diff --git a/workshop/pom.xml b/workshop/pom.xml
index 5e1d8576af..b15cdedb75 100644
--- a/workshop/pom.xml
+++ b/workshop/pom.xml
@@ -88,6 +88,11 @@
             <artifactId>junit-jupiter-params</artifactId>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.mockito</groupId>
+            <artifactId>mockito-core</artifactId>
+            <scope>provided</scope>
+        </dependency>
     </dependencies>
 
     <build>
diff --git a/workshop/src/main/java/tech/picnic/errorprone/workshop/bugpatterns/MockitoMockClassReference.java b/workshop/src/main/java/tech/picnic/errorprone/workshop/bugpatterns/MockitoMockClassReference.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7a1b7206cf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/workshop/src/main/java/tech/picnic/errorprone/workshop/bugpatterns/MockitoMockClassReference.java
@@ -0,0 +1,97 @@
+package tech.picnic.errorprone.workshop.bugpatterns;
+
+import static com.google.errorprone.BugPattern.SeverityLevel.SUGGESTION;
+import static com.google.errorprone.BugPattern.StandardTags.SIMPLIFICATION;
+import static com.google.errorprone.matchers.Matchers.allOf;
+import static com.google.errorprone.matchers.Matchers.argument;
+import static com.google.errorprone.matchers.Matchers.isSameType;
+import static com.google.errorprone.matchers.Matchers.isVariable;
+import static com.google.errorprone.matchers.Matchers.not;
+import static com.google.errorprone.matchers.Matchers.staticMethod;
+
+import com.google.auto.service.AutoService;
+import com.google.errorprone.BugPattern;
+import com.google.errorprone.VisitorState;
+import com.google.errorprone.bugpatterns.BugChecker;
+import com.google.errorprone.bugpatterns.BugChecker.MethodInvocationTreeMatcher;
+import com.google.errorprone.fixes.SuggestedFixes;
+import com.google.errorprone.matchers.Description;
+import com.google.errorprone.matchers.Matcher;
+import com.google.errorprone.util.ASTHelpers;
+import com.sun.source.tree.ExpressionTree;
+import com.sun.source.tree.LambdaExpressionTree;
+import com.sun.source.tree.MethodInvocationTree;
+import com.sun.source.tree.MethodTree;
+import com.sun.source.tree.Tree;
+import com.sun.source.tree.VariableTree;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Optional;
+
+/**
+ * A {@link BugChecker} that flags the use of {@link org.mockito.Mockito#mock(Class)} and {@link
+ * org.mockito.Mockito#spy(Class)} where instead the type to be mocked or spied can be derived from
+ * context.
+ */
+@AutoService(BugChecker.class)
+@BugPattern(
+    summary = "Don't unnecessarily pass a type to Mockito's `mock(Class)` and `spy(Class)` methods",
+    severity = SUGGESTION,
+    tags = SIMPLIFICATION)
+public final class MockitoMockClassReference extends BugChecker
+    implements MethodInvocationTreeMatcher {
+  private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
+  private static final Matcher<MethodInvocationTree> MOCKITO_MOCK_OR_SPY_WITH_HARDCODED_TYPE =
+      allOf(
+          argument(0, allOf(isSameType(Class.class.getName()), not(isVariable()))),
+          staticMethod().onClass("org.mockito.Mockito").namedAnyOf("mock", "spy"));
+
+  /** Instantiates a new {@link MockitoMockClassReference} instance. */
+  public MockitoMockClassReference() {}
+
+  @Override
+  public Description matchMethodInvocation(MethodInvocationTree tree, VisitorState state) {
+    if (!MOCKITO_MOCK_OR_SPY_WITH_HARDCODED_TYPE.matches(tree, state)
+        || !isTypeDerivableFromContext(tree, state)) {
+      return Description.NO_MATCH;
+    }
+
+    List<? extends ExpressionTree> arguments = tree.getArguments();
+    return describeMatch(tree, SuggestedFixes.removeElement(arguments.get(0), arguments, state));
+  }
+
+  private static boolean isTypeDerivableFromContext(MethodInvocationTree tree, VisitorState state) {
+    Tree parent = state.getPath().getParentPath().getLeaf();
+    switch (parent.getKind()) {
+      case VARIABLE:
+        return !ASTHelpers.hasImplicitType((VariableTree) parent, state)
+            && areSameType(tree, parent, state);
+      case ASSIGNMENT:
+        return areSameType(tree, parent, state);
+      case RETURN:
+        return findMethodExitedOnReturn(state)
+            .filter(m -> areSameType(tree, m.getReturnType(), state))
+            .isPresent();
+      default:
+        return false;
+    }
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Tells whether the given trees are of the same type, after type erasure.
+   *
+   * @param treeA The first tree of interest.
+   * @param treeB The second tree of interest.
+   * @param state The {@link VisitorState} describing the context in which the given trees were
+   *     found.
+   * @return Whether the specified trees have the same erased types.
+   */
+  private static boolean areSameType(Tree treeA, Tree treeB, VisitorState state) {
+    return ASTHelpers.isSameType(ASTHelpers.getType(treeA), ASTHelpers.getType(treeB), state);
+  }
+
+  private static Optional<MethodTree> findMethodExitedOnReturn(VisitorState state) {
+    return Optional.ofNullable(state.findEnclosing(LambdaExpressionTree.class, MethodTree.class))
+        .filter(MethodTree.class::isInstance)
+        .map(MethodTree.class::cast);
+  }
+}