"
 LABEL summary="NVIDIA device plugin for Kubernetes"
 LABEL description="See summary"
 
+# We need this ldconfig config file otherwise when the `nvidia-ctk hook update-ldcache` hook kicks in,
+# it may override the glibc and other libraries shipped with this container with the ones
+# come from mounted driver libraries
+# ref: https://github.com/NVIDIA/k8s-device-plugin/issues/1182
+RUN echo "/lib64" > /etc/ld.so.conf.d/lib64.conf
 RUN mkdir /licenses && mv /NGC-DL-CONTAINER-LICENSE /licenses/NGC-DL-CONTAINER-LICENSE
 
 COPY --from=build /artifacts/config-manager         /usr/bin/config-manager