diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md
index 0b6abcb5..62273308 100644
--- a/CHANGES.md
+++ b/CHANGES.md
@@ -36,6 +36,8 @@ Notable changes between versions.
 * Add kubelet `--volume-plugin-dir` flag to allow flexvolume plugins ([#142](https://github.com/poseidon/typhoon/pull/142))
 * Add `kubeconfig` variable to `controllers` and `workers` submodules ([#147](https://github.com/poseidon/typhoon/pull/147))
 * Remove `kubeconfig_*` variables from `controllers` and `workers` submodules ([#147](https://github.com/poseidon/typhoon/pull/147))
+* Allow initial experimentation with accelerators (i.e. GPUs) on workers ([#161](https://github.com/poseidon/typhoon/pull/161)) (unofficial)
+  * Require `terraform-provider-google` v1.6.0
 
 #### Addons
 
diff --git a/google-cloud/container-linux/kubernetes/require.tf b/google-cloud/container-linux/kubernetes/require.tf
index f30094d5..9e540074 100644
--- a/google-cloud/container-linux/kubernetes/require.tf
+++ b/google-cloud/container-linux/kubernetes/require.tf
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ terraform {
 }
 
 provider "google" {
-  version = "~> 1.2"
+  version = "~> 1.6"
 }
 
 provider "local" {
diff --git a/google-cloud/container-linux/kubernetes/workers/variables.tf b/google-cloud/container-linux/kubernetes/workers/variables.tf
index 1e68b7a0..8cafc4d8 100644
--- a/google-cloud/container-linux/kubernetes/workers/variables.tf
+++ b/google-cloud/container-linux/kubernetes/workers/variables.tf
@@ -77,3 +77,17 @@ variable "cluster_domain_suffix" {
   type        = "string"
   default     = "cluster.local"
 }
+
+# unofficial, undocumented, unsupported, temporary
+
+variable "accelerator_type" {
+  type = "string"
+  default = ""
+  description = "Google Compute Engine accelerator type (e.g. nvidia-tesla-k80, see gcloud compute accelerator-types list)"
+}
+
+variable "accelerator_count" {
+  type = "string"
+  default = "0"
+  description = "Number of compute engine accelerators"
+}
diff --git a/google-cloud/container-linux/kubernetes/workers/workers.tf b/google-cloud/container-linux/kubernetes/workers/workers.tf
index 6682fec2..d1bf82ec 100644
--- a/google-cloud/container-linux/kubernetes/workers/workers.tf
+++ b/google-cloud/container-linux/kubernetes/workers/workers.tf
@@ -63,9 +63,13 @@ resource "google_compute_instance_template" "worker" {
   }
 
   can_ip_forward = true
-
   tags = ["worker", "${var.cluster_name}-worker", "${var.name}-worker"]
 
+  guest_accelerator {
+    count = "${var.accelerator_count}"
+    type = "${var.accelerator_type}"
+  }
+
   lifecycle {
     # To update an Instance Template, Terraform should replace the existing resource
     create_before_destroy = true