diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index b6b2424..d240800 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 /mavwaked
 /mavmaild
 /mavupdate
+/mavgpud
 
 # Certs (private keys, don't commit)
 certs/
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 1721e39..7fbf5ff 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -16,11 +16,11 @@ PIPER_BIN     := $(shell pwd)/deps/piper/piper
 PIPER_MODEL   := $(shell pwd)/models/tts/ru_RU-irina-medium.onnx
 PIPER_ESPEAK  := $(shell pwd)/deps/piper/espeak-ng-data
 
-.PHONY: simulate stt-fixtures test-stt-golden all build build-stt build-tts build-daemon build-client build-waked build-web build-poll build-caldav clean test fmt-check vet run-stt run-tts run-web download-embedder deps-go eval-router eval-recall eval-phrasing eval-models
+.PHONY: simulate stt-fixtures test-stt-golden all build build-stt build-tts build-daemon build-client build-waked build-web build-poll build-caldav clean test fmt-check vet run-stt run-tts run-web download-embedder deps-go eval-router eval-recall eval-phrasing eval-models build-gpud
 
 all: build
 
-build: build-stt build-tts build-daemon build-client build-waked build-web build-poll build-caldav build-mail build-update
+build: build-stt build-tts build-daemon build-client build-waked build-web build-poll build-caldav build-mail build-update build-gpud
 
 build-stt:
 	CGO_CFLAGS="$(CGO_CFLAGS)" CGO_LDFLAGS="$(CGO_LDFLAGS)" LD_LIBRARY_PATH="$(shell pwd)/deps/lib" \
@@ -59,6 +59,12 @@ build-mail:
 build-update:
 	$(GO) build $(GOFLAGS) -o mavupdate ./cmd/mavupdate/
 
+# mavgpud runs on the workstation, not here. It is built with the rest so a
+# broken supervisor is caught by `make build` on homesrv rather than by the
+# workstation refusing to serve. Copy the binary over, do not `make deploy` it.
+build-gpud:
+	$(GO) build $(GOFLAGS) -o mavgpud ./cmd/mavgpud/
+
 run-web: build-web
 	./mavweb -addr :9200 -voice 127.0.0.1:9100
 
diff --git a/deploy/mavgpud.json b/deploy/mavgpud.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fb33c2f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/deploy/mavgpud.json
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+{
+  "listen": ":8080",
+  "llama_addr": "127.0.0.1:10000",
+  "llama_bin": "llama-server",
+  "llama_args": [
+    "-m", "/mnt/D/AI/gemma4/gemma-4-12B-it-qat-UD-Q4_K_XL.gguf",
+    "-md", "/mnt/D/AI/gemma4/mtp-gemma-4-12B-it-BF16.gguf",
+    "-ngl", "99",
+    "-fa", "on",
+    "-np", "1",
+    "--host", "127.0.0.1",
+    "--port", "10000",
+    "--ctx-size", "32768",
+    "--threads", "6",
+    "--batch-size", "2048",
+    "--ubatch-size", "512",
+    "--jinja",
+    "--spec-type", "draft-mtp",
+    "--spec-draft-n-max", "2"
+  ],
+
+  "kfd_root": "/sys/class/kfd/kfd/proc",
+  "drm_device": "/sys/class/drm/card1/device",
+
+  "poll": "1s",
+  "idle_timeout": "15m",
+  "stop_grace": "20s",
+  "min_free_vram_bytes": 10737418240,
+  "evict_after_polls": 2,
+  "start_after_polls": 5
+}
diff --git a/deploy/mavgpud.service b/deploy/mavgpud.service
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b200baa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/deploy/mavgpud.service
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+[Unit]
+# Runs on the workstation (bugmachine), not on homesrv. Install as a systemd
+# user unit and turn on lingering, so the card is supervised after a reboot
+# with nobody logged in:
+#
+#   scp mavgpud workpc:~/.local/bin/mavgpud
+#   scp deploy/mavgpud.json workpc:~/.config/mavgpud.json
+#   scp deploy/mavgpud.service workpc:~/.config/systemd/user/mavgpud.service
+#   ssh workpc 'systemctl --user daemon-reload && systemctl --user enable --now mavgpud'
+#   sudo loginctl enable-linger kami
+Description=Maven GPU supervisor (holds llama-server while the card is free)
+After=network.target
+
+[Service]
+ExecStart=%h/.local/bin/mavgpud -config %h/.config/mavgpud.json
+Restart=always
+RestartSec=5
+# The card must come back when the supervisor goes down. mavgpud stops
+# llama-server on SIGTERM, so give it longer than stop_grace to do that.
+KillSignal=SIGTERM
+TimeoutStopSec=60
+
+[Install]
+WantedBy=default.target