diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index 4fdb00693..c761682d5 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -325,6 +325,7 @@ PLATFORMS
   arm64-darwin-21
   arm64-darwin-22
   x86_64-darwin-20
+  x86_64-darwin-22
   x86_64-linux
 
 DEPENDENCIES
diff --git a/lib/inferno/config/boot/suites.rb b/lib/inferno/config/boot/suites.rb
index b698b3e55..0e621b774 100644
--- a/lib/inferno/config/boot/suites.rb
+++ b/lib/inferno/config/boot/suites.rb
@@ -25,5 +25,13 @@
     end
 
     ObjectSpace.each_object(TracePoint, &:disable)
+
+    Inferno::Entities::TestSuite.descendants.each do |descendant|
+      # When ID not assigned in custom test suites, Runnable.id will return default ID
+      # equal to the custom test suite's parent class name
+      if descendant.id.blank? || descendant.id == 'Inferno::Entities::TestSuite'
+        raise StandardError, "Error initializing test suite #{descendant.name}: test suite ID is not set"
+      end
+    end
   end
 end