diff --git a/agent/gpu.go b/agent/gpu.go
index 18838d11..e9c7c54b 100644
--- a/agent/gpu.go
+++ b/agent/gpu.go
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ type GPUManager struct {
 	rocmSmi       bool
 	tegrastats    bool
 	intelGpuStats bool
+	nvml          bool
 	GpuDataMap    map[string]*system.GPUData
 	// lastAvgData stores the last calculated averages for each GPU
 	// Used when a collection happens before new data arrives (Count == 0)
@@ -297,8 +298,13 @@ func (gm *GPUManager) calculateGPUAverage(id string, gpu *system.GPUData, cacheK
 	currentCount := uint32(gpu.Count)
 	deltaCount := gm.calculateDeltaCount(currentCount, lastSnapshot)
 
-	// If no new data arrived, use last known average
+	// If no new data arrived
 	if deltaCount == 0 {
+		// If GPU appears suspended (instantaneous values are 0), return zero values
+		// Otherwise return last known average for temporary collection gaps
+		if gpu.Temperature == 0 && gpu.MemoryUsed == 0 {
+			return system.GPUData{Name: gpu.Name}
+		}
 		return gm.lastAvgData[id] // zero value if not found
 	}
 
@@ -396,7 +402,7 @@ func (gm *GPUManager) detectGPUs() error {
 	if _, err := exec.LookPath(intelGpuStatsCmd); err == nil {
 		gm.intelGpuStats = true
 	}
-	if gm.nvidiaSmi || gm.rocmSmi || gm.tegrastats || gm.intelGpuStats {
+	if gm.nvidiaSmi || gm.rocmSmi || gm.tegrastats || gm.intelGpuStats || gm.nvml {
 		return nil
 	}
 	return fmt.Errorf("no GPU found - install nvidia-smi, rocm-smi, tegrastats, or intel_gpu_top")
@@ -467,7 +473,20 @@ func NewGPUManager() (*GPUManager, error) {
 	gm.GpuDataMap = make(map[string]*system.GPUData)
 
 	if gm.nvidiaSmi {
-		gm.startCollector(nvidiaSmiCmd)
+		if nvml, _ := GetEnv("NVML"); nvml == "true" {
+			gm.nvml = true
+			gm.nvidiaSmi = false
+			collector := &nvmlCollector{gm: &gm}
+			if err := collector.init(); err == nil {
+				go collector.start()
+			} else {
+				slog.Warn("Failed to initialize NVML, falling back to nvidia-smi", "err", err)
+				gm.nvidiaSmi = true
+				gm.startCollector(nvidiaSmiCmd)
+			}
+		} else {
+			gm.startCollector(nvidiaSmiCmd)
+		}
 	}
 	if gm.rocmSmi {
 		gm.startCollector(rocmSmiCmd)
diff --git a/agent/gpu_nvml.go b/agent/gpu_nvml.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..2615d80b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/agent/gpu_nvml.go
@@ -0,0 +1,210 @@
+package agent
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"strings"
+	"time"
+	"unsafe"
+
+	"github.com/ebitengine/purego"
+	"github.com/henrygd/beszel/internal/entities/system"
+	"golang.org/x/exp/slog"
+)
+
+// NVML constants and types
+const (
+	nvmlSuccess int = 0
+)
+
+type nvmlDevice uintptr
+
+type nvmlReturn int
+
+type nvmlMemoryV1 struct {
+	Total uint64
+	Free  uint64
+	Used  uint64
+}
+
+type nvmlMemoryV2 struct {
+	Version  uint32
+	Total    uint64
+	Reserved uint64
+	Free     uint64
+	Used     uint64
+}
+
+type nvmlUtilization struct {
+	Gpu    uint32
+	Memory uint32
+}
+
+type nvmlPciInfo struct {
+	BusId          [16]byte
+	Domain         uint32
+	Bus            uint32
+	Device         uint32
+	PciDeviceId    uint32
+	PciSubSystemId uint32
+}
+
+// NVML function signatures
+var (
+	nvmlInit                      func() nvmlReturn
+	nvmlShutdown                  func() nvmlReturn
