diff --git a/.gitlab/ci/custom.images.yml b/.gitlab/ci/custom.images.yml
index 2709605..457821b 100644
--- a/.gitlab/ci/custom.images.yml
+++ b/.gitlab/ci/custom.images.yml
@@ -7,6 +7,9 @@ gitlab-charts-build-base-helm-3.9:
 gitlab-helm3.9-kubectl1.23:
   extends: .build_static_image
 
+gitlab-vscode-build:
+  extends: .build_static_image
+
 gitlab-vscode-nodeless:
   extends: .build_static_image
 
diff --git a/Dockerfile.gitlab-vscode-build b/Dockerfile.gitlab-vscode-build
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..777b9b6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Dockerfile.gitlab-vscode-build
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+# This image is based node:18.19-alpine3.18 image. It is intended to be used
+# for all of the GitLab builds related to VS Code, e.g. the Web IDE.
+#
+# The packages installed in this image are based on VSCode development
+# environment prerequisites for Linux. You can read them in the following
+# documentation https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/wiki/How-to-Contribute#prerequisites
+
+FROM node:18.19-bookworm
+MAINTAINER GitLab IDE Team
+
+RUN apt-get update \
+    && apt-get install -y g++ python3 make git bash curl perl pkg-config \
+    build-essential libx11-dev libxkbfile-dev libsecret-1-dev libkrb5-dev python-is-python3
+RUN mkdir -p /root/vscode
+WORKDIR /root/vscode