diff --git a/tests/test_build.py b/tests/test_build.py
index 86bcbf7d93..eda87a4e72 100644
--- a/tests/test_build.py
+++ b/tests/test_build.py
@@ -10,24 +10,27 @@
 #    License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations
 #    under the License.
 
+import abc
 import os
+import sys
 
 from mock import patch
-from os import path
 from oslo_log import fixture as log_fixture
 from oslo_log import log as logging
 from oslotest import base
 import six
 import testtools
 
-import sys
-sys.path.append(path.abspath(path.join(path.dirname(__file__), '../tools')))
+sys.path.append(
+    os.path.abspath(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), '../tools')))
 from kolla.cmd import build
 
 LOG = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 
-class BuildTest(base.BaseTestCase):
+@six.add_metaclass(abc.ABCMeta)
+class BuildTest(object):
+    excluded_images = abc.abstractproperty()
 
     def setUp(self):
         super(BuildTest, self).setUp()
@@ -42,16 +45,9 @@ class BuildTest(base.BaseTestCase):
             LOG.info("Running with args %s", self.build_args)
             bad_results, good_results, unmatched_results = build.main()
 
-        # these are images that are known to not build properly
-        excluded_images = ["gnocchi-base",
-                           "murano-base",
-                           "ironic-pxe",
-                           "ironic-discoverd",
-                           "mistral-base"]
-
         failures = 0
         for image, result in six.iteritems(bad_results):
-            if image in excluded_images:
+            if image in self.excluded_images:
                 if result is 'error':
                     continue
                 failures = failures + 1
@@ -70,46 +66,55 @@ class BuildTest(base.BaseTestCase):
         self.assertEqual(failures, 0, "%d failure(s) occurred" % failures)
 
 
-class BuildTestCentosBinary(BuildTest):
+class BuildTestCentosBinary(BuildTest, base.BaseTestCase):
+    excluded_images = ["gnocchi-base",
+                       "murano-base",
+                       "ironic-pxe",
+                       "ironic-discoverd",
+                       "mistral-base",
+                       "murano-base"]
+
     def setUp(self):
         super(BuildTestCentosBinary, self).setUp()
         self.build_args.extend(["--base", "centos",
                                 "--type", "binary"])
 
 
-class BuildTestCentosSource(BuildTest):
+class BuildTestCentosSource(BuildTest, base.BaseTestCase):
+    excluded_images = ["gnocchi-base",
+                       "murano-base",
+                       "ironic-pxe",
+                       "ironic-discoverd",
+                       "mistral-base"]
+
     def setUp(self):
         super(BuildTestCentosSource, self).setUp()
         self.build_args.extend(["--base", "centos",
                                 "--type", "source"])
 
 
-class BuildTestUbuntuSource(BuildTest):
+class BuildTestUbuntuSource(BuildTest, base.BaseTestCase):
+    excluded_images = []
+
     def setUp(self):
         super(BuildTestUbuntuSource, self).setUp()
         self.build_args.extend(["--base", "ubuntu",
                                 "--type", "source"])
 
 
-class DeployTestCentosBinary(BuildTest):
+class DeployTestCentosBinary(BuildTestCentosBinary):
     def setUp(self):
         super(DeployTestCentosBinary, self).setUp()
-        self.build_args.extend(["--base", "centos",
-                                "--type", "binary",
-                                "--profile", "gate"])
+        self.build_args.extend(["--profile", "gate"])
 
 
-class DeployTestCentosSource(BuildTest):
+class DeployTestCentosSource(BuildTestCentosSource):
     def setUp(self):
         super(DeployTestCentosSource, self).setUp()
-        self.build_args.extend(["--base", "centos",
-                                "--type", "source",
-                                "--profile", "gate"])
+        self.build_args.extend(["--profile", "gate"])
 
 
-class DeployTestUbuntuSource(BuildTest):
+class DeployTestUbuntuSource(BuildTestUbuntuSource):
     def setUp(self):
         super(DeployTestUbuntuSource, self).setUp()
-        self.build_args.extend(["--base", "ubuntu",
-                                "--type", "source",
-                                "--profile", "gate"])
+        self.build_args.extend(["--profile", "gate"])