+	nvmlDeviceGetCount            func(count *uint32) nvmlReturn
+	nvmlDeviceGetHandleByIndex    func(index uint32, device *nvmlDevice) nvmlReturn
+	nvmlDeviceGetName             func(device nvmlDevice, name *byte, length uint32) nvmlReturn
+	nvmlDeviceGetMemoryInfo       func(device nvmlDevice, memory uintptr) nvmlReturn
+	nvmlDeviceGetUtilizationRates func(device nvmlDevice, utilization *nvmlUtilization) nvmlReturn
+	nvmlDeviceGetTemperature      func(device nvmlDevice, sensorType int, temp *uint32) nvmlReturn
+	nvmlDeviceGetPowerUsage       func(device nvmlDevice, power *uint32) nvmlReturn
+	nvmlDeviceGetPciInfo          func(device nvmlDevice, pci *nvmlPciInfo) nvmlReturn
+	nvmlErrorString               func(result nvmlReturn) string
+)
+
+type nvmlCollector struct {
+	gm      *GPUManager
+	lib     uintptr
+	devices []nvmlDevice
+	bdfs    []string
+	isV2    bool
+}
+
+func (c *nvmlCollector) init() error {
+	slog.Debug("NVML: Initializing")
+	libPath := getNVMLPath()
+
+	lib, err := openLibrary(libPath)
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed to load %s: %w", libPath, err)
+	}
+	c.lib = lib
+
+	purego.RegisterLibFunc(&nvmlInit, lib, "nvmlInit")
+	purego.RegisterLibFunc(&nvmlShutdown, lib, "nvmlShutdown")
+	purego.RegisterLibFunc(&nvmlDeviceGetCount, lib, "nvmlDeviceGetCount")
+	purego.RegisterLibFunc(&nvmlDeviceGetHandleByIndex, lib, "nvmlDeviceGetHandleByIndex")
+	purego.RegisterLibFunc(&nvmlDeviceGetName, lib, "nvmlDeviceGetName")
+	// Try to get v2 memory info, fallback to v1 if not available
+	if hasSymbol(lib, "nvmlDeviceGetMemoryInfo_v2") {
+		c.isV2 = true
+		purego.RegisterLibFunc(&nvmlDeviceGetMemoryInfo, lib, "nvmlDeviceGetMemoryInfo_v2")
+	} else {
+		purego.RegisterLibFunc(&nvmlDeviceGetMemoryInfo, lib, "nvmlDeviceGetMemoryInfo")
+	}
+	purego.RegisterLibFunc(&nvmlDeviceGetUtilizationRates, lib, "nvmlDeviceGetUtilizationRates")
+	purego.RegisterLibFunc(&nvmlDeviceGetTemperature, lib, "nvmlDeviceGetTemperature")
+	purego.RegisterLibFunc(&nvmlDeviceGetPowerUsage, lib, "nvmlDeviceGetPowerUsage")
+	purego.RegisterLibFunc(&nvmlDeviceGetPciInfo, lib, "nvmlDeviceGetPciInfo")
+	purego.RegisterLibFunc(&nvmlErrorString, lib, "nvmlErrorString")
+
+	if ret := nvmlInit(); ret != nvmlReturn(nvmlSuccess) {
+		return fmt.Errorf("nvmlInit failed: %v", ret)
+	}
+
+	var count uint32
+	if ret := nvmlDeviceGetCount(&count); ret != nvmlReturn(nvmlSuccess) {
+		return fmt.Errorf("nvmlDeviceGetCount failed: %v", ret)
+	}
+
+	for i := uint32(0); i < count; i++ {
+		var device nvmlDevice
+		if ret := nvmlDeviceGetHandleByIndex(i, &device); ret == nvmlReturn(nvmlSuccess) {
+			c.devices = append(c.devices, device)
+			// Get BDF for power state check
+			var pci nvmlPciInfo
+			if ret := nvmlDeviceGetPciInfo(device, &pci); ret == nvmlReturn(nvmlSuccess) {
+				busID := string(pci.BusId[:])
+				if idx := strings.Index(busID, "\x00"); idx != -1 {
+					busID = busID[:idx]
+				}
+				c.bdfs = append(c.bdfs, strings.ToLower(busID))
+			} else {
+				c.bdfs = append(c.bdfs, "")
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (c *nvmlCollector) start() {
+	defer nvmlShutdown()
+	ticker := time.Tick(3 * time.Second)
+
+	for range ticker {
+		c.collect()
+	}
+}
+
+func (c *nvmlCollector) collect() {
+	c.gm.Lock()
+	defer c.gm.Unlock()
+
+	for i, device := range c.devices {
+		id := fmt.Sprintf("%d", i)
+		bdf := c.bdfs[i]
+
+		// Update GPUDataMap
+		if _, ok := c.gm.GpuDataMap[id]; !ok {
+			var nameBuf [64]byte
+			if ret := nvmlDeviceGetName(device, &nameBuf[0], 64); ret != nvmlReturn(nvmlSuccess) {
+				continue
+			}
+			name := string(nameBuf[:strings.Index(string(nameBuf[:]), "\x00")])
+			name = strings.TrimPrefix(name, "NVIDIA ")
+			c.gm.GpuDataMap[id] = &system.GPUData{Name: strings.TrimSuffix(name, " Laptop GPU")}
+		}
+		gpu := c.gm.GpuDataMap[id]
+
+		if bdf != "" && !c.isGPUActive(bdf) {
+			slog.Debug("NVML: GPU is suspended, skipping", "bdf", bdf)
+			gpu.Temperature = 0
+			gpu.MemoryUsed = 0
+			continue
+		}
+
+		// Utilization
+		var utilization nvmlUtilization
+		if ret := nvmlDeviceGetUtilizationRates(device, &utilization); ret != nvmlReturn(nvmlSuccess) {
+			slog.Debug("NVML: Utilization failed (GPU likely suspended)", "bdf", bdf, "ret", ret)
+			gpu.Temperature = 0
+			gpu.MemoryUsed = 0
+			continue
+		}
+
+		slog.Debug("NVML: Collecting data for GPU", "bdf", bdf)
+
+		// Temperature
+		var temp uint32
+		nvmlDeviceGetTemperature(device, 0, &temp) // 0 is NVML_TEMPERATURE_GPU
+
+		// Memory
+		var usedMem, totalMem uint64
+		if c.isV2 {
+			var memory nvmlMemoryV2
+			memory.Version = 0x02000028 // (2 << 24) | 40 bytes
+			nvmlDeviceGetMemoryInfo(device, uintptr(unsafe.Pointer(&memory)))
+			usedMem = memory.Used
+			totalMem = memory.Total
+		} else {
+			var memory nvmlMemoryV1
+			nvmlDeviceGetMemoryInfo(device, uintptr(unsafe.Pointer(&memory)))
+			usedMem = memory.Used
+			totalMem = memory.Total
+		}
+
+		// Power
+		var power uint32
+		nvmlDeviceGetPowerUsage(device, &power)
+
+		gpu.Temperature = float64(temp)
+		gpu.MemoryUsed = float64(usedMem) / 1024 / 1024 / mebibytesInAMegabyte
+		gpu.MemoryTotal = float64(totalMem) / 1024 / 1024 / mebibytesInAMegabyte
+		gpu.Usage += float64(utilization.Gpu)
+		gpu.Power += float64(power) / 1000.0
+		gpu.Count++
+		slog.Debug("NVML: Collected data", "gpu", gpu)
+	}
+}
diff --git a/agent/gpu_nvml_linux.go b/agent/gpu_nvml_linux.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..67468c12
--- /dev/null
+++ b/agent/gpu_nvml_linux.go
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+//go:build linux
+
+package agent
+
+import (
+	"os"
+	"path/filepath"
+	"strings"
+
+	"github.com/ebitengine/purego"
+	"golang.org/x/exp/slog"
+)
+
+func openLibrary(name string) (uintptr, error) {
+	return purego.Dlopen(name, purego.RTLD_NOW|purego.RTLD_GLOBAL)
+}
+
+func getNVMLPath() string {
+	return "libnvidia-ml.so.1"
+}
+
+func hasSymbol(lib uintptr, symbol string) bool {
+	_, err := purego.Dlsym(lib, symbol)
+	return err == nil
+}
+
+func (c *nvmlCollector) isGPUActive(bdf string) bool {
+	// runtime_status
+	statusPath := filepath.Join("/sys/bus/pci/devices", bdf, "power/runtime_status")
+	status, err := os.ReadFile(statusPath)
+	if err != nil {
+		slog.Debug("NVML: Can't read runtime_status", "bdf", bdf, "err", err)
+		return true // Assume active if we can't read status
+	}
+	statusStr := strings.TrimSpace(string(status))
+	if statusStr != "active" && statusStr != "resuming" {
+		slog.Debug("NVML: GPU not active", "bdf", bdf, "status", statusStr)
+		return false
+	}
+
+	// power_state (D0 check)
