diff --git a/dev-support/ranger-docker/.env b/dev-support/ranger-docker/.env
index 60bc4a9f27..22d7a2ac8c 100644
--- a/dev-support/ranger-docker/.env
+++ b/dev-support/ranger-docker/.env
@@ -4,11 +4,16 @@ GIT_URL=https://github.com/apache/ranger.git
 BRANCH=master
 PROFILE=
 
-# Java version for RangerBase image.
+# Java version for RangerBase ubuntu image.
 # This image gets used as base docker image for all images.
 # Valid values: 8, 11, 17
 RANGER_BASE_JAVA_VERSION=8
 
+# Java version for RangerBase ubi image.
+# This image gets used as base docker image for all images.
+# Valid values: 1.8.0, 11, 17
+RANGER_BASE_UBI_JAVA_VERSION=1.8.0
+
 # Java version to use to build Apache Ranger
 # Valid values: 8, 11, 17
 RANGER_BUILD_JAVA_VERSION=8
@@ -17,8 +22,11 @@ RANGER_BUILD_JAVA_VERSION=8
 # Valid values: 8, 11, 17
 RANGER_ADMIN_JAVA_VERSION=8
 
-# base & third party images
+# base image versions
 UBUNTU_VERSION=20.04
+UBI_VERSION=9.2-750.1697625013
+
+# third party image versions
 MARIADB_VERSION=10.7.3
 POSTGRES_VERSION=12
 ENABLE_DB_MOUNT=true
diff --git a/dev-support/ranger-docker/Dockerfile.ranger b/dev-support/ranger-docker/Dockerfile.ranger
index 28e19ea0f6..c938fa9f54 100644
--- a/dev-support/ranger-docker/Dockerfile.ranger
+++ b/dev-support/ranger-docker/Dockerfile.ranger
@@ -22,8 +22,10 @@ ARG RANGER_DB_TYPE
 ARG TARGETARCH
 ARG RANGER_ADMIN_JAVA_VERSION
 
-ENV JAVA_HOME      /usr/lib/jvm/java-${RANGER_ADMIN_JAVA_VERSION}-openjdk-${TARGETARCH}
-RUN update-java-alternatives --set /usr/lib/jvm/java-1.${RANGER_ADMIN_JAVA_VERSION}.0-openjdk-${TARGETARCH}
+RUN if [ "${OS_NAME}" == "UBUNTU" ]; then\
+    ENV JAVA_HOME      /usr/lib/jvm/java-${RANGER_ADMIN_JAVA_VERSION}-openjdk-${TARGETARCH}\
+    update-java-alternatives --set /usr/lib/jvm/java-1.${RANGER_ADMIN_JAVA_VERSION}.0-openjdk-${TARGETARCH};\
+    fi
 
 COPY ./dist/version                               /home/ranger/dist/
 COPY ./dist/ranger-${RANGER_VERSION}-admin.tar.gz /home/ranger/dist/
diff --git a/dev-support/ranger-docker/Dockerfile.ranger-base b/dev-support/ranger-docker/Dockerfile.ranger-base
index 72a850482a..e9e0f1aae9 100644
--- a/dev-support/ranger-docker/Dockerfile.ranger-base
+++ b/dev-support/ranger-docker/Dockerfile.ranger-base
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ FROM ubuntu:${UBUNTU_VERSION}
 
