diff --git a/tests/test_plugin.py b/tests/test_plugin.py
index 46bea5c..380a22a 100644
--- a/tests/test_plugin.py
+++ b/tests/test_plugin.py
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@ def get_setup_cfg(name, version, install_requires=None, extra_requires=None):
 def get_tox_ini(
     basepython=None,
     disable_light_the_torch=None,
+    pytorch_force_cpu=None,
     force_cpu=None,
     deps=None,
     skip_install=False,
@@ -89,6 +90,8 @@ def get_tox_ini(
         lines.append("extras = extra")
     if disable_light_the_torch is not None:
         lines.append(f"disable_light_the_torch = {disable_light_the_torch}")
+    if pytorch_force_cpu is not None:
+        lines.append(f"pytorch_force_cpu = {pytorch_force_cpu}")
     if force_cpu is not None:
         lines.append(f"force_cpu = {force_cpu}")
     if deps is not None:
@@ -107,6 +110,7 @@ def tox_ltt_initproj_(
         install_requires=None,
         extra_requires=None,
         disable_light_the_torch=None,
+        pytorch_force_cpu=None,
         force_cpu=None,
         deps=None,
         skip_install=False,
@@ -126,6 +130,7 @@ def tox_ltt_initproj_(
                 usedevelop=usedevelop,
                 extra=extra_requires is not None,
                 disable_light_the_torch=disable_light_the_torch,
+                pytorch_force_cpu=pytorch_force_cpu,
                 force_cpu=force_cpu,
                 deps=deps,
                 pep517=pep517,
@@ -146,7 +151,7 @@ def test_help_ini(cmd):
     result = cmd("--help-ini")
     result.assert_success(is_run_test_env=False)
     assert "disable_light_the_torch" in result.out
-    assert "force_cpu" in result.out
+    assert "pytorch_force_cpu" in result.out
 
 
 @pytest.mark.slow
@@ -161,7 +166,24 @@ def test_tox_ltt_disabled(patch_extract_dists, tox_ltt_initproj, cmd):
 
 
 @pytest.mark.slow
-def test_tox_ltt_force_cpu(patch_find_links, tox_ltt_initproj, cmd, install_mock):
+def test_tox_ltt_pytorch_force_cpu(
+    patch_find_links, tox_ltt_initproj, cmd, install_mock
+):
+    mock = patch_find_links()
+    tox_ltt_initproj(deps=("torch",), pytorch_force_cpu=True)
+
+    result = cmd()
+
+    result.assert_success(is_run_test_env=False)
+
+    _, kwargs = mock.call_args
+    assert kwargs["computation_backend"] == CPUBackend()
+
+
+@pytest.mark.slow
+def test_tox_ltt_force_cpu_legacy(
+    patch_find_links, tox_ltt_initproj, cmd, install_mock
+):
     mock = patch_find_links()
     tox_ltt_initproj(deps=("torch",), force_cpu=True)
 
diff --git a/tox_ltt/plugin.py b/tox_ltt/plugin.py
index 853b24b..8f3b1fb 100644
--- a/tox_ltt/plugin.py
+++ b/tox_ltt/plugin.py
@@ -35,9 +35,17 @@ def tox_addoption(parser: Parser) -> None:
         help="disable installing PyTorch distributions with light-the-torch",
         default=False,
     )
-
     parser.add_testenv_attribute(
-        name="force_cpu", type="bool", help=extract_force_cpu_help(), default=False,
+        name="pytorch_force_cpu",
+        type="bool",
+        help=extract_force_cpu_help(),
+        default=False,
+    )
+    parser.add_testenv_attribute(
+        name="force_cpu",
+        type="bool",
+        help="Deprecated alias of 'pytorch_force_cpu'.",
+        default=False,
     )
 
 
@@ -102,14 +110,23 @@ def remove_extras(dists: List[str]) -> List[str]:
     return [dist.split(";")[0] for dist in dists]
 
 
+def _resolve_force_cpu(new: bool, legacy: bool) -> bool:
+    if legacy:
+        reporter.warning("The option 'force_cpu' was renamed to 'pytorch_force_cpu'.")
+        return True
+
+    return new
+
+
 def get_computation_backend(envconfig: TestenvConfig) -> Optional[CPUBackend]:
-    if not envconfig.force_cpu:
+    force_cpu = _resolve_force_cpu(envconfig.pytorch_force_cpu, envconfig.force_cpu)
+    if not force_cpu:
         return None
 
     reporter.verbosity1(
         (
             "Using CPU as computation backend instead of auto-detecting since "
-            "'force_cpu = True' is configured."
+            "'pytorch_force_cpu = True' is configured."
         ),
     )
     return CPUBackend()