diff --git a/.github/workflows/pushbasedockerimage_ubuntu_24.04-gcc_13-vtk_9.3.1-py_3.8.yml b/.github/workflows/pushbasedockerimage_ubuntu_24.04-gcc_13-vtk_9.3.1-py_3.8.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..59c47b5d3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/pushbasedockerimage_ubuntu_24.04-gcc_13-vtk_9.3.1-py_3.8.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+name: Build & push base Docker image (add ubuntu_24.04-gcc_12-vtk_9.3.1-py_3.8 image)
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - 97-add-more-environments-to-test-in-ci
+
+jobs:
+  push_to_registry:
+    name: Build & Push
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    env:
+      DOCKER_REPOSITORY: lifflander1/vt
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        image: [ ubuntu_24.04-gcc_13-vtk_9.3.1-py_3.8 ]
+    steps:
+      - name: Check out the repo
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - name: Extract build configuration
+        run: |
+          IFS='_-' read -r -a CONFIG <<< "${{ matrix.image }}"
+          echo "BASE_IMAGE=${CONFIG[0]}:${CONFIG[1]}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+          echo "CC=${CONFIG[2]}-${CONFIG[3]}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+          if [[ "${CONFIG[2]}" == "gcc" ]]; then
+            echo "CXX=g++-${CONFIG[3]}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+            echo "GCOV=gcov-${CONFIG[3]}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+          elif [[ "${CONFIG[2]}" == "clang" ]]; then
+            echo "CXX=clang++-${CONFIG[3]}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+            echo "GCOV=gcov" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+          else
+            exit 1
+          fi
+          echo "VTK_VERSION=${CONFIG[5]}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+          echo "PYTHON_VERSION=${CONFIG[7]}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+          echo "DOCKER_TAG=${{ matrix.image }}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+
+      - name: Build configuration
+        run: |
+          echo "Base image: $BASE_IMAGE"
+          echo "C Compiler: $CC"
+          echo "CXX Compiler: $CXX"
+          echo "GCOV: $GCOV"
+          echo "VTK: $VTK_VERSION"
+          echo "Python: $PYTHON_VERSION"
+          echo "Docker tag: $DOCKER_TAG"
+
+      - name: Log in to Docker Hub
+        uses: docker/login-action@v3
+        with:
+          username: ${{ secrets.DOCKER_USERNAME }}
+          password: ${{ secrets.DOCKER_TOKEN }}
+
+      - name: Build and push to Docker Hub
+        uses: docker/build-push-action@v6
+        with:
+          context: .
+          build-args: |
+            BASE_IMAGE=${{ env.BASE_IMAGE }}
+            CC=${{ env.CC }}
+            CXX=${{ env.CXX }}
+            GCOV=${{ env.GCOV }}
+            VTK_VERSION=${{ env.VTK_VERSION }}
+            PYTHON_VERSION=${{ env.PYTHON_VERSION }}
+          file: ci/docker/make-base-ubuntu.dockerfile
+          push: true
+          tags: "${{ env.DOCKER_REPOSITORY }}:${{ env.DOCKER_TAG }}"
diff --git a/ci/docker/make-base-ubuntu.dockerfile b/ci/docker/make-base-ubuntu.dockerfile
index 5f26f009b..1a6b34065 100644
--- a/ci/docker/make-base-ubuntu.dockerfile
+++ b/ci/docker/make-base-ubuntu.dockerfile
@@ -51,6 +51,15 @@ RUN apt-get update -y -q && \
   apt-get clean && \
   rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
 
+# Fix Ubuntu 24.04 Mesa driver issue by downloading most recent version of Mesa
+RUN if [ $(uname -a) != *"Darwin"* ]; then \
+  . /etc/lsb-release;  \
+  if [ "$DISTRIB_RELEASE" == "24.04" ]; then \
+    echo "Installing recent MESA drivers"; \
+    bash ci/upgrade_mesa_dev.sh; \
+  fi \
+fi
+
 # Share environment variables for use in images based on this.
 ENV CC=/usr/bin/$CC
 ENV CXX=/usr/bin/$CXX
@@ -83,6 +92,7 @@ RUN mkdir -p /opt/src/vtk
 RUN git clone --recursive --branch v${VTK_VERSION} https://gitlab.kitware.com/vtk/vtk.git /opt/src/vtk
 
 # Build VTK
+
 RUN mkdir -p /opt/scripts
 COPY ci/vtk_build.sh /opt/scripts/vtk_build.sh
 RUN VTK_DIR=${VTK_DIR} bash /opt/scripts/vtk_build.sh
diff --git a/ci/upgrade_mesa_dev.sh b/ci/upgrade_mesa_dev.sh
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..de626ebb1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ci/upgrade_mesa_dev.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# This script install latest version of Mesa driver on the system
+
+add-apt-repository ppa:oibaf/graphics-drivers -y
+apt update
+apt install --only-upgrade libgl1-mesa-dev
+apt install --only-upgrade libglu1-mesa-dev
+apt install --only-upgrade mesa-common-dev
+apt install --only-upgrade libosmesa6-dev
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