diff --git a/latch_cli/snakemake/workflow.py b/latch_cli/snakemake/workflow.py
index 500b5437..20bdf4ac 100644
--- a/latch_cli/snakemake/workflow.py
+++ b/latch_cli/snakemake/workflow.py
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@
 from typing_extensions import TypeAlias, TypedDict
 
 import latch.types.metadata as metadata
-from latch.resources.tasks import custom_task
+from latch.resources.tasks import _get_small_gpu_pod, custom_task
 from latch.types.directory import LatchDir
 from latch.types.file import LatchFile
 from latch_cli.snakemake.config.utils import type_repr
@@ -1084,17 +1084,38 @@ def __init__(
         self._task_function = task_fn_placeholder
 
         limits = self.job.resources
-        cores = limits.get("cpus", 4)
 
-        # convert MB to GiB
-        mem = limits.get("mem_mb", 8589) * 1000 * 1000 // 1024 // 1024 // 1024
+        self._uses_gpu = limits.get("nvidia_gpu") is not None
+        if self._uses_gpu and self.job.container_img_url is not None:
+            click.secho(
+                dedent("""
+                    GPU tasks within container images are not yet supported. To resolve,
+                    use conda for all GPU tasks and OR add all dependencies to your main
+                    Dockerfile.
+                    """),
+                fg="red",
+            )
+            raise click.exceptions.Exit(1)
+
+        if not self._uses_gpu:
+            cores = limits.get("cpus", 4)
+            # convert MB to GiB
+            mem = limits.get("mem_mb", 8589) * 1000 * 1000 // 1024 // 1024 // 1024
+            task_config = custom_task(cpu=cores, memory=mem).keywords["task_config"]
+        else:
+            if limits.get("nvidia_gpu") > 1:
+                click.secho(
+                    "Multi-GPU tasks are not supported. Set nvidia_gpu=1", fg="red"
+                )
+                raise click.exceptions.Exit(1)
+            task_config = _get_small_gpu_pod()
 
         super().__init__(
             task_type="sidecar",
             task_type_version=2,
             name=name,
             interface=interface,
-            task_config=custom_task(cpu=cores, memory=mem).keywords["task_config"],
+            task_config=task_config,
             task_resolver=SnakemakeJobTaskResolver(),
         )
 
@@ -1321,6 +1342,12 @@ def get_fn_code(
             snakefile_path_in_container,
             *(["--use-conda"] if self.wf._use_conda else []),
             *(["--use-singularity"] if self.wf._use_container else []),
+            # we use docker instead of singularity, so these are docker run arguments
+            *(
+                ["--singularity-args", "--gpus all"]
+                if self.wf._use_container and self._uses_gpu
+                else []
+            ),
             "--target-jobs",
             *jobs_cli_args(jobs),
             "--allowed-rules",