diff --git a/home/common/programs/3d.nix b/home/common/programs/3d.nix
index 905cb08..40cef95 100644
--- a/home/common/programs/3d.nix
+++ b/home/common/programs/3d.nix
@@ -1,20 +1,43 @@
 {
+  config,
+  lib,
   pkgs,
   ...
 }:
+let
+  cfg = config.custom.blender;
+in
 {
-  home.packages = with pkgs; [
-    blender
-    prusa-slicer
-  ];
+  options.custom.blender = {
+    cuda = lib.mkOption {
+      type = lib.types.bool;
+      default = false;
+      description = ''
+        Build Blender with CUDA/OptiX so Cycles renders on the GPU instead of
+        the CPU. Only useful on an NVIDIA host; enabling it on arrakis (Intel)
+        would mean a long build for nothing.
 
-  fonts.fontconfig.enable = true;
+        No binary cache serves this — cuda-maintainers was measured to make no
+        difference — so flipping this on rebuilds Blender, OpenUSD, OpenSubdiv
+        and OpenImageDenoise from source.
+      '';
+    };
+  };
 
-  xdg.desktopEntries.prusaslicer-url-handler = {
-    name = "PrusaSlicer Protocol Handler";
-    exec = "prusa-slicer %u";
-    type = "Application";
-    noDisplay = true;
-    mimeType = [ "x-scheme-handler/prusaslicer" ];
+  config = {
+    home.packages = [
+      (if cfg.cuda then pkgs.blender.override { cudaSupport = true; } else pkgs.blender)
+      pkgs.prusa-slicer
+    ];
+
+    fonts.fontconfig.enable = true;
+
+    xdg.desktopEntries.prusaslicer-url-handler = {
+      name = "PrusaSlicer Protocol Handler";
+      exec = "prusa-slicer %u";
+      type = "Application";
+      noDisplay = true;
+      mimeType = [ "x-scheme-handler/prusaslicer" ];
+    };
   };
 }