diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-containers.yml b/.github/workflows/build-containers.yml
index 43517508a8..77f756e168 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-containers.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-containers.yml
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ jobs:
                      [leap15, 'linux/amd64,linux/arm64,linux/ppc64le', 'opensuse/leap:15'],
                      [ubuntu-focal, 'linux/amd64,linux/arm64,linux/ppc64le', 'ubuntu:20.04'],
                      [ubuntu-jammy, 'linux/amd64,linux/arm64,linux/ppc64le', 'ubuntu:22.04'],
+                     [ubuntu-noble, 'linux/amd64,linux/arm64,linux/ppc64le', 'ubuntu:24.04'],
                      [almalinux8, 'linux/amd64,linux/arm64,linux/ppc64le', 'almalinux:8'],
                      [almalinux9, 'linux/amd64,linux/arm64,linux/ppc64le', 'almalinux:9'],
                      [rockylinux8, 'linux/amd64,linux/arm64', 'rockylinux:8'],
diff --git a/lib/spack/docs/containers.rst b/lib/spack/docs/containers.rst
index 25ad22525e..e22095ca13 100644
--- a/lib/spack/docs/containers.rst
+++ b/lib/spack/docs/containers.rst
@@ -203,6 +203,9 @@ The OS that are currently supported are summarized in the table below:
    * - Ubuntu 22.04
      - ``ubuntu:22.04``
      - ``spack/ubuntu-jammy``
+   * - Ubuntu 24.04
+     - ``ubuntu:24.04``
+     - ``spack/ubuntu-noble``
    * - CentOS 7
      - ``centos:7``
      - ``spack/centos7``
diff --git a/lib/spack/spack/container/images.json b/lib/spack/spack/container/images.json
index e91f369547..7cb76f8505 100644
--- a/lib/spack/spack/container/images.json
+++ b/lib/spack/spack/container/images.json
@@ -138,6 +138,13 @@
       },
       "os_package_manager": "apt"
     },
+    "ubuntu:24.04": {
+      "bootstrap": {
+        "template": "container/ubuntu_2404.dockerfile"
+      },
+      "os_package_manager": "apt",
+      "build": "spack/ubuntu-noble"
+    },
     "ubuntu:22.04": {
       "bootstrap": {
         "template": "container/ubuntu_2204.dockerfile"
diff --git a/share/spack/templates/container/ubuntu_2404.dockerfile b/share/spack/templates/container/ubuntu_2404.dockerfile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1cf4cfb101
--- /dev/null
+++ b/share/spack/templates/container/ubuntu_2404.dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+{% extends "container/bootstrap-base.dockerfile" %}
+{% block env_vars %}
+{{ super() }}
+ENV DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive   \
+    LANGUAGE=en_US.UTF-8 \
+    LANG=en_US.UTF-8 \
+    LC_ALL=en_US.UTF-8
+{% endblock %}
+{% block install_os_packages %}
+RUN apt-get -yqq update \
+ && apt-get -yqq upgrade \
+ && apt-get -yqq install --no-install-recommends \
+        build-essential \
+        ca-certificates \
+        curl \
+        file \
+        g++ \
+        gcc \
+        gfortran \
+        git \
+        gnupg2 \
+        iproute2 \
+        locales \
+        make \
+        mercurial \
+        subversion \
+        python3 \
+        python3-boto3 \
+        unzip \
+        zstd \
+ && locale-gen en_US.UTF-8 \
+ && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
+{% endblock %}