diff --git a/iso/overlay/usr/local/bin/bee-nvidia-load b/iso/overlay/usr/local/bin/bee-nvidia-load
index 5ece69c..0226ebe 100755
--- a/iso/overlay/usr/local/bin/bee-nvidia-load
+++ b/iso/overlay/usr/local/bin/bee-nvidia-load
@@ -8,6 +8,12 @@ log() { echo "[bee-nvidia] $*"; }
 
 log "kernel: $(uname -r)"
 
+# Skip if no NVIDIA GPU present (PCI vendor 10de)
+if ! lspci -nn 2>/dev/null | grep -qi '10de:'; then
+    log "no NVIDIA GPU detected — skipping module load"
+    exit 0
+fi
+
 if [ ! -d "$NVIDIA_KO_DIR" ]; then
     log "ERROR: NVIDIA module dir missing: $NVIDIA_KO_DIR"
     exit 1