diff --git a/server-ce/Dockerfile-base b/server-ce/Dockerfile-base
index d0bd233b17..0ab632d596 100644
--- a/server-ce/Dockerfile-base
+++ b/server-ce/Dockerfile-base
@@ -45,8 +45,8 @@ ARG QUARTO_VERSION=1.6.39
 RUN curl -fsSL "https://github.com/quarto-dev/quarto-cli/releases/download/v${QUARTO_VERSION}/quarto-${QUARTO_VERSION}-linux-amd64.deb" -o /tmp/quarto.deb \
 &&  dpkg -i /tmp/quarto.deb \
 &&  rm /tmp/quarto.deb \
-&&  mkdir -p /var/www/.cache/quarto \
-&&  chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/.cache
+&&  mkdir -p /var/www/.cache/quarto /var/www/.local/share \
+&&  chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/.cache /var/www/.local
 
 # Pre-install popular Quarto extensions
 # -----------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -69,6 +69,24 @@ RUN mkdir -p /opt/quarto-extensions \
     \
 &&  chown -R www-data:www-data /opt/quarto-extensions
 
+# Install Jupyter so Quarto can execute Python code cells in documents/decks
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Quarto runs ```{python}``` cells through a Jupyter kernel. It uses the system
+# python3 it detected (/usr/bin/python3), so Jupyter must be installed there.
+# We install only the headless execution stack Quarto needs (jupyter-client +
+# nbclient/nbformat + the ipykernel kernel), not the notebook/lab servers, and
+# register a system-wide "python3" kernelspec under /usr/local/share/jupyter so
+# it is discoverable regardless of HOME/XDG. Noble's Python is externally
+# managed (PEP 668), hence --break-system-packages in this controlled image.
+# The runtime user (www-data) writes Jupyter's runtime/connection files under
+# its HOME (/var/www/.local), which is made writable in the Quarto step above.
+RUN apt-get update \
+&&  apt-get install -y python3-pip \
+&&  pip3 install --no-cache-dir --break-system-packages \
+      jupyter-core jupyter-client nbclient nbformat ipykernel \
+&&  python3 -m ipykernel install --prefix /usr/local --name python3 --display-name "Python 3" \
+&&  rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/* /root/.cache
+
 # Install decktape + headless Chromium (for exporting RevealJS decks to PDF)
 # -----------------------------------------------------------------------
 # decktape drives a headless Chromium (via Puppeteer) to print the rendered