diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index a87675b35..e05a55fe5 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -66,11 +66,19 @@ else()
 	set(CGV_LTO_ON_RELEASE OFF CACHE INTERNAL "" FORCE)
 endif()
 if (NOT CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR STREQUAL CGV_DIR)
-	option(CGV_EXCLUDE_UNUSED_TARGETS "When the CGV Framework is used as a dependency from an external project, this option will exclude all CGV targets not needed by the external project form the \"build all\" operation" ON)
+	option(CGV_EXCLUDE_UNUSED_TARGETS
+		"When the CGV Framework is used as a dependency from an external project, this option will exclude all CGV targets not needed by the external project form the \"build all\" operation"
+		ON
+	)
 else()
 	# this option makes no sense when stand-alone building the CGV Framework directly
 	set(CGV_EXCLUDE_UNUSED_TARGETS OFF CACHE INTERNAL "" FORCE)
 endif()
+if (UNIX)
+	option(CGV_DEBUG_ON_NVIDIA_GPU
+		"Adds environment variables to IDE debug configs that should cause the viewer application to run on an NVIDIA GPU if present." OFF
+	)
+endif()
 
 # customize build directory
 # - customize executable/DLL/SO and link library locations
diff --git a/tool/cgv_target_creation.cmake b/tool/cgv_target_creation.cmake
index 997fa1991..e8994d107 100644
--- a/tool/cgv_target_creation.cmake
+++ b/tool/cgv_target_creation.cmake
@@ -312,9 +312,11 @@ function(cgv_do_deferred_ops TARGET_NAME CONFIGURING_CGV)
 			if (NO_EXECUTABLE)
 				set(NO_EXE_FLAG "NO_EXECUTABLE")
 			endif()
+			cgv_query_property(INVOCATION_PROXY ${TARGET_NAME} CGVPROP_INVOCATION_PROXY)
 			concat_vscode_launch_json_content(
 				VSCODE_TARGET_LAUNCH_JSON_CONFIGS ${TARGET_NAME} ${NO_EXE_FLAG} WORKING_DIR ${WORKING_DIR}
 				PLUGIN_ARGS ${AUTOGEN_CMD_LINE_ARGS};${ADDITIONAL_ARGS} EXE_ARGS ${ADDITIONAL_ARGS}
+				INVOCATION_PROXY ${INVOCATION_PROXY}
 			)
 			if (NOT VSCODE_LAUNCH_JSON_CONFIG_LIST OR VSCODE_LAUNCH_JSON_CONFIG_LIST STREQUAL "")
 				set(VSCODE_LAUNCH_JSON_CONFIG_LIST "${VSCODE_TARGET_LAUNCH_JSON_CONFIGS}" PARENT_SCOPE)
@@ -432,7 +434,7 @@ function(cgv_add_target NAME)
 	cmake_parse_arguments(
 		PARSE_ARGV 1 CGVARG_
 		"NO_EXECUTABLE" "TYPE;OVERRIDE_SHARED_EXPORT_DEFINE;OVERRIDE_FORCE_STATIC_DEFINE;WORKING_DIR"
-		"SOURCES;PPP_SOURCES;HEADERS;RESOURCES;AUDIO_RESOURCES;SHADER_SOURCES;ADDITIONAL_PRIVATE_DEFINES;ADDITIONAL_PUBLIC_DEFINES;DEPENDENCIES;LINKTIME_PLUGIN_DEPENDENCIES;ADDITIONAL_INCLUDE_PATHS;ADDITIONAL_LINKER_PATHS;ADDITIONAL_CMDLINE_ARGS"
+		"SOURCES;PPP_SOURCES;HEADERS;RESOURCES;AUDIO_RESOURCES;SHADER_SOURCES;ADDITIONAL_PRIVATE_DEFINES;ADDITIONAL_PUBLIC_DEFINES;DEPENDENCIES;LINKTIME_PLUGIN_DEPENDENCIES;ADDITIONAL_INCLUDE_PATHS;ADDITIONAL_LINKER_PATHS;ADDITIONAL_CMDLINE_ARGS;INVOCATION_PROXY"
 	)
 
 	# prelude
@@ -667,6 +669,11 @@ function(cgv_add_target NAME)
 		set_target_properties(${NAME} PROPERTIES CGVPROP_ADDITIONAL_CMDLINE_ARGS "${CGVARG__ADDITIONAL_CMDLINE_ARGS}")
 	endif()
 
