diff --git a/.github/workflows/sycl-containers.yaml b/.github/workflows/sycl-containers.yaml
index 7abeee17df01b..f1d18173a7fd4 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/sycl-containers.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/sycl-containers.yaml
@@ -39,6 +39,10 @@ jobs:
             file: ubuntu2204_base
             tag: latest
             build_args: ""
+          - name: Base Ubuntu 24.04 Docker image
+            file: ubuntu2404_base
+            tag: latest
+            build_args: ""
           - name: Build Ubuntu Docker image
             file: ubuntu2204_build
             tag: latest
diff --git a/devops/containers/ubuntu2404_base.Dockerfile b/devops/containers/ubuntu2404_base.Dockerfile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..c30e562c630e8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/devops/containers/ubuntu2404_base.Dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+FROM ubuntu:24.04
+
+ENV DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive
+
+USER root
+
+# Install SYCL prerequisites
+COPY scripts/install_build_tools.sh /install.sh
+RUN /install.sh
+
+# By default Ubuntu sets an arbitrary UID value, that is different from host
+# system. When CI passes default UID value of 1001, some of LLVM tools fail to
+# discover user home directory and fail a few LIT tests. Fixes UID and GID to
+# 1001, that is used as default by GitHub Actions.
+RUN groupadd -g 1001 sycl && useradd sycl -u 1001 -g 1001 -m -s /bin/bash
+# Add sycl user to video/irc groups so that it can access GPU
+RUN usermod -aG video sycl
+RUN usermod -aG irc sycl
+
+# group 109 is required for sycl user to access PVC card.
+RUN groupadd -g 109 render
+RUN usermod -aG render sycl
+
+# Allow sycl user to run as sudo
+RUN echo "sycl  ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD:ALL" >> /etc/sudoers
+
+COPY actions/cached_checkout /actions/cached_checkout
+COPY actions/cleanup /actions/cleanup
+COPY scripts/docker_entrypoint.sh /docker_entrypoint.sh
+COPY scripts/install_drivers.sh /opt/install_drivers.sh
+
+ENTRYPOINT ["/docker_entrypoint.sh"]
diff --git a/devops/scripts/install_build_tools.sh b/devops/scripts/install_build_tools.sh
index 9c4b9d56999de..37d9761751ebb 100755
--- a/devops/scripts/install_build_tools.sh
+++ b/devops/scripts/install_build_tools.sh
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ apt update && apt install -yqq \
       ccache \
       git \
       python3 \
-      python3-distutils \
+      python3-psutil \
       python-is-python3 \
       python3-pip \
       zstd \
@@ -26,5 +26,3 @@ apt update && apt install -yqq \
       libhwloc-dev \
       libzstd-dev
 
-pip3 install psutil
-
diff --git a/sycl/doc/developer/DockerBKMs.md b/sycl/doc/developer/DockerBKMs.md
index aac5967dcc284..d407859a39872 100644
--- a/sycl/doc/developer/DockerBKMs.md
+++ b/sycl/doc/developer/DockerBKMs.md
@@ -36,8 +36,10 @@ identical for Docker and Podman. Choose whatever is available on your system.
 
 The following containers are publicly available for DPC++ compiler development:
 
-- `ghcr.io/intel/llvm/ubuntu2204_base`: contains basic environment setup for
-   building DPC++ compiler from source.
+- `ghcr.io/intel/llvm/ubuntu2204_base`: contains basic Ubuntu 22.04 environment
+   setup for building DPC++ compiler from source.
+- `ghcr.io/intel/llvm/ubuntu2404_base`: contains basic Ubuntu 24.04 environment
+   setup for building DPC++ compiler from source.
 - `ghcr.io/intel/llvm/ubuntu2204_intel_drivers`: contains everything from the
    base container + pre-installed Intel drivers.
    The image comes in four flavors/tags: