diff --git a/mujoco_py/builder.py b/mujoco_py/builder.py
index 5280b2c3..dd672076 100644
--- a/mujoco_py/builder.py
+++ b/mujoco_py/builder.py
@@ -72,9 +72,12 @@ def load_cython_ext(mujoco_path):
         Builder = MacExtensionBuilder
     elif sys.platform == 'linux':
         _ensure_set_env_var("LD_LIBRARY_PATH", lib_path)
+ 
         if os.getenv('MUJOCO_PY_FORCE_CPU') is None and get_nvidia_lib_dir() is not None:
             _ensure_set_env_var("LD_LIBRARY_PATH", get_nvidia_lib_dir())
             Builder = LinuxGPUExtensionBuilder
+        elif os.getenv('MUJOCO_PY_FORCE_GPU') is not None:
+            Builder = LinuxGPUExtensionBuilder
         else:
             Builder = LinuxCPUExtensionBuilder
     elif sys.platform.startswith("win"):