diff --git a/packages/pass-style/index.js b/packages/pass-style/index.js
index ef54b29c9f..db1d3b50cb 100644
--- a/packages/pass-style/index.js
+++ b/packages/pass-style/index.js
@@ -35,5 +35,7 @@ export {
   isCopyArray,
 } from './src/typeGuards.js';
 
+export { FarBaseClass } from './src/far-class-instances.js';
+
 // eslint-disable-next-line import/export
 export * from './src/types.js';
diff --git a/packages/pass-style/package.json b/packages/pass-style/package.json
index 8759556307..35f261add4 100644
--- a/packages/pass-style/package.json
+++ b/packages/pass-style/package.json
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@
     "@fast-check/ava": "^1.1.5"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
+    "@endo/eventual-send": "^0.17.5",
     "@endo/init": "^0.5.60",
     "@endo/ses-ava": "^0.2.44",
     "ava": "^5.3.0",
diff --git a/packages/pass-style/src/far-class-instances.js b/packages/pass-style/src/far-class-instances.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..cea0cf7483
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/pass-style/src/far-class-instances.js
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+import { Far } from './make-far.js';
+
+/**
+ * Classes whose instances should be Far objects should inherit from
+ * this convenient base class. Note that the constructor of this base class
+ * freezes the instance in an empty state, so all is interesting attributes
+ * can only depend on its identity and what it inherits from.
+ * This includes private fields, as those are keyed only on
+ * this object's identity. However, we discourage (but cannot prevent) such
+ * use of private fields, as they cannot easily be refactored into exo state.
+ */
+export const FarBaseClass = class FarBaseClass {
+  constructor() {
+    harden(this);
+  }
+};
+
+Far('FarBaseClass', FarBaseClass.prototype);
+harden(FarBaseClass);
diff --git a/packages/pass-style/test/test-far-class-instances.js b/packages/pass-style/test/test-far-class-instances.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..788e5cd7a6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/pass-style/test/test-far-class-instances.js
@@ -0,0 +1,80 @@
+/* eslint-disable class-methods-use-this */
+/* eslint-disable max-classes-per-file */
+import { test } from './prepare-test-env-ava.js';
+
+// TODO enable import of getMethodNames without deep import
+// eslint-disable-next-line import/order
+import { getMethodNames } from '@endo/eventual-send/src/local.js';
+import { passStyleOf } from '../src/passStyleOf.js';
+import { FarBaseClass } from '../src/far-class-instances.js';
+
+class FarSubclass1 extends FarBaseClass {
+  double(x) {
+    return x + x;
+  }
+}
+
+class FarSubclass2 extends FarSubclass1 {
+  #y = 0;
+
+  constructor(y) {
+    super();
+    this.#y = y;
+  }
+
+  doubleAdd(x) {
+    return this.double(x) + this.#y;
+  }
+}
+
+test('far class instances', t => {
+  const fb = new FarBaseClass();
+  t.is(passStyleOf(fb), 'remotable');
+  t.deepEqual(getMethodNames(fb), ['constructor']);
+
+  t.assert(new fb.constructor() instanceof FarBaseClass);
+  t.throws(() => fb.constructor(), {
+    // TODO message depends on JS engine, and so is a fragile golden test
+    message: "Class constructor FarBaseClass cannot be invoked without 'new'",
+  });
+
+  const fs1 = new FarSubclass1();
+  t.is(passStyleOf(fs1), 'remotable');
+  t.is(fs1.double(4), 8);
+  t.assert(new fs1.constructor() instanceof FarSubclass1);
+  t.deepEqual(getMethodNames(fs1), ['constructor', 'double']);
+
+  const fs2 = new FarSubclass2(3);
+  t.is(passStyleOf(fs2), 'remotable');
+  t.is(fs2.double(4), 8);
+  t.is(fs2.doubleAdd(4), 11);
+  t.deepEqual(getMethodNames(fs2), ['constructor', 'double', 'doubleAdd']);
+
+  const yField = new WeakMap();
+  class FarSubclass3 extends FarSubclass1 {
+    constructor(y) {
+      super();
+      yField.set(this, y);
+    }
+
+    doubleAdd(x) {
+      return this.double(x) + yField.get(this);
+    }
+  }
+
+  const fs3 = new FarSubclass3(3);
+  t.is(passStyleOf(fs3), 'remotable');
+  t.is(fs3.double(4), 8);
+  t.is(fs3.doubleAdd(4), 11);
+  t.deepEqual(getMethodNames(fs3), ['constructor', 'double', 'doubleAdd']);
+});
+
+test('far class instance hardened empty', t => {
+  class FarClass4 extends FarBaseClass {
+    z = 0;
+  }
+  t.throws(() => new FarClass4(), {
+    // TODO message depends on JS engine, and so is a fragile golden test
+    message: 'Cannot define property z, object is not extensible',
+  });
+});