+	# commit invocation proxy program/script if requested
+	if (IS_PLUGIN AND CGVARG__INVOCATION_PROXY)
+		set_target_properties(${NAME} PROPERTIES CGVPROP_INVOCATION_PROXY "${CGVARG__INVOCATION_PROXY}")
+	endif()
+
 	# commit custom run/debug working directory if requested
 	if (IS_PLUGIN AND CGVARG__WORKING_DIR)
 		set_target_properties(${NAME} PROPERTIES CGVPROP_WORKING_DIR "${CGVARG__WORKING_DIR}")
diff --git a/tool/set_plugin_execution_params.cmake b/tool/set_plugin_execution_params.cmake
index 61a28c40e..6ff470a70 100644
--- a/tool/set_plugin_execution_params.cmake
+++ b/tool/set_plugin_execution_params.cmake
@@ -32,6 +32,13 @@ function(format_vscode_launch_json_entry CONTENT_VAR TARGET_NAME)
 	endif()
 	# - generate entry content
 	if (CGVARG__DEBUGGER_TYPE STREQUAL "cppdbg")
+		set(ADDITIONAL_ENV_VARS "")
+		if(CGV_DEBUG_ON_NVIDIA_GPU)
+			set(ADDITIONAL_ENV_VARS ",
+				{ \"name\": \"__NV_PRIME_RENDER_OFFLOAD\", \"value\": \"1\" },
+				{ \"name\": \"__GLX_VENDOR_LIBRARY_NAME\", \"value\": \"nvidia\" }"
+			)
+		endif()
 		set(CONTENT_LOCAL "${CONTENT_LOCAL}		{
 			\"name\": \"Debug '${TARGET_NAME}' (cppdbg)\",
 			\"type\": \"cppdbg\",
@@ -42,7 +49,7 @@ function(format_vscode_launch_json_entry CONTENT_VAR TARGET_NAME)
 			\"cwd\": \"${CGVARG__WORKING_DIR}\",
 			\"environment\": [
 				{ \"name\": \"CGV_DIR\", \"value\": \"${CGV_DIR}\" },
-				{ \"name\": \"CGV_OPTIONS\", \"value\": \"${CGV_OPTIONS}\" }
+				{ \"name\": \"CGV_OPTIONS\", \"value\": \"${CGV_OPTIONS}\" }${ADDITIONAL_ENV_VARS}
 			],
 			\"externalConsole\": false,
 			\"MIMode\": \"gdb\",
@@ -60,6 +67,10 @@ function(format_vscode_launch_json_entry CONTENT_VAR TARGET_NAME)
 			]
 		}")
 	elseif (CGVARG__DEBUGGER_TYPE STREQUAL "CodeLLDB")
+		set(ADDITIONAL_ENV_VARS "")
+		if(CGV_DEBUG_ON_NVIDIA_GPU)
+			set(ADDITIONAL_ENV_VARS ", \"__NV_PRIME_RENDER_OFFLOAD\": \"1\", \"__GLX_VENDOR_LIBRARY_NAME\": \"nvidia\"")
+		endif()
 		set(CONTENT_LOCAL "${CONTENT_LOCAL}		{
 			\"name\": \"Debug '${TARGET_NAME}' (CodeLLDB)\",
 			\"type\": \"lldb\",
@@ -68,7 +79,7 @@ function(format_vscode_launch_json_entry CONTENT_VAR TARGET_NAME)
 		format_vscode_launch_json_args(CONTENT_LOCAL ARGUMENT_LIST ${CGVARG__CMD_ARGS})
 		set(CONTENT_LOCAL "${CONTENT_LOCAL},
 			\"cwd\": \"${CGVARG__WORKING_DIR}\",
-			\"env\": { \"CGV_DIR\": \"${CGV_DIR}\", \"CGV_OPTIONS\": \"${CGV_OPTIONS}\" }
+			\"env\": { \"CGV_DIR\": \"${CGV_DIR}\", \"CGV_OPTIONS\": \"${CGV_OPTIONS}\"${ADDITIONAL_ENV_VARS} }
 		}")
 	else()
 		message(FATAL_ERROR "format_vscode_launch_json_entry(): unknown debugger type \"${CGVARG__DEBUGGER_TYPE}\"")
@@ -80,23 +91,36 @@ endfunction()
 
 function(concat_vscode_launch_json_content LAUNCH_JSON_CONFIG_VAR TARGET_NAME)
 	cmake_parse_arguments(
-		PARSE_ARGV 2 CGVARG_ "NO_EXECUTABLE" "WORKING_DIR" "PLUGIN_ARGS;EXE_ARGS"
+		PARSE_ARGV 2 CGVARG_ "NO_EXECUTABLE" "INVOCATION_PROXY;WORKING_DIR" "PLUGIN_ARGS;EXE_ARGS"
 	)
 
