diff --git a/dockrice/argparse.py b/dockrice/argparse.py
index 773842c..91fdbd5 100644
--- a/dockrice/argparse.py
+++ b/dockrice/argparse.py
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 import pathlib
 import docker
 from .dockerpath import DockerPath, DockerPathFactory, MountOption, MountSet
-from .utils import get_image, run_image
+from .utils import get_image, run_image, resolve_gpu_device
 import warnings
 import inspect
 
@@ -145,6 +145,13 @@ def __call__(self, parser, namespace, values, option_string=None):
                     factory_self.dockrice_verbose = True
                     delattr(namespace, "dockrice_verbose")
                     return
+                if option_string == "--gpus":
+                    factory_self.docker_kwargs.setdefault("device_requests", [])
+                    factory_self.docker_kwargs["device_requests"].extend(
+                        resolve_gpu_device(values)
+                    )
+                    delattr(namespace, "gpus")
+                    return
                 if option_string is not None:
                     self.run_command.append(option_string)
                 values = self._recursive_resolve_args(values)
@@ -231,6 +238,11 @@ def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
             help="Increases verbosity of dockrice.",
             action="store_true",
         )
+        self.add_argument(
+            "--gpus",
+            help="Adds gpu capability to the docker container.",
+            type=str,
+        )
 
     def add_argument(self, *args, **kwargs):
         kwargs["action"] = self._docker_action_factory(
diff --git a/dockrice/dockerpath.py b/dockrice/dockerpath.py
index af5464a..747b7f8 100644
--- a/dockrice/dockerpath.py
+++ b/dockrice/dockerpath.py
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 
 
 def remove_prefix(string, prefix):
-    return string[(len(prefix) if string.startswith(prefix) else 0):]
+    return string[(len(prefix) if string.startswith(prefix) else 0) :]
 
 
 class MountOption(Enum):
diff --git a/dockrice/utils.py b/dockrice/utils.py
index 1e70e98..23d0c23 100644
--- a/dockrice/utils.py
+++ b/dockrice/utils.py
@@ -204,3 +204,25 @@ def run_image(image, cmd, client=None, return_logs=False, auto_remove=True, **kw
         for line in container.logs(stream=True):
             print(line.decode("utf-8"), end="", flush=True)
         return container.wait()["StatusCode"]
+
+
+def resolve_gpu_device(arg):
+    """Takes a string, similar to the docker --gpus flag and converts it to dockerpy.
+
+    Parameters
+    ----------
+    args: str
+        The string that would be passed to the --gpus flag: "all" or "device=...".
+
+    Returns:
+    --------
+    a list of DeviceRequest objects
+    """
+
+    if arg == "all":
+        return [docker.types.DeviceRequest(count=-1, capabilities=[["gpu"]])]
+    elif arg.startswith("device="):
+        devices = arg.replace("device=", "").split(",")
+        return [docker.types.DeviceRequest(device_ids=devices, capabilities=[["gpu"]])]
+
+    raise ValueError(f"Unknown gpu device value: {arg}")