 ARG TARGETARCH
 ARG RANGER_BASE_JAVA_VERSION
+ENV OS_NAME UBUNTU
 
 # Install tzdata, Python, Java, python-requests
 RUN apt-get update && \
diff --git a/dev-support/ranger-docker/Dockerfile.ranger-base-ubi b/dev-support/ranger-docker/Dockerfile.ranger-base-ubi
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9882c031c1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev-support/ranger-docker/Dockerfile.ranger-base-ubi
@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+# Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+# or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+# distributed with this work for additional information
+# regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+# to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+# "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+# with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+ARG UBI_VERSION
+FROM registry.access.redhat.com/ubi9-minimal:${UBI_VERSION}
+
+USER root
+ARG RANGER_BASE_JAVA_VERSION
+ENV OS_NAME RHEL
+
+RUN microdnf --setopt=install_weak_deps=0 --setopt=tsflags=nodocs \
+    install -y java-${RANGER_BASE_JAVA_VERSION}-openjdk-devel \
+    && microdnf clean all \
+    && rpm -q java-${RANGER_BASE_JAVA_VERSION}-openjdk-devel
+
+ENV JAVA_HOME="/usr/lib/jvm/java-${RANGER_BASE_JAVA_VERSION}" \
+    JAVA_VENDOR="openjdk" \
+    JAVA_VERSION="${RANGER_BASE_JAVA_VERSION}" \
+    JBOSS_CONTAINER_OPENJDK_JDK_MODULE="/opt/jboss/container/openjdk/jdk"
+
+# Install tzdata, Python, python-requests
+RUN microdnf install -y python3 python3-pip bc iputils hostname
+RUN microdnf install -y tar procps vim perl
+RUN pip3 install apache-ranger
+
+# Set environment variables
+ENV RANGER_HOME    /opt/ranger
+ENV RANGER_DIST    /home/ranger/dist
+ENV RANGER_SCRIPTS /home/ranger/scripts
+ENV PATH           /usr/java/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin
+
+
+# setup groups, users, directories
+RUN groupadd ranger \
+    && useradd -g ranger -ms /bin/bash ranger \
+    && useradd -g ranger -ms /bin/bash rangeradmin \
+    && useradd -g ranger -ms /bin/bash rangerusersync \
+    && useradd -g ranger -ms /bin/bash rangertagsync \
+    && useradd -g ranger -ms /bin/bash rangerkms \
+    && groupadd hadoop \
+    && useradd -g hadoop -ms /bin/bash hdfs \
+    && useradd -g hadoop -ms /bin/bash yarn \
+    && useradd -g hadoop -ms /bin/bash hive \
+    && useradd -g hadoop -ms /bin/bash hbase \
+    && useradd -g hadoop -ms /bin/bash kafka \
+    && mkdir -p /home/ranger/dist \
+    && mkdir -p /home/ranger/scripts \
+    && chown -R ranger:ranger /home/ranger \
+    && mkdir -p /opt/ranger \
+    && chown -R ranger:ranger /opt/ranger
+
+ENTRYPOINT [ "/bin/bash" ]
diff --git a/dev-support/ranger-docker/README.md b/dev-support/ranger-docker/README.md
index cfbe2dfdaa..5b5a8f99c9 100644
--- a/dev-support/ranger-docker/README.md
+++ b/dev-support/ranger-docker/README.md
@@ -62,7 +62,11 @@ Docker files in this folder create docker images and run them to build Apache Ra
 
       3. Build the ranger-base image:
          ~~~
+         # ubuntu base image:
          docker-compose -f docker-compose.ranger-base.yml build --no-cache
+         # OR
+         # ubi base image:
+         docker-compose -f docker-compose.ranger-base-ubi.yml build --no-cache
          ~~~
 7. To enable file based sync source for usersync execute: ```export ENABLE_FILE_SYNC_SOURCE=true```
 
diff --git a/dev-support/ranger-docker/docker-compose.ranger-base-ubi.yml b/dev-support/ranger-docker/docker-compose.ranger-base-ubi.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0c1a6ac5a8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev-support/ranger-docker/docker-compose.ranger-base-ubi.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+version: '3'
+services:
+  ranger-base:
+    build:
+      context: .
+      dockerfile: Dockerfile.ranger-base-ubi
+      args:
+        - UBI_VERSION=${UBI_VERSION}
+        - RANGER_BASE_JAVA_VERSION=${RANGER_BASE_UBI_JAVA_VERSION}
+    image: ranger-base
+    container_name: ranger-base
+    networks:
+      - ranger
+    environment:
+      - RANGER_VERSION
+
+networks:
+  ranger:
+    name: rangernw