+	// Find any drm card device power_state
+	pstatePathPattern := filepath.Join("/sys/bus/pci/devices", bdf, "drm/card*/device/power_state")
+	matches, _ := filepath.Glob(pstatePathPattern)
+	if len(matches) > 0 {
+		pstate, err := os.ReadFile(matches[0])
+		if err == nil {
+			pstateStr := strings.TrimSpace(string(pstate))
+			if pstateStr != "D0" {
+				slog.Debug("NVML: GPU not in D0 state", "bdf", bdf, "pstate", pstateStr)
+				return false
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	return true
+}
diff --git a/agent/gpu_nvml_unsupported.go b/agent/gpu_nvml_unsupported.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ac5502a3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/agent/gpu_nvml_unsupported.go
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+//go:build !linux && !windows
+
+package agent
+
+import "fmt"
+
+func openLibrary(name string) (uintptr, error) {
+	return 0, fmt.Errorf("nvml not supported on this platform")
+}
+
+func getNVMLPath() string {
+	return ""
+}
+
+func hasSymbol(lib uintptr, symbol string) bool {
+	return false
+}
+
+func (c *nvmlCollector) isGPUActive(bdf string) bool {
+	return true
+}
diff --git a/agent/gpu_nvml_windows.go b/agent/gpu_nvml_windows.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..67318ec9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/agent/gpu_nvml_windows.go
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+//go:build windows
+
+package agent
+
+import (
+	"golang.org/x/sys/windows"
+)
+
+func openLibrary(name string) (uintptr, error) {
+	handle, err := windows.LoadLibrary(name)
+	return uintptr(handle), err
+}
+
+func getNVMLPath() string {
+	return "nvml.dll"
+}
+
+func hasSymbol(lib uintptr, symbol string) bool {
+	_, err := windows.GetProcAddress(windows.Handle(lib), symbol)
+	return err == nil
+}
+
+func (c *nvmlCollector) isGPUActive(bdf string) bool {
+	return true
+}
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 2b38fda3..d19d4ff9 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/blang/semver v3.5.1+incompatible
 	github.com/coreos/go-systemd/v22 v22.6.0
 	github.com/distatus/battery v0.11.0
+	github.com/ebitengine/purego v0.9.1
 	github.com/fxamacker/cbor/v2 v2.9.0
 	github.com/gliderlabs/ssh v0.3.8
 	github.com/google/uuid v1.6.0
@@ -20,6 +21,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.11.1
 	golang.org/x/crypto v0.45.0
 	golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20251125195548-87e1e737ad39
+	golang.org/x/sys v0.38.0
 	gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1
 )
 
@@ -31,7 +33,6 @@ require (
 	github.com/dolthub/maphash v0.1.0 // indirect
 	github.com/domodwyer/mailyak/v3 v3.6.2 // indirect
 	github.com/dustin/go-humanize v1.0.1 // indirect
-	github.com/ebitengine/purego v0.9.1 // indirect
 	github.com/fatih/color v1.18.0 // indirect
 	github.com/gabriel-vasile/mimetype v1.4.11 // indirect
 	github.com/ganigeorgiev/fexpr v0.5.0 // indirect
@@ -57,7 +58,6 @@ require (
 	golang.org/x/net v0.47.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/oauth2 v0.33.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/sync v0.18.0 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/sys v0.38.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/term v0.37.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/text v0.31.0 // indirect
