diff --git a/avocado/core/test.py b/avocado/core/test.py
index 4078c07e392dd77a9e793f957ca7e1dc49121f28..558429b6b7056d57f2e661d08365c7ab39eaa9bb 100644
--- a/avocado/core/test.py
+++ b/avocado/core/test.py
@@ -706,25 +706,51 @@ class NotATest(Test):
         raise exceptions.NotATestError(e_msg)
 
 
-class TimeOutSkipTest(Test):
+class SkipTest(Test):
 
     """
-    Skip test due job timeout.
-
-    This test is skipped due a job timeout.
-    It will never have a chance to execute.
+    Class intended as generic substitute for avocado tests which fails during
+    setUp phase using "self._skip_reason" message.
     """
 
-    _skip_reason = "Test skipped due a job timeout!"
+    _skip_reason = "Generic skip test reason"
+
+    def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
+        """
+        This class substitutes other classes. Let's just ignore the remaining
+        arguments and only set the ones supported by avocado.Test
+        """
+        super_kwargs = dict()
+        args = list(reversed(args))
+        for arg in ["methodName", "name", "params", "base_logdir", "tag",
+                    "job", "runner_queue"]:
+            if arg in kwargs:
+                super_kwargs[arg] = kwargs[arg]
+            elif args:
+                super_kwargs[arg] = args.pop()
+        super(SkipTest, self).__init__(**super_kwargs)
 
     def setUp(self):
         raise exceptions.TestSkipError(self._skip_reason)
 
     def test(self):
-        raise NotImplementedError("This should never be executed!")
+        """ Should not be executed """
+        raise RuntimeError("This should never be executed!")
+
+
+class TimeOutSkipTest(SkipTest):
+
+    """
+    Skip test due job timeout.
+
+    This test is skipped due a job timeout.
+    It will never have a chance to execute.
+    """
+
+    _skip_reason = "Test skipped due a job timeout!"
 
 
-class DryRunTest(TimeOutSkipTest):
+class DryRunTest(SkipTest):
 
     """
     Fake test which logs itself and reports as SKIP
@@ -739,7 +765,7 @@ class DryRunTest(TimeOutSkipTest):
         super(DryRunTest, self).setUp()
 
 
-class ReplaySkipTest(TimeOutSkipTest):
+class ReplaySkipTest(SkipTest):
 
     """
     Skip test due to job replay filter.
diff --git a/selftests/unit/test_test.py b/selftests/unit/test_test.py
index 5b8886f30759a238c3d5cd307689c8f11803795a..8dba814ee79f3c9a72d9cb9a5214c6480cbde37a 100644
--- a/selftests/unit/test_test.py
+++ b/selftests/unit/test_test.py
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ if sys.version_info[:2] == (2, 6):
 else:
     import unittest
 
-from avocado.core import test
+from avocado.core import test, exceptions
 from avocado.utils import script
 
 PASS_SCRIPT_CONTENTS = """#!/bin/sh
@@ -108,5 +108,66 @@ class SimpleTestClassTest(unittest.TestCase):
         self.fail_script.remove()
         shutil.rmtree(self.tmpdir)
 
+
+class SkipTest(unittest.TestCase):
+
+    def setUp(self):
+        self.tests = []
+
+    def test_init(self):
+        # No params
+        self.tests.append(test.SkipTest())
+        self.assertRaises(exceptions.TestSkipError, self.tests[-1].setUp)
+        self.assertRaises(RuntimeError, self.tests[-1].test)
+        # Positional
+        self.tests.append(test.SkipTest("test", "my_name", {}, None, "1",
+                                        None, None, "extra_param1",
+                                        "extra_param2"))
+        self.assertEqual(self.tests[-1].name, "my_name")
+        self.assertEqual(self.tests[-1].tagged_name, "my_name.1")
+        # Kwargs
+        self.tests.append(test.SkipTest(methodName="test", name="my_name2",
+                                        params={}, base_logdir=None,
+                                        tag="a", job=None, runner_queue=None,
+                                        extra1="extra_param1",
+                                        extra2="extra_param2"))
+        self.assertEqual(self.tests[-1].name, "my_name2")
+        self.assertEqual(self.tests[-1].tagged_name, "my_name2.a")
+        # both (theoretically impossible in python, but valid for nasty tests)
+        # keyword args are used as they explicitly represent what they mean
+        self.tests.append(test.SkipTest("not used", "who cares", {}, None, "0",
+                                        None, None, "extra_param1",
+                                        "extra_param2",
+                                        methodName="test", name="my_name3",
+                                        params={}, base_logdir=None,
+                                        tag="3", job=None, runner_queue=None,
+                                        extra1="extra_param3",
+                                        extra2="extra_param4"))
+        self.assertEqual(self.tests[-1].name, "my_name3")
+        self.assertEqual(self.tests[-1].tagged_name, "my_name3.3")
+        # combination
+        self.tests.append(test.SkipTest("test", "my_name4", tag="321",
+                                        other_param="Whatever"))
+        self.assertEqual(self.tests[-1].name, "my_name4")
+        self.assertEqual(self.tests[-1].tagged_name, "my_name4.321")
+        # ugly combination (positional argument overrides kwargs, this only
+        # happens when the substituted class reorders the positional arguments.
+        # We try to first match keyword args and then fall-back to positional
+        # ones.
+        name = "positional_method_name_becomes_test_name"
+        tag = "positional_base_logdir_becomes_tag"
+        self.tests.append(test.SkipTest(name, None, None, tag,
+                                        methodName="test",
+                                        other_param="Whatever"))
+        self.assertEqual(self.tests[-1].name, name)
+        self.assertEqual(self.tests[-1].tagged_name, "%s.%s" % (name, tag))
+
+    def tearDown(self):
+        for tst in self.tests:
+            try:
+                shutil.rmtree(os.path.dirname(tst.logdir))
+            except Exception:
+                pass
+
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     unittest.main()