diff --git a/truss/constants.py b/truss/constants.py
index 7ed237ba2..5f34d1a6d 100644
--- a/truss/constants.py
+++ b/truss/constants.py
@@ -27,6 +27,8 @@
 CONTROL_SERVER_CODE_DIR: pathlib.Path = TEMPLATES_DIR / "control"
 
 SUPPORTED_PYTHON_VERSIONS = {"3.8", "3.9", "3.10", "3.11"}
+MAX_SUPPORTED_PYTHON_VERSION_IN_CUSTOM_BASE_IMAGE = "3.12"
+MIN_SUPPORTED_PYTHON_VERSION_IN_CUSTOM_BASE_IMAGE = "3.8"
 
 TRTLLM_PREDICT_CONCURRENCY = 512
 TRTLLM_MIN_MEMORY_REQUEST_GI = 24
diff --git a/truss/contexts/image_builder/serving_image_builder.py b/truss/contexts/image_builder/serving_image_builder.py
index b3e224ca9..c88b59e32 100644
--- a/truss/contexts/image_builder/serving_image_builder.py
+++ b/truss/contexts/image_builder/serving_image_builder.py
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@
     CONTROL_SERVER_CODE_DIR,
     DOCKER_SERVER_TEMPLATES_DIR,
     FILENAME_CONSTANTS_MAP,
+    MAX_SUPPORTED_PYTHON_VERSION_IN_CUSTOM_BASE_IMAGE,
+    MIN_SUPPORTED_PYTHON_VERSION_IN_CUSTOM_BASE_IMAGE,
     MODEL_DOCKERFILE_NAME,
     OPENAI_COMPATIBLE_TAG,
     REQUIREMENTS_TXT_FILENAME,
@@ -569,9 +571,31 @@ def _render_dockerfile(
         )
 
         hf_access_token = config.secrets.get(HF_ACCESS_TOKEN_SECRET_NAME)
+
+        max_supported_python_version_in_custom_base_image = (
+            MAX_SUPPORTED_PYTHON_VERSION_IN_CUSTOM_BASE_IMAGE
+        )
+        min_supported_python_version_in_custom_base_image = (
+            MIN_SUPPORTED_PYTHON_VERSION_IN_CUSTOM_BASE_IMAGE
+        )
+        max_supported_python_minor_version_in_custom_base_image = (
+            MAX_SUPPORTED_PYTHON_VERSION_IN_CUSTOM_BASE_IMAGE.split(".")[1]
+        )
+        min_supported_python_minor_version_in_custom_base_image = (
+            MIN_SUPPORTED_PYTHON_VERSION_IN_CUSTOM_BASE_IMAGE.split(".")[1]
+        )
+        supported_python_major_version_in_custom_base_image = (
+            MIN_SUPPORTED_PYTHON_VERSION_IN_CUSTOM_BASE_IMAGE.split(".")[0]
+        )
+
         dockerfile_contents = dockerfile_template.render(
             should_install_server_requirements=should_install_server_requirements,
             base_image_name_and_tag=base_image_name_and_tag,
+            max_supported_python_version_in_custom_base_image=max_supported_python_version_in_custom_base_image,
+            min_supported_python_version_in_custom_base_image=min_supported_python_version_in_custom_base_image,
+            max_supported_python_minor_version_in_custom_base_image=max_supported_python_minor_version_in_custom_base_image,
+            min_supported_python_minor_version_in_custom_base_image=min_supported_python_minor_version_in_custom_base_image,
+            supported_python_major_version_in_custom_base_image=supported_python_major_version_in_custom_base_image,
             should_install_system_requirements=should_install_system_requirements,
             should_install_requirements=should_install_python_requirements,
             should_install_user_requirements_file=should_install_user_requirements_file,
diff --git a/truss/templates/base.Dockerfile.jinja b/truss/templates/base.Dockerfile.jinja
index 40b4d4349..76409d0d6 100644
--- a/truss/templates/base.Dockerfile.jinja
+++ b/truss/templates/base.Dockerfile.jinja
@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@ ENV PYTHON_EXECUTABLE={{ config.base_image.python_executable_path or 'python3' }
 
 {% block fail_fast %}
 RUN grep -w 'ID=debian\|ID_LIKE=debian' /etc/os-release || { echo "ERROR: Supplied base image is not a debian image"; exit 1; }
-RUN $PYTHON_EXECUTABLE -c "import sys; sys.exit(0) if sys.version_info.major == 3 and sys.version_info.minor >=8 and sys.version_info.minor <=12 else sys.exit(1)" \
-    || { echo "ERROR: Supplied base image does not have 3.8 <= python <= 3.12"; exit 1; }
+RUN $PYTHON_EXECUTABLE -c "import sys; sys.exit(0) if sys.version_info.major == {{supported_python_major_version_in_custom_base_image}} and sys.version_info.minor >={{min_supported_python_minor_version_in_custom_base_image}} and sys.version_info.minor <={{max_supported_python_minor_version_in_custom_base_image}} else sys.exit(1)" \
+    || { echo "ERROR: Supplied base image does not have {{min_supported_python_version_in_custom_base_image}} <= python <= {{max_supported_python_version_in_custom_base_image}}"; exit 1; }
 {% endblock %}
 
 RUN pip install --upgrade pip --no-cache-dir \