diff --git a/test/common/index.js b/test/common/index.js
index 1e66e32c9c1260..653de4685ca7a0 100644
--- a/test/common/index.js
+++ b/test/common/index.js
@@ -672,7 +672,7 @@ function invalidArgTypeHelper(input) {
   return ` Received type ${typeof input} (${inspected})`;
 }
 
-module.exports = {
+const common = {
   allowGlobals,
   buildType,
   canCreateSymLink,
@@ -815,3 +815,12 @@ module.exports = {
   }
 
 };
+
+const validProperties = new Set(Object.keys(common));
+module.exports = new Proxy(common, {
+  get(obj, prop) {
+    if (!validProperties.has(prop))
+      throw new Error(`Using invalid common property: '${prop}'`);
+    return obj[prop];
+  }
+});