diff --git a/eessi/testsuite/eessi_mixin.py b/eessi/testsuite/eessi_mixin.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..259fcc65
--- /dev/null
+++ b/eessi/testsuite/eessi_mixin.py
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+from reframe.core.pipeline import RegressionMixin
+from reframe.core.exceptions import ReframeSyntaxError
+
+from eessi.testsuite import hooks
+
+class EESSI_Mixin(RegressionMixin):
+    """
+    All EESSI tests should derive from this mixin class unless they have a very good reason not to.
+    """
+    
+    # We have to make sure that these gets set in any test that inherits
+    # device_type = variable(str)
+    # scale = variable(str)
+    # module_name = variable(str)
+
+    @run_after('init')
+    def validate(self):
+        """Check that all variables that have to be set for subsequent hooks in the init phase have been set"""
+        if not hasattr(self, 'device_type'):
+            raise ReframeSyntaxError("device_type should be defined in any class that inherits from EESSI_Mixin, but wasn't")
+            
+
+    @run_after('init')
+    def run_after_init(self):
+        """Hooks to run after init phase"""
+
+        # Filter on which scales are supported by the partitions defined in the ReFrame configuration
+        hooks.filter_supported_scales(self)
+
+        hooks.filter_valid_systems_by_device_type(self, required_device_type=self.device_type)
+
+        hooks.set_modules(self)
+
+        # Set scales as tags
+        hooks.set_tag_scale(self)
diff --git a/eessi/testsuite/tests/apps/lammps/lammps.py b/eessi/testsuite/tests/apps/lammps/lammps.py
index b071d787..b92e03b8 100644
--- a/eessi/testsuite/tests/apps/lammps/lammps.py
+++ b/eessi/testsuite/tests/apps/lammps/lammps.py
@@ -8,9 +8,9 @@
 
 from eessi.testsuite import hooks, utils
 from eessi.testsuite.constants import *  # noqa
+from eessi.testsuite.eessi_mixin import EESSI_Mixin
 
-
-class EESSI_LAMMPS_base(rfm.RunOnlyRegressionTest):
+class EESSI_LAMMPS_base(rfm.RunOnlyRegressionTest, EESSI_Mixin):
     scale = parameter(SCALES.keys())
     valid_prog_environs = ['default']
     valid_systems = ['*']
@@ -47,19 +47,19 @@ def assert_run(self):
 
         return sn.assert_eq(n_atoms, 32000)
 
-    @run_after('init')
-    def run_after_init(self):
-        """hooks to run after init phase"""
-
-        # Filter on which scales are supported by the partitions defined in the ReFrame configuration
-        hooks.filter_supported_scales(self)
-
-        hooks.filter_valid_systems_by_device_type(self, required_device_type=self.device_type)
-
-        hooks.set_modules(self)
-
-        # Set scales as tags
-        hooks.set_tag_scale(self)
+#     @run_after('init')
+#     def run_after_init(self):
+#         """hooks to run after init phase"""
+# 
+#         # Filter on which scales are supported by the partitions defined in the ReFrame configuration
+#         hooks.filter_supported_scales(self)
+# 
+#         hooks.filter_valid_systems_by_device_type(self, required_device_type=self.device_type)
+# 
+#         hooks.set_modules(self)
+# 
+#         # Set scales as tags
+#         hooks.set_tag_scale(self)
 
     @run_after('setup')
     def run_after_setup(self):