diff --git a/playbookconfig/src/playbooks/host_vars/bootstrap/default.yml b/playbookconfig/src/playbooks/host_vars/bootstrap/default.yml
index 05a30e0ac..32b7a5aa0 100644
--- a/playbookconfig/src/playbooks/host_vars/bootstrap/default.yml
+++ b/playbookconfig/src/playbooks/host_vars/bootstrap/default.yml
@@ -291,3 +291,18 @@ override_files_dir: "{{ lookup('env', 'HOME') }}"
 # When set to true, disk partitions that were previously used for Ceph data are
 # not wiped. Otherwise, all disks are wiped as part of the bootstrap.
 wipe_ceph_osds: false
+
+# K8S_PLUGINS
+# ===========
+#
+# The following parameters are used for enabling Kubernetes device
+# plugins implemented by hardware/software vendors. By default,
+# plugins are disabled.
+#
+# "k8s_plugins" is a list of selected vendor device plugins to be
+# enabled as part of the bootstrap. When a device plugin is enabled,
+# its pods will be deployed when the plugin label (e.g. intelgpu=enabled)
+# is assigned to the hosts in the cluster as part of system bring-up.
+
+k8s_plugins:
+#  intel-gpu-plugin: intelgpu=enabled
diff --git a/playbookconfig/src/playbooks/roles/bootstrap/bringup-essential-services/tasks/bringup_kubemaster.yml b/playbookconfig/src/playbooks/roles/bootstrap/bringup-essential-services/tasks/bringup_kubemaster.yml
index b65e28521..a975a3db5 100644
--- a/playbookconfig/src/playbooks/roles/bootstrap/bringup-essential-services/tasks/bringup_kubemaster.yml
+++ b/playbookconfig/src/playbooks/roles/bootstrap/bringup-essential-services/tasks/bringup_kubemaster.yml
@@ -239,6 +239,21 @@
 - name: Remove taint from master node
   shell: "kubectl --kubeconfig=/etc/kubernetes/admin.conf taint node controller-0 node-role.kubernetes.io/master- || true"
 
+- block:
+  - name: Applying kubernetes plugins
+    include_role:
+      name: bootstrap/plugins
+      tasks_from: "{{ item }}"
+    with_items: "{{ k8s_plugins }}"
+
+  - name: Create kube plugin list file
+    copy:
+      content: "{{ k8s_plugins }}"
+      dest: /etc/platform/enabled_kube_plugins
+      mode: 0640
+      group: sys_protected
+  when: k8s_plugins
+
 - name: Add kubelet service override
   copy:
     src: "{{ kubelet_override_template }}"
diff --git a/playbookconfig/src/playbooks/roles/bootstrap/plugins/tasks/intel-gpu-plugin.yml b/playbookconfig/src/playbooks/roles/bootstrap/plugins/tasks/intel-gpu-plugin.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..72d89d502
--- /dev/null
+++ b/playbookconfig/src/playbooks/roles/bootstrap/plugins/tasks/intel-gpu-plugin.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+---
+- name: Create Intel GPU device plugin config file
+  template:
+    src: "intel-gpu-plugin.yaml.j2"
+    dest: /etc/kubernetes/intel-gpu-daemonset.yaml
+
+- name: Activate Intel GPU device plugin
+  command: "kubectl --kubeconfig=/etc/kubernetes/admin.conf apply -f /etc/kubernetes/intel-gpu-daemonset.yaml"
diff --git a/playbookconfig/src/playbooks/roles/bootstrap/plugins/templates/intel-gpu-plugin.yaml.j2 b/playbookconfig/src/playbooks/roles/bootstrap/plugins/templates/intel-gpu-plugin.yaml.j2
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..62acadd6d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/playbookconfig/src/playbooks/roles/bootstrap/plugins/templates/intel-gpu-plugin.yaml.j2
@@ -0,0 +1,73 @@
+# Intel GPU  device plugin
+# Based on:
+# https://github.com/intel/intel-device-plugins-for-kubernetes/blob/master/deployments/gpu_plugin/gpu_plugin.yaml
+#
+# The following modifications have been made:
+#  - A nodeSelector of 'intelgpu' has been added to ensure the gpu device plugin
+#   pods only run on appropriately labelled nodes.
+#  - The daemonset is modified to tolerate all NoSchedule taints
+
+---
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: ServiceAccount
+metadata:
+  name: intel-device-plugin
+  namespace: kube-system
+
+---
+apiVersion: apps/v1
+kind: DaemonSet
+metadata:
+  name: intel-gpu-plugin
+  namespace: kube-system
+  labels:
+    app: intel-gpu-plugin
+spec:
+  selector:
+    matchLabels:
+      app: intel-gpu-plugin
+  template:
+    metadata:
+      labels:
+        app: intel-gpu-plugin
+    spec:
+      nodeSelector:
+        intelgpu: enabled
+        {% if  system_mode  != "simplex" -%}
+        openstack-compute-node: enabled
+        {%- endif %}
+
+      tolerations:
+      - operator: Exists
+        effect: NoSchedule
+      serviceAccountName: intel-device-plugin
+      imagePullSecrets:
+        - name: docker-registry-secret
+      containers:
+      - name: intel-gpu-plugin
+        env:
+          - name: NODE_NAME
+            valueFrom:
+              fieldRef:
+                fieldPath: spec.nodeName
+        image: "{{ docker_registry.url }}/starlingx/intel-gpu-plugin:master-distroless-stable-latest"
+        imagePullPolicy: IfNotPresent
+        securityContext:
+          readOnlyRootFilesystem: true
+        volumeMounts:
+        - name: devfs
+          mountPath: /dev
+        - name: sysfs
+          mountPath: /sys
+        - name: kubeletsockets
+          mountPath: /var/lib/kubelet/device-plugins
+      volumes:
+      - name: devfs
+        hostPath:
+          path: /dev
+      - name: sysfs
+        hostPath:
+          path: /sys
+      - name: kubeletsockets
+        hostPath:
+          path: /var/lib/kubelet/device-plugins