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diff --git a/src/leap/testing/basetest.py b/src/leap/testing/basetest.py
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+import os
+import shutil
+import tempfile
+
+try:
+    import unittest2 as unittest
+except ImportError:
+    import unittest
+
+
+class BaseLeapTest(unittest.TestCase):
+
+    __name__ = "leap_test"
+
+    @classmethod
+    def setUpClass(cls):
+        cls.old_path = os.environ['PATH']
+        cls.tempdir = tempfile.mkdtemp()
+        bin_tdir = os.path.join(
+            cls.tempdir,
+            'bin')
+        os.environ["PATH"] = bin_tdir
+
+    @classmethod
+    def tearDownClass(cls):
+        os.environ["PATH"] = cls.old_path
+        shutil.rmtree(cls.tempdir)
+
+    def setUp(self):
+        raise NotImplementedError("abstract base class")
+
+    def tearDown(self):
+        raise NotImplementedError("abstract base class")
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    unittest.main()