diff --git a/Utilities/Python/scripts/make_smv_images.py b/Utilities/Python/scripts/make_smv_images.py
index 8b99995a44..efc70ea96c 100644
--- a/Utilities/Python/scripts/make_smv_images.py
+++ b/Utilities/Python/scripts/make_smv_images.py
@@ -5,6 +5,13 @@
 import os
 import subprocess
 import shutil
+import platform
+
+os_name = platform.system()
+
+if os_name == "Linux":
+    if shutil.which("xvfb-run") is None:
+        raise FileNotFoundError("xvfb-run is not installed. Please install xvfb package.")
 
 outdir = '../../Verification/'
 original_dir = os.getcwd()
@@ -18,6 +25,9 @@
 
 for i in range(len(folder)):
     os.chdir(outdir + folder[i])
-    subprocess.run([smokeview_path,'-runscript',case[i]])
+    if os_name == "Linux":
+        subprocess.run(['xvfb-run',smokeview_path,'-runscript',case[i]])
+    else:
+        subprocess.run([smokeview_path,'-runscript',case[i]])
     os.chdir(original_dir)