diff --git a/dumux/material/components/air.hh b/dumux/material/components/air.hh
index 6b49313dc1c50b9b9235b401bd143b9cc787b646..ae0264b97b573549bfa3b2e97c39a76aecfb1092 100644
--- a/dumux/material/components/air.hh
+++ b/dumux/material/components/air.hh
@@ -40,7 +40,8 @@ namespace Components {
  * \tparam Scalar The type used for scalar values
  */
 template <class Scalar>
-class Air : public Component<Scalar, Air<Scalar> >
+class Air : public Components::Base<Scalar, Air<Scalar> >,
+            public Components::Gas<Scalar, Air<Scalar> >
 {
     using IdealGas = Dumux::IdealGas<Scalar>;
 
diff --git a/test/material/components/CMakeLists.txt b/test/material/components/CMakeLists.txt
index 80508e7a4db8a7d77543f9551e31b600239a6177..3ca8fcc7aad34a43c05124d5b0bf989be870b06c 100644
--- a/test/material/components/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/test/material/components/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-dune_add_test(SOURCES test_componenttraits.cc)
+dune_add_test(SOURCES test_componenttraits.cc
+              COMPILE_ONLY)
 
 add_executable(plot_component plotproperties.cc)
 
diff --git a/test/material/components/test_componenttraits.cc b/test/material/components/test_componenttraits.cc
index af88dd2ec001808246d5bd5a2195f1349802d4ce..976370946ab7416229b73a7f8e724258de2a97c9 100644
--- a/test/material/components/test_componenttraits.cc
+++ b/test/material/components/test_componenttraits.cc
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 
     using Traits = ComponentTraits<Components::Air<double>>;
     static_assert(Traits::hasGasState, "Air component is reported to have no gas state?!");
-    // static_assert(!Traits::hasSolidState, "Air component is reported to implement a solid state?!");
+    static_assert(!Traits::hasSolidState, "Air component is reported to implement a solid state?!");
+    static_assert(!Traits::hasLiquidState, "Air component is reported to implement a liquid state?!");
     static_assert(std::is_same<double, Traits::Scalar>::value, "Scalar type not correctly reported!");
 }