diff --git a/opm/simulators/wells/GasLiftCommon.cpp b/opm/simulators/wells/GasLiftCommon.cpp
index 96e4231d5..44ddea157 100644
--- a/opm/simulators/wells/GasLiftCommon.cpp
+++ b/opm/simulators/wells/GasLiftCommon.cpp
@@ -28,30 +28,27 @@
 
 namespace Opm {
 
-GasLiftCommon::
-GasLiftCommon(
-    WellState<double>& well_state,
-    const GroupState<double>& group_state,
-    DeferredLogger &deferred_logger,
-    const Parallel::Communication& comm,
-    bool glift_debug
-) :
-    well_state_{well_state},
-    group_state_{group_state},
-    deferred_logger_{deferred_logger},
-    comm_{comm},
-    debug{glift_debug}
-{
-
-}
+template<class Scalar>
+GasLiftCommon<Scalar>::
+GasLiftCommon(WellState<Scalar>& well_state,
+              const GroupState<Scalar>& group_state,
+              DeferredLogger& deferred_logger,
+              const Parallel::Communication& comm,
+              bool glift_debug)
+    : well_state_{well_state}
+    , group_state_{group_state}
+    , deferred_logger_{deferred_logger}
+    , comm_{comm}
+    , debug{glift_debug}
+{}
 
 /****************************************
  * Protected methods in alphabetical order
  ****************************************/
 
+template<class Scalar>
 int
-GasLiftCommon::
-debugUpdateGlobalCounter_() const
+GasLiftCommon<Scalar>::debugUpdateGlobalCounter_() const
 {
     auto count = this->well_state_.gliftUpdateDebugCounter();
     const std::string msg = fmt::format("global counter = {}", count);
@@ -59,9 +56,9 @@ debugUpdateGlobalCounter_() const
     return count;
 }
 
-void
-GasLiftCommon::
-displayDebugMessageOnRank0_(const std::string &msg) const
+template<class Scalar>
+void GasLiftCommon<Scalar>::
+displayDebugMessageOnRank0_(const std::string& msg) const
 {
     // This output should be identical for all ranks.
 
@@ -71,12 +68,13 @@ displayDebugMessageOnRank0_(const std::string &msg) const
     }
 }
 
-void
-GasLiftCommon::
-logMessage_(
-    const std::string& prefix, const std::string& msg, MessageType msg_type) const
+template<class Scalar>
+void GasLiftCommon<Scalar>::
+logMessage_(const std::string& prefix,
+            const std::string& msg,
+            MessageType msg_type) const
 {
-    std::string rank = "";
+    std::string rank;
     if (this->comm_.size() > 1) {
         rank = fmt::format(" Rank #{} :", this->comm_.rank());
     }
@@ -105,9 +103,6 @@ logMessage_(
     }
 }
 
-/****************************************
- * Private methods in alphabetical order
- ****************************************/
-
+template class GasLiftCommon<double>;
 
 } // namespace Opm
diff --git a/opm/simulators/wells/GasLiftCommon.hpp b/opm/simulators/wells/GasLiftCommon.hpp
index 54c25cb64..38561e6d6 100644
--- a/opm/simulators/wells/GasLiftCommon.hpp
+++ b/opm/simulators/wells/GasLiftCommon.hpp
@@ -24,39 +24,37 @@
 
 #include <string>
 
-namespace Opm
-{
+namespace Opm {
 
 class DeferredLogger;
 template<class Scalar> class GroupState;
 template<class Scalar> class WellState;
 
+template<class Scalar>
 class GasLiftCommon
 {
 public:
     virtual ~GasLiftCommon() = default;
 
 protected:
-    GasLiftCommon(
-        WellState<double>& well_state,
-        const GroupState<double>& group_state,
-        DeferredLogger &deferred_logger,
-        const Parallel::Communication& comm,
-        bool debug
-    );
+    GasLiftCommon(WellState<Scalar>& well_state,
+                  const GroupState<Scalar>& group_state,
+                  DeferredLogger& deferred_logger,
+                  const Parallel::Communication& comm,
+                  bool glift_debug);
+
     enum class MessageType { INFO, WARNING };
 
     int debugUpdateGlobalCounter_() const;
     virtual void displayDebugMessage_(const std::string& msg) const = 0;
-    void displayDebugMessageOnRank0_(const std::string &msg) const;
-    void logMessage_(
-        const std::string& prefix,
-        const std::string& msg,
-        MessageType msg_type = MessageType::INFO) const;
+    void displayDebugMessageOnRank0_(const std::string& msg) const;
+    void logMessage_(const std::string& prefix,
+                     const std::string& msg,
+                     MessageType msg_type = MessageType::INFO) const;
 
-    WellState<double>& well_state_;
-    const GroupState<double>& group_state_;
-    DeferredLogger &deferred_logger_;
+    WellState<Scalar>& well_state_;
+    const GroupState<Scalar>& group_state_;
+    DeferredLogger& deferred_logger_;
     const Parallel::Communication& comm_;
     bool debug;
     // By setting this variable to true we restrict some debug output
diff --git a/opm/simulators/wells/GasLiftGroupInfo.hpp b/opm/simulators/wells/GasLiftGroupInfo.hpp
index 6e242a4c9..0ac1cbdc0 100644
--- a/opm/simulators/wells/GasLiftGroupInfo.hpp
+++ b/opm/simulators/wells/GasLiftGroupInfo.hpp
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ class SummaryState;
 class Well;
 template<class Scalar> class WellState;
 
-class GasLiftGroupInfo : public GasLiftCommon
+class GasLiftGroupInfo : public GasLiftCommon<double>
 {
 protected:
     class GroupRates;
diff --git a/opm/simulators/wells/GasLiftSingleWellGeneric.hpp b/opm/simulators/wells/GasLiftSingleWellGeneric.hpp
index f1c9cdf70..6a77ec44f 100644
--- a/opm/simulators/wells/GasLiftSingleWellGeneric.hpp
+++ b/opm/simulators/wells/GasLiftSingleWellGeneric.hpp
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ class WellInterfaceGeneric;
 template<class Scalar> class WellState;
 template<class Scalar> class GroupState;
 
-class GasLiftSingleWellGeneric : public GasLiftCommon
+class GasLiftSingleWellGeneric : public GasLiftCommon<double>
 {
 protected:
     static constexpr int Water = BlackoilPhases::Aqua;
diff --git a/opm/simulators/wells/GasLiftStage2.hpp b/opm/simulators/wells/GasLiftStage2.hpp
index 50df116fb..5ac02ad3f 100644
--- a/opm/simulators/wells/GasLiftStage2.hpp
+++ b/opm/simulators/wells/GasLiftStage2.hpp
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ class Schedule;
 class WellInterfaceGeneric;
 template<class Scalar> class WellState;
 
-class GasLiftStage2 : public GasLiftCommon {
+class GasLiftStage2 : public GasLiftCommon<double> {
     using GasLiftSingleWell = GasLiftSingleWellGeneric;
     using GLiftOptWells = std::map<std::string,std::unique_ptr<GasLiftSingleWell>>;
     using GLiftProdWells = std::map<std::string,const WellInterfaceGeneric*>;