 	howett.net/plist v1.0.1 // indirect
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index a7697a0b..b5dc5a17 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -62,8 +62,6 @@ github.com/google/pprof v0.0.0-20251114195745-4902fdda35c8 h1:3DsUAV+VNEQa2CUVLx
 github.com/google/pprof v0.0.0-20251114195745-4902fdda35c8/go.mod h1:I6V7YzU0XDpsHqbsyrghnFZLO1gwK6NPTNvmetQIk9U=
 github.com/google/uuid v1.6.0 h1:NIvaJDMOsjHA8n1jAhLSgzrAzy1Hgr+hNrb57e+94F0=
 github.com/google/uuid v1.6.0/go.mod h1:TIyPZe4MgqvfeYDBFedMoGGpEw/LqOeaOT+nhxU+yHo=
-github.com/hashicorp/golang-lru/v2 v2.0.7 h1:a+bsQ5rvGLjzHuww6tVxozPZFVghXaHOwFs4luLUK2k=
-github.com/hashicorp/golang-lru/v2 v2.0.7/go.mod h1:QeFd9opnmA6QUJc5vARoKUSoFhyfM2/ZepoAG6RGpeM=
 github.com/inconshreveable/mousetrap v1.1.0 h1:wN+x4NVGpMsO7ErUn/mUI3vEoE6Jt13X2s0bqwp9tc8=
 github.com/inconshreveable/mousetrap v1.1.0/go.mod h1:vpF70FUmC8bwa3OWnCshd2FqLfsEA9PFc4w1p2J65bw=
 github.com/jarcoal/httpmock v1.4.1 h1:0Ju+VCFuARfFlhVXFc2HxlcQkfB+Xq12/EotHko+x2A=
@@ -173,22 +171,18 @@ gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1 h1:fxVm/GzAzEWqLHuvctI91KS9hhNmmWOoWu0XTYJS7CA=
 gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1/go.mod h1:K4uyk7z7BCEPqu6E+C64Yfv1cQ7kz7rIZviUmN+EgEM=
 howett.net/plist v1.0.1 h1:37GdZ8tP09Q35o9ych3ehygcsL+HqKSwzctveSlarvM=
 howett.net/plist v1.0.1/go.mod h1:lqaXoTrLY4hg8tnEzNru53gicrbv7rrk+2xJA/7hw9g=
-modernc.org/cc/v4 v4.27.1 h1:9W30zRlYrefrDV2JE2O8VDtJ1yPGownxciz5rrbQZis=
-modernc.org/cc/v4 v4.27.1/go.mod h1:uVtb5OGqUKpoLWhqwNQo/8LwvoiEBLvZXIQ/SmO6mL0=
-modernc.org/ccgo/v4 v4.30.1 h1:4r4U1J6Fhj98NKfSjnPUN7Ze2c6MnAdL0hWw6+LrJpc=
-modernc.org/ccgo/v4 v4.30.1/go.mod h1:bIOeI1JL54Utlxn+LwrFyjCx2n2RDiYEaJVSrgdrRfM=
+modernc.org/cc/v4 v4.26.5 h1:xM3bX7Mve6G8K8b+T11ReenJOT+BmVqQj0FY5T4+5Y4=
+modernc.org/cc/v4 v4.26.5/go.mod h1:uVtb5OGqUKpoLWhqwNQo/8LwvoiEBLvZXIQ/SmO6mL0=
+modernc.org/ccgo/v4 v4.28.1 h1:wPKYn5EC/mYTqBO373jKjvX2n+3+aK7+sICCv4Fjy1A=
+modernc.org/ccgo/v4 v4.28.1/go.mod h1:uD+4RnfrVgE6ec9NGguUNdhqzNIeeomeXf6CL0GTE5Q=
 modernc.org/fileutil v1.3.40 h1:ZGMswMNc9JOCrcrakF1HrvmergNLAmxOPjizirpfqBA=
 modernc.org/fileutil v1.3.40/go.mod h1:HxmghZSZVAz/LXcMNwZPA/DRrQZEVP9VX0V4LQGQFOc=
 modernc.org/gc/v2 v2.6.5 h1:nyqdV8q46KvTpZlsw66kWqwXRHdjIlJOhG6kxiV/9xI=
 modernc.org/gc/v2 v2.6.5/go.mod h1:YgIahr1ypgfe7chRuJi2gD7DBQiKSLMPgBQe9oIiito=
-modernc.org/gc/v3 v3.1.1 h1:k8T3gkXWY9sEiytKhcgyiZ2L0DTyCQ/nvX+LoCljoRE=
-modernc.org/gc/v3 v3.1.1/go.mod h1:HFK/6AGESC7Ex+EZJhJ2Gni6cTaYpSMmU/cT9RmlfYY=
 modernc.org/goabi0 v0.2.0 h1:HvEowk7LxcPd0eq6mVOAEMai46V+i7Jrj13t4AzuNks=
 modernc.org/goabi0 v0.2.0/go.mod h1:CEFRnnJhKvWT1c1JTI3Avm+tgOWbkOu5oPA8eH8LnMI=
 modernc.org/libc v1.66.10 h1:yZkb3YeLx4oynyR+iUsXsybsX4Ubx7MQlSYEw4yj59A=
 modernc.org/libc v1.66.10/go.mod h1:8vGSEwvoUoltr4dlywvHqjtAqHBaw0j1jI7iFBTAr2I=
-modernc.org/libc v1.67.1 h1:bFaqOaa5/zbWYJo8aW0tXPX21hXsngG2M7mckCnFSVk=
-modernc.org/libc v1.67.1/go.mod h1:QvvnnJ5P7aitu0ReNpVIEyesuhmDLQ8kaEoyMjIFZJA=
 modernc.org/mathutil v1.7.1 h1:GCZVGXdaN8gTqB1Mf/usp1Y/hSqgI2vAGGP4jZMCxOU=
 modernc.org/mathutil v1.7.1/go.mod h1:4p5IwJITfppl0G4sUEDtCr4DthTaT47/N3aT6MhfgJg=
 modernc.org/memory v1.11.0 h1:o4QC8aMQzmcwCK3t3Ux/ZHmwFPzE6hf2Y5LbkRs+hbI=