diff --git a/.gitlab-ci/container/debian/x86_build.sh b/.gitlab-ci/container/debian/x86_build.sh
index 60055ea71db..cc39d3e1a61 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci/container/debian/x86_build.sh
+++ b/.gitlab-ci/container/debian/x86_build.sh
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ ninja install
 popd
 rm -rf DirectX-Headers
 
-python3 -m pip install -r ${CI_PROJECT_DIR}/.gitlab-ci/lava/requirements.txt
+python3 -m pip install -r .gitlab-ci/lava/requirements.txt
 
 # install bindgen
 RUSTFLAGS='-L native=/usr/local/lib' cargo install \
diff --git a/.gitlab-ci/lava/requirements-test.txt b/.gitlab-ci/lava/requirements-test.txt
index a45d2917962..0ff561db901 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci/lava/requirements-test.txt
+++ b/.gitlab-ci/lava/requirements-test.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 -r requirements.txt
 freezegun==1.1.0
+hypothesis==6.67.1
 pytest==7.2.1
 pytest-cov==3.0.0
 PyYAML==5.3.1
diff --git a/.gitlab-ci/lava/utils/lava_farm.py b/.gitlab-ci/lava/utils/lava_farm.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..dfd51ab9b92
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitlab-ci/lava/utils/lava_farm.py
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+import os
+import re
+from enum import Enum
+
+
+class LavaFarm(Enum):
+    """Enum class representing the different LAVA farms."""
+
+    LIMA = 1
+    COLLABORA = 2
+    UNKNOWN = 3
+
+
+LAVA_FARM_RUNNER_PATTERNS: dict[LavaFarm, str] = {
+    # Lima pattern comes first, since it has the same prefix as the
+    # Collabora pattern.
+    LavaFarm.LIMA: r"^mesa-ci-[\x01-\x7F]+-lava-lima$",
+    LavaFarm.COLLABORA: r"^mesa-ci-[\x01-\x7F]+-lava-[\x01-\x7F]+$",
+    LavaFarm.UNKNOWN: r"^[\x01-\x7F]+",
+}
+
+
+def get_lava_farm() -> LavaFarm:
+    """
+    Returns the LAVA farm based on the RUNNER_TAG environment variable.
+
+    :return: The LAVA farm
+    """
+    runner_tag: str = os.getenv("RUNNER_TAG", "unknown")
+
+    for farm, pattern in LAVA_FARM_RUNNER_PATTERNS.items():
+        if re.match(pattern, runner_tag):
+            return farm
+
+    raise ValueError(f"Unknown LAVA runner tag: {runner_tag}")
diff --git a/.gitlab-ci/tests/conftest.py b/.gitlab-ci/tests/conftest.py
index 866864d6d56..be71c945301 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci/tests/conftest.py
+++ b/.gitlab-ci/tests/conftest.py
@@ -3,9 +3,12 @@ from unittest.mock import MagicMock, patch
 import pytest
 import yaml
 from freezegun import freeze_time
+from hypothesis import settings
 
 from .lava.helpers import generate_testsuite_result, jobs_logs_response
 
+settings.register_profile("ci", max_examples=1000, derandomize=True)
+settings.load_profile("ci")
 
 def pytest_configure(config):
     config.addinivalue_line(
diff --git a/.gitlab-ci/tests/utils/test_lava_farm.py b/.gitlab-ci/tests/utils/test_lava_farm.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e11586c6dff
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitlab-ci/tests/utils/test_lava_farm.py
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+import re
+
+import pytest
+from hypothesis import given
+from hypothesis import strategies as st
+from lava.utils.lava_farm import LAVA_FARM_RUNNER_PATTERNS, LavaFarm, get_lava_farm
+
+
+@given(
+    runner_tag=st.text(
+        alphabet=st.characters(
+            min_codepoint=1, max_codepoint=127, blacklist_categories=("C",)
+        ),
+        min_size=1,
+    )
+)
+def test_get_lava_farm_invalid_tags(runner_tag):
+    with pytest.MonkeyPatch().context() as mp:
+        mp.setenv("RUNNER_TAG", runner_tag)
+        assert get_lava_farm() == LavaFarm.UNKNOWN
+
+
+def test_get_lava_farm_no_tag(monkeypatch):
+    monkeypatch.delenv("RUNNER_TAG", raising=False)
+    assert get_lava_farm() == LavaFarm.UNKNOWN
+
+
+@given(
+    st.fixed_dictionaries(
+        {k: st.from_regex(v) for k, v in LAVA_FARM_RUNNER_PATTERNS.items()}
+    )
+)
+def test_get_lava_farm_valid_tags(runner_farm_tag: dict):
+    with pytest.MonkeyPatch().context() as mp:
+        for farm, tag in runner_farm_tag.items():
+            try:
+                mp.setenv("RUNNER_TAG", tag)
+            except ValueError:
+                # hypothesis may generate null bytes in the string
+                continue
+            assert get_lava_farm() == farm