 	# determine target names
 	cgv_get_static_or_exe_name(NAME_STATIC NAME_EXE ${TARGET_NAME} TRUE)
 
+	# devide what the program to invoke will be
+	if (CGVARG__INVOCATION_PROXY)
+		set(LAUNCH_PROGRAM_PLUGIN "${CGVARG__INVOCATION_PROXY}")
+		set(LAUNCH_PROGRAM_EXE "${CGVARG__INVOCATION_PROXY}")
+		set(CMD_ARGS_PLUGIN $<TARGET_FILE:cgv_viewer> "${CGVARG__PLUGIN_ARGS}")
+		set(CMD_ARGS_EXE $<TARGET_FILE:${NAME_EXE}> "${CGVARG__EXE_ARGS}")
+	else()
+		set(LAUNCH_PROGRAM_PLUGIN $<TARGET_FILE:cgv_viewer>)
+		set(LAUNCH_PROGRAM_EXE $<TARGET_FILE:${NAME_EXE}>)
+		set(CMD_ARGS_PLUGIN "${CGVARG__PLUGIN_ARGS}")
+		set(CMD_ARGS_EXE "${CGVARG__EXE_ARGS}")
+	endif()
+
 	# compose JSON list for both plugin and executable variants
 	# - plugin build, standard VS Code C++ debugging
 	format_vscode_launch_json_entry(JSON_LIST_STRING
 		${TARGET_NAME} DEBUGGER_TYPE cppdbg
-		LAUNCH_PROGRAM $<TARGET_FILE:cgv_viewer> CMD_ARGS ${CGVARG__PLUGIN_ARGS}
+		LAUNCH_PROGRAM ${LAUNCH_PROGRAM_PLUGIN} CMD_ARGS ${CMD_ARGS_PLUGIN} 
 		WORKING_DIR ${CGVARG__WORKING_DIR}
 	)
 	# - plugin build, CodeLLDB debugging
 	format_vscode_launch_json_entry(JSON_LIST_STRING
 		${TARGET_NAME} DEBUGGER_TYPE CodeLLDB
-		LAUNCH_PROGRAM $<TARGET_FILE:cgv_viewer> CMD_ARGS ${CGVARG__PLUGIN_ARGS}
+		LAUNCH_PROGRAM ${LAUNCH_PROGRAM_PLUGIN} CMD_ARGS ${CMD_ARGS_PLUGIN}
 		WORKING_DIR ${CGVARG__WORKING_DIR}
 	)
 	# - single executable build if not disabled
@@ -104,13 +128,13 @@ function(concat_vscode_launch_json_content LAUNCH_JSON_CONFIG_VAR TARGET_NAME)
 		# standard VS Code C++ debugging
 		format_vscode_launch_json_entry(JSON_LIST_STRING
 			${NAME_EXE} DEBUGGER_TYPE cppdbg
-			LAUNCH_PROGRAM $<TARGET_FILE:${NAME_EXE}> CMD_ARGS ${CGVARG__EXE_ARGS}
+			LAUNCH_PROGRAM ${LAUNCH_PROGRAM_EXE} CMD_ARGS ${CMD_ARGS_EXE}
 			WORKING_DIR ${CGVARG__WORKING_DIR}
 		)
 		# CodeLLDB debugging
 		format_vscode_launch_json_entry(JSON_LIST_STRING
 			${NAME_EXE} DEBUGGER_TYPE CodeLLDB
-			LAUNCH_PROGRAM $<TARGET_FILE:${NAME_EXE}> CMD_ARGS ${CGVARG__EXE_ARGS}
+			LAUNCH_PROGRAM ${LAUNCH_PROGRAM_EXE} CMD_ARGS ${CMD_ARGS_EXE}
 			WORKING_DIR ${CGVARG__WORKING_DIR}
 		)
 	endif()