diff --git a/pkg/gpuinfo/memory_linux.go b/pkg/gpuinfo/memory_linux_cgo.go
similarity index 92%
rename from pkg/gpuinfo/memory_linux.go
rename to pkg/gpuinfo/memory_linux_cgo.go
index 9452571..041219e 100644
--- a/pkg/gpuinfo/memory_linux.go
+++ b/pkg/gpuinfo/memory_linux_cgo.go
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+//go:build linux && cgo
+
 package gpuinfo
 
 /*
diff --git a/pkg/gpuinfo/memory_linux_nocgo.go b/pkg/gpuinfo/memory_linux_nocgo.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..abe74c1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/gpuinfo/memory_linux_nocgo.go
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+//go:build linux && !cgo
+
+package gpuinfo
+
+import "errors"
+
+// getVRAMSize returns total system GPU memory in bytes
+func getVRAMSize(_ string) (uint64, error) {
+	return 0, errors.New("unimplemented without cgo")
+}