--- a/test/testzcc.py	Thu Feb 20 20:04:52 2014 +0100
+++ b/test/testzcc.py	Fri Feb 21 13:31:29 2014 +0100
@@ -12,7 +12,19 @@
 testdir = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))
 
 
-class ZccTestCase(unittest.TestCase):
+class ZccBaseTestCase(unittest.TestCase):
+    def callZcc(self, arg_list):
+        parser = zcc.make_parser()
+        arg_list = ['--log', 'warn'] + arg_list
+        args = parser.parse_args(arg_list)
+        self.assertEqual(0, zcc.main(args))
+
+    def buildRecipe(self, recipe):
+        arg_list = ['recipe', recipe]
+        self.callZcc(arg_list)
+
+
+class ZccTestCase(ZccBaseTestCase):
     """ Tests the compiler driver """
     def setUp(self):
         os.chdir(testdir)
@@ -32,15 +44,6 @@
         arg_list += extra_args
         self.callZcc(arg_list)
 
-    def callZcc(self, arg_list):
-        parser = zcc.make_parser()
-        arg_list = ['--log', 'warn'] + arg_list
-        args = parser.parse_args(arg_list)
-        self.assertEqual(0, zcc.main(args))
-
-    def buildRecipe(self, recipe):
-        arg_list = ['recipe', recipe]
-        self.callZcc(arg_list)
 
     def testDumpIr(self):
         basedir = os.path.join('..', 'examples', 'c3', 'comments.c3')