diff --git a/drivers/pcid/src/driver_interface/mod.rs b/drivers/pcid/src/driver_interface/mod.rs
index 21622caa03..5cf16e34a2 100644
--- a/drivers/pcid/src/driver_interface/mod.rs
+++ b/drivers/pcid/src/driver_interface/mod.rs
@@ -302,6 +302,23 @@ pub struct PciFunctionHandle {
     channel: File,
     config: SubdriverArguments,
     mapped_bars: [Option<MappedBar>; 6],
+    irq_mode_hint: Option<String>,
+    disable_accel_hint: bool,
+}
+
+fn read_irq_mode_hint() -> Option<String> {
+    match env::var("REDBEAR_DRIVER_PCI_IRQ_MODE") {
+        Ok(v) if !v.is_empty() => Some(v),
+        Ok(_) => None,
+        Err(_) => None,
+    }
+}
+
+fn read_disable_accel_hint() -> bool {
+    match env::var("REDBEAR_DRIVER_DISABLE_ACCEL") {
+        Ok(v) if v == "1" || v.eq_ignore_ascii_case("true") || v == "yes" => true,
+        _ => false,
+    }
 }
 
 fn send<T: Serialize>(w: &mut File, message: &T) {
@@ -378,9 +395,26 @@ impl PciFunctionHandle {
             channel,
             config,
             mapped_bars: [const { None }; 6],
+            irq_mode_hint: read_irq_mode_hint(),
+            disable_accel_hint: read_disable_accel_hint(),
         }
     }
 
+    /// Returns the IRQ-mode hint read from `REDBEAR_DRIVER_PCI_IRQ_MODE` at
+    /// connect time, or `None` if the env var was unset. Drivers should
+    /// honour this hint when allocating interrupt vectors.
+    pub fn irq_mode_hint(&self) -> Option<&str> {
+        self.irq_mode_hint.as_deref()
+    }
+
+    /// Returns the disable-acceleration hint read from
+    /// `REDBEAR_DRIVER_DISABLE_ACCEL` at connect time. Drivers (notably
+    /// GPU drivers) should suppress hardware acceleration paths when this
+    /// returns `true`.
+    pub fn disable_accel_hint(&self) -> bool {
+        self.disable_accel_hint
+    }
+
     pub fn into_inner_fd(self) -> RawFd {
         self.channel.into_raw_fd()
     }
@@ -544,3 +578,65 @@ pub fn pci_daemon<F: FnOnce(Daemon, PciFunctionHandle) -> !>(f: F) -> ! {
         f(daemon, pcid_handle)
     })
 }
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod hint_tests {
+    use super::{read_disable_accel_hint, read_irq_mode_hint};
+    use std::sync::Mutex;
+
+    static ENV_LOCK: Mutex<()> = Mutex::new(());
+
+    #[test]
+    fn irq_mode_hint_returns_none_when_unset() {
+        let _g = ENV_LOCK.lock().unwrap_or_else(|e| e.into_inner());
+        unsafe { std::env::remove_var("REDBEAR_DRIVER_PCI_IRQ_MODE") };
+        assert!(read_irq_mode_hint().is_none());
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn irq_mode_hint_returns_some_when_set() {
+        let _g = ENV_LOCK.lock().unwrap_or_else(|e| e.into_inner());
+        unsafe { std::env::set_var("REDBEAR_DRIVER_PCI_IRQ_MODE", "intx_or_msi") };
+        let v = read_irq_mode_hint();
+        unsafe { std::env::remove_var("REDBEAR_DRIVER_PCI_IRQ_MODE") };
+        assert_eq!(v.as_deref(), Some("intx_or_msi"));
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn irq_mode_hint_returns_none_for_empty_value() {
+        let _g = ENV_LOCK.lock().unwrap_or_else(|e| e.into_inner());
+        unsafe { std::env::set_var("REDBEAR_DRIVER_PCI_IRQ_MODE", "") };
+        let v = read_irq_mode_hint();
+        unsafe { std::env::remove_var("REDBEAR_DRIVER_PCI_IRQ_MODE") };
+        assert!(v.is_none());
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn disable_accel_hint_defaults_false() {
+        let _g = ENV_LOCK.lock().unwrap_or_else(|e| e.into_inner());
+        unsafe { std::env::remove_var("REDBEAR_DRIVER_DISABLE_ACCEL") };
+        assert!(!read_disable_accel_hint());
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn disable_accel_hint_accepts_truthy_values() {
+        let _g = ENV_LOCK.lock().unwrap_or_else(|e| e.into_inner());
+        for truthy in &["1", "true", "TRUE", "yes"] {
+            unsafe { std::env::set_var("REDBEAR_DRIVER_DISABLE_ACCEL", truthy) };
+            let v = read_disable_accel_hint();
+            unsafe { std::env::remove_var("REDBEAR_DRIVER_DISABLE_ACCEL") };
+            assert!(v, "value {:?} should be truthy", truthy);
+        }
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn disable_accel_hint_rejects_falsy_values() {
+        let _g = ENV_LOCK.lock().unwrap_or_else(|e| e.into_inner());
+        for falsy in &["0", "false", "no", ""] {
+            unsafe { std::env::set_var("REDBEAR_DRIVER_DISABLE_ACCEL", falsy) };
+            let v = read_disable_accel_hint();
+            unsafe { std::env::remove_var("REDBEAR_DRIVER_DISABLE_ACCEL") };
+            assert!(!v, "value {:?} should be falsy", falsy);
+        }
+    }
+}